English
iPhone
From i- + phone.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine’
Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
Ancient Greek φωνή ‘sound’
French téléphone
English telephone
English phone
The story
Many Apple products have an i- prefix in their names.
Today it means
noun A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / iPhone