iPhone (1st gen / "2G") review: The original 2007 iPhone that redefined the smartphone industry.
The phone that changed everything.
The original iPhone introduced capacitive multi-touch and a software-first smartphone experience that reshaped the entire industry. It lacked 3G, an App Store and copy/paste — yet defined how every smartphone after it would work. Few products in tech history are as consequential.
01Display
72/100At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2007 — 12 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
40/10040/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2007 — 18 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
50/100At 50/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2007 — 15 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2007 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2007 — 16 points above the cohort average.
06Value
64/100At 64/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2007 — 21 points above the cohort average.
- Redefined the smartphone with multi-touch.
- Polished Safari, iPod and Mail apps.
- Aluminium-back premium build.
- Industry-shifting Visual Voicemail.
- 2G EDGE only — no 3G.
- No App Store at launch.
- No copy/paste.
- 2 MP fixed-focus camera, no video.
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 19-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .