History of the iPhone By natnail19 Jun 29, 2007 iPhone Released iPhone first gen first released by Apple. Jul 11, 2008 iPhone 3G Realeased with a faster procesor and 3G speed Jun 19, 2009 iPhone 3GS Better camera, new IOS Jun 24, 2010 iPhone 4 Oct 14, 2011 iPhone 4S Sep 21, 2012 iPhone 5 Bigger screen, long battery life Sep 20, 2013 iPhones 5C/5S Sep 19, 2014 iPhone 6/6+ New bigger and better iPhones to compete with Samsung.