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The iPhone 3GS, stylized as iPhone 3Gš , [a] is a smartphone that was developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the third generation of the iPhone and the successor to the iPhone 3G . It was unveiled on June 8, 2009 [ 6 ] at the WWDC 2009 , which took place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Note that previous years have listed sales of mobile phones including non smartphones (so called feature phones) while from 2015 and on the statistics only show smartphone sales. Samsung: 320.4 million (22.5% market share) Apple: 225.8506 million (15.9% market share) Huawei: 104.0947 million (7.3% market share)
Following the release of the successor iPhone 3GS model one year later, the iPhone 3G remained on sale but became Apple's budget phone offer, with its price reduced. This $99 iPhone 3G required a two-year contract and was available only in black and with 8 GB of storage, but came bundled with the then-new iPhone OS 3.0 firmware. [15]
Apple’s smartphone sales tumbled a stunning 10% last quarter, according to market research firm IDC. The main cause: iPhone sales in China fell sharply.
Apple's fiscal year ends in September. This means that Q1 includes the holiday season, which accounts for jumps in the data. The latest model of the iPhone has been traditionally released at the end of June (Original iPhone iPhone 3GS,iPhone 4) or July each year, which accounts for the increased sales in Q4. For simplicity, the availability of ...
[8] [9] Cingular gave Apple the liberty to develop the iPhone's hardware and software in-house, a rare practice at the time, [10] [11] and paid Apple a fraction of its monthly service revenue (until the iPhone 3G), [12] in exchange for four years of exclusive U.S. sales, until 2011.
Apple Inc. debuts the third generation of its iPhone line, iPhone 3GS at Worldwide Developers Conference 2009. (Apple website) June 9, 2009 ( 2009-06-09 ) (Tuesday)
Initially priced at $499 (equivalent to $757 in 2024) and $599 (equivalent to $908 in 2024) for the 4 GB models and 8 GB models respectively, the iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007. Apple closed its stores at 2:00pm local time to prepare for the 6:00pm iPhone launch, while hundreds of customers lined up at stores nationwide.