The year 2007 was a historic one for the mobile telecoms industry. It was on this year the Apple launched its biggest baby yet, the iPhone. With the already popular and still hot-selling iPod, the iPhone created quite a stir among its buyers from the United States and the United Kingdom. Days before the product launch, people were camping out and lining up outside mobile phone shops just so they could secure a unit of their own. After only two days upon its debut in the US, more than a quarter of a million iPhones were sold, much to the joy of carrier AT&T, which was the exclusive distributor back then. Only later in 2008 was this touch screen smart phone released in territories such as Asia, Australia, and other parts of Europe.

The original iPhone met a lot of criticisms, particularly because it was lacking on a lot of features that customers could totally get from other brands. One of the problems was the AT&T lock, slow internet speeds, limited applications, as well as some issues with the easily scratched screen, the smudge prone body, as well as the recessed headset jack. Because of this, many mobile phone manufacturers jumped on the opportunity to design their own "iPhone killers," in hopes to drive sales away from Apple. But despite such criticisms, the original iPhone reigned supreme, and was even awarded by Time Magazine as the Best Invention of 2007. Later on, in June of 2008, a bolder and better Apple iPhone was launched in the US and UK, and it was now dubbed as the iPhone 3G.

Before delving into the nitty gritty about the features of the new and improved iPhone 3G for 2008, here are some more interesting facts and tidbits on this revolutionary smart phone. Within a year after its 2007 launch, the iPhone sold more than 13 million units around the world, which is a combined figure of the original iPhone and its 3G sister. Because of sales, the iPhone even beat the Blackberry, and Apple was then ranked as the third highest earning mobile manufacturer in terms of revenue.

The Apple iPhone 3G became an impressive and refreshing change from the limitations of its predecessor. At some point, many of the first buyers were disappointed with their initial choices, but were still willing to shell out hundreds of dollars for the 3G version. In addition, the faster 3G version now features a larger storage capacity, as consumers have the option of getting either the 8GB or 16GB model. Also, the battery life was increased, from 8 hours of talk, you can get up to 10 hours of talk on the iPhone 3G. The headset jack was no longer recessed, and the 3G phone now support GPS. It is also installed with Google Maps, plus organizer.

Thanks to application developers, the newer iPhone can now multitask and offer more for its users, such as games, news, streaming videos, editing software, and more. A recent development on iPhone apps is the introduction of digital formats of comic books to be downloaded and viewed on the iPhone.