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SpecEagle review · Apple

iPhone (1st gen / "2G") review: The original 2007 iPhone that redefined the smartphone industry.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2007·$499
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#1 of 3
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

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

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2007 — 31 points above the cohort average.

TypeTFT capacitive multi-touch (industry-defining)
Size3.5 inches
Resolution480 × 320 px

02Camera

40/100

At 40/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2007 — 17 points above the cohort average.

Main2 MP, fixed focus, no flash
VideoNone
FrontNone

03Performance

50/100

At 50/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2007 — 29 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSamsung S5L8900 412 MHz
RAM128 MB
Storage4 / 8 / 16 GB

04Battery

56/100

At 56/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2007 — 17 points above the cohort average.

Capacity1,400 mAh
Standby~ 250 hours

05Build

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2007 — 20 points above the cohort average.

06Value

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2007 — 33 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Redefined the smartphone with multi-touch.
  • Polished Safari, iPod and Mail apps.
  • Aluminium-back premium build.
  • Industry-shifting Visual Voicemail.
What doesn't
  • 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 3-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .