IPhone lined up outside the stores nationwide. The passionate reaction to the launch of the iPhone resulted in sections of the media dubbing it the 'Jesus phone'. Following this successful release in the US, the first generation iPhone was made available in the UK, France, and Germany in November 2007, and Ireland and Austria in the spring of 2008. On July 11, 2008, Apple released the iPhone 3G in twenty-two countries, including the original six. Apple released the iPhone 3G in upwards of eighty countries and territories. Apple announced the iPhone 3GS on June 8, 2009, along with plans to release
IPhone system. The iPhone was initially released with two options for internal storage size: 4 or 8GB. On September 5, 2007, Apple discontinued the 4GB models. On February 5, 2008, Apple added a 16GB model. The iPhone 3G was available in 8 and 16GB. The iPhone 3GS came in 16 and 32GB variants and remained available in 8GB until September 2012, more than three years after its launch. The iPhone 4 was available in 16 and 32GB variants, as well as an 8GB variant to be sold alongside the iPhone 4S at a reduced price point. The iPhone 4S was available