History of Apple Inc.
The first version of the iPhone became publicly available on June 29, 2007 in selected countries/markets. It was another 12 months before the iPhone 3G became available on July 11, 2008. Apple announced the iPhone 3GS on June 8, 2009, along with plans to release it later in June, July, and August, starting with the U.S., Canada and major European countries on June 19. This 12-month iteration cycle has continued with the iPhone 4 model arriving in similar fashion in 2010, a Verizon model was released in February 2011, and a Sprint model in October 2011, shortly after Jobs' death.
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On February 5, 2008, Apple added a 16GB model. The iPhone 3G was available in 8 and 16GB. The iPhone 3GS came in 16 and 32GB variants and remained available in 8GB until September 2012, more than three years after its launch. The iPhone 4 was available in 16 and 32GB variants, as well as an 8GB variant to be sold alongside the iPhone 4S at a reduced price point. The iPhone 4S was available in three sizes: 16, 32, and 64GB. The iPhone 5 and 5S were available in the same three sizes previously available to the iPhone 4S: 16, 32, and 64GB. The lower-cost iPhone 5C model was initially available in 16 and 32GB models; an 8GB model was added later. The iPhone 6 and 6S were available in three sizes at launch: 16, 64, and 128GB. The iPhone SE was available in 16 and 64GB variants at launch. When the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus were released, Apple changed the base model storage capacity from 16 to 32GB. Both the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus have configurations of 32, 128, and 256GB storage. Apple doubled the storage on the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus in two configurations (32 and 128GB), as well as the iPhone SE six months later. The iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X have 64 or 256GB of storage.