Release date
Depends on model
1st: June 29, 2007
3G: July 11, 2008
3GS: June 19, 2009
4: June 24, 2010
4S: October 14, 2011
5: September 21, 2012
5C, 5S: September 20, 2013
6 / 6 Plus: September 19, 2014
6S / 6S Plus: September 25, 2015
SE (1st): March 31, 2016
7 / 7 Plus: September 16, 2016
8 / 8 Plus: September 22, 2017
X: November 3, 2017
XS / XS Max: September 21, 2018
XR: October 26, 2018
11 / 11 Pro / 11 Pro Max: September 20, 2019
SE (2nd): April 24, 2020
12 and 12 Pro: October 23, 2020
12 Mini and 12 Pro Max: November 13, 2020
13, 13 Mini, 13 Pro, and 13 Pro Max: September 24, 2021
Discontinued
Depends on model
1st: June 9, 2008
3G: August 9, 2010
3GS: September 12, 2012
4: September 10, 2013
4S: September 9, 2014
5: September 10, 2013
5C: September 9, 2015
5S: March 21, 2016
6 / 6 Plus: September 7, 2016
6S / 6S Plus: September 12, 2018
SE (1st): September 12, 2018
7 / 7 Plus: September 10, 2019
8 / 8 Plus: April 15, 2020
X: September 12, 2018
XS / XS Max: September 10, 2019
XR: September 14, 2021
11 Pro / 11 Pro Max: October 13, 2020
12 Pro, 12 Pro Max: September 14, 2021
Units sold
2.2 billion (as of November 1, 2018)[1]
Operating system
iOS
System on a chip
Chips used
1st gen and 3G: S5L8900
3GS: S5PC100
4: Apple A4
4S: Apple A5
5 / 5C: Apple A6
5S: Apple A7
6 / 6 Plus: Apple A8
6S / 6S Plus and SE (1st): Apple A9
7 / 7 Plus: Apple A10 Fusion
8 / 8 Plus / X: Apple A11 Bionic
XR / XS / XS Max: Apple A12 Bionic
11 / 11 Pro / 11 Pro Max and SE (2nd): Apple A13 Bionic
12 / 12 mini / 12 Pro / 12 Pro Max: Apple A14 Bionic
13 / 13 mini / 13 Pro / 13 Pro Max: Apple A15 Bionic
CPU
CPU
1st gen and 3G: Samsung 32-bit RISC ARM 1176JZ(F)-S v1.0[2]
3GS: 600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8[3]
4: 800 MHz ARM Cortex-A8[4]
4S: 800 MHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9[5]
5 / 5C: 1.3 GHz dual-core Apple A6
5S: 1.3 GHz 64-bit dual-core Apple A7
6 / 6 Plus: 1.4 GHz 64-bit dual-core Apple A8
6S / 6S Plus and SE (1st): 1.85 GHz 64-bit dual-core Apple A9
7 / 7 Plus: 2.34 GHz 64-bit quad-core Apple A10 Fusion (2× Hurricane + 2× Zephyr)[6]
8 / 8 Plus / X: 2.39 GHz 64-bit Apple A11 Bionic (2× Monsoon + 4× Mistral)
XR / XS / XS Max: 2.49 64-bit Apple A12 Bionic
11 / 11 Pro / 11 Pro Max and SE (2nd): 2.65 64-bit Apple A13 Bionic
12 Mini / 12 / 12 Pro / 12 Pro Max: 3.10 64-bit Apple A14 Bionic
13 Mini / 13 / 13 Pro / 13 Pro Max: 3.23 64-bit Apple A15 Bionic
Memory
1st gen and 3G: 128 MB RAM (137 MHz)
3GS: 256 MB RAM (200 MHz)
4: 512 MB RAM (200 MHz)
4S: 512 MB RAM
5 / 5C: 1 GB RAM
5S and 6 / 6 Plus: 1 GB LPDDR3 RAM
6S / 6S Plus, SE (1st) and 7: 2 GB LPDDR4 RAM
8: 2 GB LPDDR4X RAM
7 Plus: 3 GB LPDDR4 RAM
8 Plus, X, XR and SE (2nd): 3 GB LPDDR4X,XS Max, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, 12, 12 Mini, 13, 13 Mini: 4 GB LPDDR4X RAM
12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max: 6 GB LPDDR4X RAM
Storage
4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 GB or 1 TB[a] flash memory[7]
Mass
Weight
1st gen and 3GS:
135 g (4.8 oz)
3G: 133 g (4.7 oz)
4: 137 g (4.8 oz)
4S: 140 g (4.9 oz)
5 and 5S:
112 g (4.0 oz)
5C: 132 g (4.7 oz)
6: 129 g (4.6 oz)
6 Plus: 172 g (6.1 oz)
6S: 143 g (5.0 oz)
6S Plus: 192 g (6.8 oz)
SE (1st): 113 g (4.0 oz)
7: 138 g (4.9 oz)
7 Plus: 188 g (6.6 oz)
8 & SE (2nd): 148 g (5.2 oz)
8 Plus: 202 g (7.1 oz)
X: 174 g (6.1 oz)
XS: 177 g (6.2 oz)
XS Max: 208 g (7.3 oz)
XR and 11: 194 g (6.8 oz)
11 Pro: 188 g (6.6 oz)
11 Pro Max: 226 g (8.0 oz)
12 mini: 135 g (4.8 oz)
12: 164 g (5.8 oz)
12 Pro: 189 g (6.7 oz)
12 Pro Max: 228 g (8.0 oz)
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