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TechNatura — Field Catalogue of Consumer Apparatus
Genus
Oculiphon
The iPhone lineage — glass-faced multi-touch communicators; the eye-phone genus, which defined the modern smartphone form.
2 specimens catalogued in this genus
Lineage Record
Year Specimen Additions Removals Notes
2007 iPhone (1st Generation) Oculiphon jobsii
  • Multi-touch capacitive glass display
  • Visual voicemail
  • Mobile Safari browser
  • iPod music playback
 — Founding specimen. No predecessor within the genus. Defined the glass-slab smartphone form that all successors would inherit.
2010 iPhone 4 Oculiphon retinae
  • Retina display (326 ppi; exceeds resolving threshold of human eye)
  • Front-facing camera (FaceTime)
  • Gyroscope
  • Glass posterior (Gorilla Glass both sides)
  • Stainless steel lateral band
  • Polycarbonate posterior
 Complete morphological redesign. The most dramatic change in the lineage's external form. Announced with a glass back later confirmed to be fragile in the field.
Catalogued Specimens
iPhone (1st Generation)
iPhone (1st Generation)
Oculiphon jobsii
MACH-APL-0017
[ Illustration pending ]
iPhone 4
Oculiphon retinae
MACH-APL-0021