--- description: TIME captured the evolution of the iPhone in just a few seconds. title: New iPhone: Watch the Evolution of the Apple iPhone image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c76317b791a8071/698699baadae443f74543eda/iphone_evo.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the Evolution of Apple's iPhone in a Single GIF  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 29, 2014 3:55 PM CUT  Apple; Gif by Joseph C. Lin—TIME  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 29, 2014 3:55 PM CUT It seems like ages since Steve Jobs [first announced](http://time.com/3222128/apple-iphone/ "undefined") Apple’s first iPhone in 2007\. At the time, the heavy, 4GB device seemed like a technology miracle, but today it looks just a little dated compared to the iPhone’s latest iteration — and who knows what it’ll look like compared to the iPhone 6, which is [just around the corner](http://time.com/3207303/apple-iphone-6-september-9/ "undefined"). TIME captured the evolution of the iPhone in just a few seconds. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3222183/apple-iphone-evolution/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3222183/apple-iphone-evolution/"},"headline":"Watch the Evolution of Apple's iPhone in a Single GIF","datePublished":"2014-08-29T15:55:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:03:03.771Z","description":"From 2007 to 2014","url":"https://time.com/3222183/apple-iphone-evolution/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Gadgets","Innovation","Technology","Steve Jobs","iPhone","cell phones"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c76317b791a8071/698699baadae443f74543eda/iphone_evo.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c76317b791a8071/698699baadae443f74543eda/iphone_evo.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"iPhone","caption":"","creditText":"Apple; Gif by Joseph C. Lin—TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3222183/apple-iphone-evolution/","name":"Watch the Evolution of Apple's iPhone in a Single GIF"}}]}] ```