iPhone
Apple has shipped an iPhone every year since June 2007. This is the full line, with the specs, the silicon and what reviewers made of each one at the time.
50 models documented
2007iPhone
1st generation
The original iPhone. Capacitive multi-touch, no keyboard, no App Store and no 3G, sold on a two-year AT&T contract.
2008iPhone 3G
2nd generation
Added 3G data and GPS, moved to a plastic shell, and launched the same day as the App Store.
2009iPhone 3GS
3rd generation
Roughly twice as fast as the 3G, with autofocus, video recording, a compass and Voice Control.
2010iPhone 4
4th generation
Retina display, Apple's first in-house A4 chip, glass-and-steel body, front camera for FaceTime, and the antenna story.
2011iPhone 4S
5th generation
Same body as the iPhone 4 with the dual-core A5, an 8 MP camera shooting 1080p, and the launch of Siri.
2012iPhone 5
6th generation
Taller 4-inch screen, aluminum unibody, LTE, and the Lightning connector that retired the 30-pin dock.
2013iPhone 5c
7th generation
The iPhone 5's internals in a colored polycarbonate shell, sold below the 5s. Apple's one attempt at a cheaper new iPhone.
2013iPhone 5s
7th generation
First 64-bit phone chip anywhere, first Touch ID sensor, and the M7 motion coprocessor.
2014iPhone 6
8th generation
Apple's move to a bigger screen at 4.7 inches, with Apple Pay and the A8. Over 10 million sold in the opening weekend.
2014iPhone 6 Plus
8th generation
Apple's first 5.5-inch iPhone, with optical image stabilization and by far the largest battery in the line.
2015iPhone 6s
9th generation
3D Touch, a 12 MP camera shooting 4K, 2 GB of RAM, and a 7000 series aluminum case that ended the bending stories.
2015iPhone 6s Plus
9th generation
The 5.5-inch 6s, with optical image stabilization extended to video and the largest battery Apple shipped that year.
2016iPhone SE (1st generation)
1st generation
iPhone 6s internals in the iPhone 5s body. Four inches, the A9 and a 12 MP camera, at the lowest price Apple had asked for a new iPhone.
2016iPhone 7
10th generation
Dropped the headphone jack, replaced the home button with a pressure pad, and added IP67 water resistance and the four-core A10 Fusion.
2016iPhone 7 Plus
10th generation
Apple's first dual-camera iPhone: a 2x telephoto alongside the wide, and the Portrait mode that arrived with it in iOS 10.1.
2017iPhone 8
11th generation
Glass back for wireless charging, the A11 Bionic with Apple's first neural engine, and True Tone. The last iPhone with a front home button.
2017iPhone 8 Plus
11th generation
The last big-screen iPhone with a home button, and where Portrait Lighting arrived alongside the dual camera.
2017iPhone X
11th generation
Edge-to-edge OLED, no home button, Face ID and the notch. The template for every iPhone that followed.
2018iPhone XS
12th generation
The iPhone X refined: the 7nm A12 Bionic, Smart HDR, Depth Control and IP68, on the same 5.8-inch OLED.
2018iPhone XS Max
12th generation
The largest iPhone Apple had built, 6.5 inches of OLED in a body barely bigger than the 8 Plus.
2018iPhone XR
12th generation
The XS chip behind an LCD and an aluminum frame at $250 less. The best-selling phone in the world for most of 2019.
2019iPhone 11
13th generation
A second ultra-wide camera, Night mode, the A13 Bionic, and a $50 price cut against the XR.
2019iPhone 11 Pro
13th generation
The first iPhone Apple called Pro: three color-matched cameras, the Super Retina XDR display, and four hours more battery than the XS.
2020iPhone SE (2nd generation)
2nd generation
The iPhone 11's A13 Bionic inside the iPhone 8 body, with Touch ID and a home button, at $399.
2020iPhone 12
14th generation
Flat edges are back, OLED across the whole line, 5G, MagSafe and Ceramic Shield. The first 5nm chip in a phone.
2020iPhone 12 Pro
14th generation
Stainless steel, a third telephoto camera, Apple ProRAW, and the LiDAR scanner that made low-light autofocus six times faster.
2020iPhone 12 mini
14th generation
The smallest 5G phone anyone has built. A full iPhone 12 at 5.4 inches and 135 grams, held back by a 2227 mAh battery.
2020iPhone 12 Pro Max
14th generation
The first Pro Max with camera hardware the smaller Pro did not get: a 47% larger sensor and sensor-shift stabilization.
2021iPhone 13
15th generation
A 20% smaller notch, two and a half hours more battery, sensor-shift stabilization, Cinematic mode, and 128 GB as the base storage.
2021iPhone 13 Pro
15th generation
ProMotion reaches the iPhone at 10Hz to 120Hz, all three cameras are new, macro arrives, and ProRes video recording follows in an update.
2021iPhone 13 mini
15th generation
The last small iPhone. Fixed the 12 mini's battery, kept everything else, and still did not sell well enough to survive.
2021iPhone 13 Pro Max
15th generation
28 hours of video playback, and the first Pro Max whose cameras matched the smaller Pro exactly.
2022iPhone SE (3rd generation)
3rd generation
The A15 Bionic and 5G in the iPhone 8 body. The last iPhone with Touch ID and a home button.
2022iPhone 14
16th generation
Crash Detection and Emergency SOS via satellite, the first front camera with autofocus, and the year Apple split Pro silicon from standard.
2022iPhone 14 Pro
16th generation
The Dynamic Island replaces the notch, the always-on display arrives, and the main camera goes to 48 MP for the first resolution change since 2015.
2022iPhone 14 Pro Max
16th generation
29 hours of video, 2000 nits outdoors, and the 48 MP sensor's free 2x crop. The last stainless steel Pro Max and the last with Lightning.
2022iPhone 14 Plus
16th generation
The mini's replacement: a 6.7-inch iPhone 14 with 26 hours of video, outlasting the Pro Max for $200 less.
2023iPhone 15
17th generation
USB-C replaces Lightning after eleven years, the Dynamic Island comes to the standard line, and the main camera goes to 48 MP.
2023iPhone 15 Pro
17th generation
Titanium drops 19 grams, the Action button replaces the mute switch, USB 3 speeds arrive, and the A17 Pro is the first 3nm chip in anything.
2023iPhone 15 Plus
17th generation
The 6.7-inch iPhone 15, with 26 hours of video and the longest battery life in the non-Pro line.
2023iPhone 15 Pro Max
17th generation
The tetraprism periscope: a 120mm lens at 5x optical zoom, where the 15 Pro stopped at 77mm and 3x.
2024iPhone 16
18th generation
Camera Control and the Action button both arrive, the cameras go vertical for spatial video, and 8 GB of RAM becomes the baseline for Apple Intelligence.
2024iPhone 16 Plus
18th generation
The 6.7-inch iPhone 16, with the largest battery Apple had put in a non-Pro iPhone at 4674 mAh.
2024iPhone 16 Pro
18th generation
6.1 grows to 6.3 inches, the ultra-wide goes to 48 MP, and the 5x tetraprism telephoto comes down from the Pro Max.
2024iPhone 16 Pro Max
18th generation
The largest iPhone yet at 6.9 inches and 33 hours of video, with cameras finally identical to the smaller Pro.
2025iPhone 16e
18th generation
The SE replacement: Face ID, the A18 and the Action button at $599, and the debut of Apple's own C1 cellular modem.
2025iPhone 17
19th generation
ProMotion and the always-on display finally reach the standard iPhone, storage doubles to 256 GB at the same price, and the front camera goes to 18 MP.
2025iPhone 17 Pro
19th generation
Aluminum unibody with vapor chamber cooling replaces titanium, and all three cameras go to 48 MP with 8x telephoto reach.
2025iPhone 17 Pro Max
19th generation
The largest battery Apple has put in an iPhone at 5088 mAh and 39 hours of video, and the first 2 TB configuration.
2025iPhone Air
19th generation
5.64mm thick, the thinnest iPhone Apple has made. One camera, one speaker, and Apple's own C1X modem to make the power budget work.