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Apple 3GS iPhone designed by Sir Jonathan Ive and the Apple Industrial Design group
DesignedSummary
Object No.
2012/116/1Object Statement
Mobile phone and packaging, Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB, plastic / metal / glass / electronic components / paper, designed by Sir Jonathan Ive and the Apple Industrial Design group, California, United States of America, made for Apple Inc by Foxconn, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 2008Physical Description
Mobile phone and packaging, Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB, plastic / metal / glass / electronic components / paper, designed by Sir Jonathan Ive and the Apple Industrial Design group, California, USA, made for Apple Inc by Foxconn, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 2008Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB mobile phone with original packaging and leaflets. The phone has an upper surface of glass which includes the embedded touch sensitive surface, a button to return to home and a slot with speaker mounted under. A slim chrome finished bezel surrounds the glass and a black plastic moulded rear pane finishes the back. The Apple logo is embedded in this plastic and the product's identity, capacity, design, manufacture and other data are printed beneath. There is a small camera lens through the rear top left, an on / off Sleep / Wake button top right, ring / silent switch left side top and volume control beneath that. There is a ear phone phono plug access on the top left and a charge / data multi pin slot on the bottom.
Original packaging for the Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB mobile phone consisting of black rectangular box and support.
Product information consisting of black paper fold-out wallet containing two lealfets and one sheet of stickers. One leaflet is titled 'Important Product Information Guide' and the other is titled 'Finger Tips'. The stickers are the Apple logo.
Short URL
https://ma.as/456828Dimensions
Height
115 mmWidth
62 mmDepth
12 mmProduction
Designed
Designed
Made
Notes
The iPhone was designed by Apple in California. Parts for the Apple iPhone come from various manufacturers around the world. The iPhone is assembled in China. Current (2012) production figures for the iPhone are around 30 million per quarter however the adoption of smartphones using the Android (Google) open source platform, introduced in 2009, outpace this at 80 million units per quarter.History
Notes
This particular iPhone was purchased by the Museum and used by various employees of the Museum until withdrawn from active service due to failure around 2010.Source
Credit Line
Ex museum stock, 2012Acquisition Date
25 September 2012Cite this Object
Harvard
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