SpecEagle review · Apple

iPhone (original 2G) review: 2007 the original iPhone.

Item: iPhone (original 2G)
Rating: 80
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2007·$499

Overall

80/100

Class rank

#1 of 9

Tier

Vintage

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

iPhone (original 2007).

Apple's 2007 original iPhone defined the modern smartphone — multi-touch + 3.5" display + iPhone OS 1.0.

01Display

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among vintage phones of 2007 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeCapacitive TFT (multi-touch)

Size3.5"

Resolution320 x 480

02Performance

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 67-point average for vintage phones of 2007.

ChipsetSamsung S5L8900

CPU412 MHz ARM 11

RAM128 MB

03Camera

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 58-point average for vintage phones of 2007.

Main2.0 MP fixed-focus

04Battery

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for vintage phones of 2007.

Capacity1,400 mAh sealed

05Software

90/100

At 90/100 this is one of the strongest software showings among vintage phones of 2007 — 17 points above the cohort average.

What works

First multi-touch capacitive iPhone.
Defined modern smartphone form.
Aluminium build.
Sold 6 M+ units.

What doesn't

EDGE 2G only.
No App Store at launch.
No video recording.
$499 launch price polarising.

Cross-shop it against

Sony Ericsson K850i

$600 · score 72/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 9-phone cohort of vintage devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .