I believe both GSM carriers in the US turned off their 2G compatibility a few years ago.
I don’t have an original iPhone, but I do have a
N original iPod touch with basically the same hardware.
The built in apps still work except for Youtube. You can still sync music to it from iTunes and Google backed Apple Maps still works. You can still restore it from iTunes as far as I know.
The original iPad and any device running iOS 5 is a better story. If you go to the App Store and try to download an app that at one time had a iOS 5 version, you can download “the last compatible version”. Netflix, Crackle, Hulu, Plex, and Spotify still work. Also all of Apple’s iWork and iLife apps still work and sync with newer versions. Google Drive also still works. I can read PDFs stored on it.
Most websites are unusable though. HN being an exception.
I don’t have an original iPhone, but I do have a N original iPod touch with basically the same hardware.
The built in apps still work except for Youtube. You can still sync music to it from iTunes and Google backed Apple Maps still works. You can still restore it from iTunes as far as I know.
The original iPad and any device running iOS 5 is a better story. If you go to the App Store and try to download an app that at one time had a iOS 5 version, you can download “the last compatible version”. Netflix, Crackle, Hulu, Plex, and Spotify still work. Also all of Apple’s iWork and iLife apps still work and sync with newer versions. Google Drive also still works. I can read PDFs stored on it.
Most websites are unusable though. HN being an exception.
Of course I have newer devices.