Included items

Included items


The contents of the box of an iPhone 4. From left to right: iPhone four in plastic holder, written documentation, and (top to bottom) headset, USB cable, wall charger.




All iPhone models include written documentation, and a dock connector to USB cable. The original and 3G i Phones also came with a cleaning cloth.

 The original iPhone included a stereo headset (ear buds and a microphone) and a plastic dock to hold the unit upright while charging and syncing.

 The i Phone 3G includes a similar headset plus a SIM eject tool (the original model requires a paperclip). 


The iPhone 3GS includes the SIM eject tool and a revised headset, which adds volume buttons (not functional with previous iPhone versions).

The iPhone 3G and 3GS are compatible with the same dock, sold separately, but not the original model's dock.


 All versions include a USB power adapter, or "wall charger," which allows the iPhone to charge from an AC outlet.

 The iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS sold in North America, Japan, Colombia, Ecuador, or Peru include an ultra compact USB power adapter.



 iOS and iOS version history


The default Home screen of iOS 5.0.1 shows most of the applications provided by Apple. Users can download additional applications from the App store, create Web Clips, rearrange the icons, and create and delete folders.


The iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad run an operating system known as iOS (formerly iPhone OS). It is a variant of the same Darwin operating system core that is found in Mac OS X.

 Also included is the "Core Animation" software component from Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard. Together with the Power VR hardware (and on the iPhone 3GS, Open GL ES 2.0), it is responsible for the interface's motion graphics. The operating system takes up less than half a gigabyte.


It is capable of supporting bundled and future applications from Apple, as well as from third-party developers.


 Software applications can not be copied or be duplicated directly from Mac OS X but must be written and compiled specifically for iOS.


Like the iPod, the iPhone is managed from a computer using iTunes. The earliest versions of the OS required version seven point three or later, which is compatible with Mac OS X version 10.3.9 Panther or later, and 32-bit Windows XP or Vista.

 The release of iTunes seven point sex  expanded this support to include 64-bit versions of XP and Vista, and a workaround has been discovered for previous 64-bit Windows operating systems.[128]



Apple provides free updates to the OS for the iPhone through iTunes,[125] and major updates have historically accompanied new models.

 Such updates often require a newer version of iTunes — for example, the three point zero update requires iTunes eight point zero — but the iTunes system requirements have stayed the same. Updates include bug fixes, security patches and new features.

 For example, iPhone 3G users initially experienced dropped calls until an update was issued.

Version three point zero required iTunes nine point zero, and iOS four  required iTunes nine point zero iTunes 10.5, which is required to sync and activate iOS 5, the current version of iTunes, Requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or Leopard on G4 or G5 computers on 800 MHz or higher; versions 10.3 and 10.4 and 10.5–10.5.7 are no longer supported.


Interface

The interface is based around the home screen, a graphical list of available applications. iPhone applications normally run one at a time (not including iOS four  and iOS five, which includes running applications in the background),[133] although most functionality is still available when making a call or listening to music. The home screen can be accessed at any time by a hardware button below the screen, closing the open application in the process.



By default, the Home screen contains the following icons: Messages (SMS and MMS messaging), Calendar, Photos, Camera, YouTube, Stocks, Maps (Google Maps), Weather, Voice Memos, Notes, Clock, Calculator, Settings, iTunes (store), App Store, (on the iPhone 3GS and iPhone four) Compass, Face Time and Game Center were added in iOS 4four point zero and 4.1 respectively. 



In iOS 5, Reminders and Newsstand were added, as well as the iPod application split into separate Music and Videos applications.


 iOS 6 added Passbook as well as an updated version of Maps that relies on data provided by Tom Tom as well as other sources. 

iOS six also added a Clock application onto the iPad's home screen. Docked at the base of the screen, four icons for Phone, Mail, Safari (Internet), and Music delineate the iPhone's main purposes.[135] On January 15, 2008, Apple released software update 1.1.3, allowing users to create "Web Clips", home screen icons that resemble apps that open a user-defined page in Safari. After the update, iPhone users can rearrange and place icons on up to nine other adjacent home screens, accessed by a horizontal swipe.


Users can also add and delete icons from the dock, which is the same on every home screen. Each home screen holds up to sixteen icons, and the dock holds up to four icons.


 Users can delete Web Clips and third-party applications at any time, and may select only certain applications for transfer from iTunes. Apple's default programs, however, may not be removed. The 3.0 update adds a system-wide search, known as Spotlight, to the left of the first home screen.


Almost all input is given through the touch screen, which understands complex gestures using multi-touch. 

The iPhone's interaction techniques enable the user to move the content up or down by a touch-drag motion of the finger. For example, zooming in and out of web pages and photos is done by placing two fingers on the screen and spreading them farther apart or bringing them closer together, a gesture known as "pinching the screen".


Scrolling through a long list or menu is achieved by sliding a finger over the display from bottom to top, or vice-versa to go back.

 In either case, the list moves as if it is pasted on the outer surface of a wheel, slowly decelerating as if affected by friction. In this way, the interface simulates the physics of a real object.

Other user-centered interactive effects include horizontally sliding sub-selection, the vertically sliding keyboard and bookmarks menu, and widgets that turn around to allow settings to be configured on the other side. Menu bars are found at the top and bottom of the screen when necessary. Their options vary by program, but always follow a consistent style motif. In menu hierarchies, a "back" button in the top-left corner of the screen displays the name of the parent folder.
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