Apple’s new iPhone 4 “is nothing short of stunning. I know you think you might already know what the device looks like but trust me, it’s not even close to seeing the device up close and in person. It’s super thin at 9.3mm which is a shrink down of 24 percent. It’s got a solid feel and heft and the metal trim (which are also the antennas) gives it a very elegant look,” Michael Gartenberg blogs for Gartenblog. “You’ll know immediately it’s an iPhone but this is Apple’s best effort in design yet.”
“Retina Display. Again, this has to be seen to be appreciated. Apple has upped the ante on the phone display market with a new design that’s now 4x greater in terms of pixels than previous iPhones,” Gartenberg writes. “That means that text and graphics take on a stunning new clarity. At 326 pixels per inch, Apple has now hit the magic threshold above 300 where the retina simply can’t see the individual pixels anymore. Web pages, email, photos all have a stunning new clarity. Using the same screen tech as the iPad, it’s far superior to AMOLED in terms of use in bright sunlight and has a very nice wide viewing angle. This is now the new benchmark for all devices to follow.”
Gartenberg writes, “It’s running an A4. Just like big brother iPad. Suffice to say performance is excellent. There’s a degree of fluidity that’s fantastic across the board… Taking advantage of the iPhone 4′s front facing camera, FaceTime is mobile video conference done right. It works iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 and it’s WiFi only for 2010. What it is though is simple. There’s no setup, there’s no configuration. There’s no lag. Audio and video are fully in sync. In short it just works. We knew there might be this sort of capability from some of the leaks but the truth is, until you see it in action, it’s hard to appreciate. Even cooler, it’s all open so developers can easily add this functionality to their apps. Skype, are you listening? Apple isn’t the first to market with video conferencing on a phone but they’re the first to get it right. It’s not a feature unless the mass market uses it and I expect FaceTIme will drive a lot of sales.”
There’s much more in the full article – highly recommended – here.
my $199 is sitting on my desk.
Can’t wait to see it
APPLE RULES!!! What’s droid gonna do now???? There little INCREDIBLE is like a piece of junk compared to Iphone 4. OWNED again by apple. These other companies should just shut their mouths and stop trying to compete. Just make their garbage little phones and pray that people are dumb enough to buy them just like the idiots that buy PC’s over Macs.
I want video chat iPhone to iChat
@DocMac
yes. yes! give loyal Mac users this, and it would probably help convert more PC people to the Mac platform, once iPhone users start using
Sigh. If only AT&T’s coverage map included my house…
Ready to buy the 32GB/Black iPhone. My current 3GS will be on eBay in few weeks. The iPhone 4 is awesome! Can’t wait.
Once again Apple gets it Right !!
Well done Mr Jobs !!!!
One Solid Company !!!
Like em or not …….
have they posted the full keynote anywhere? damn thing isn’t on itunes yet.
too bad AT & T totally prevents me from buying. They simply have no coverage where i need it.
If ATT doesn’t cover your area, you can always buy one and jailbreak it. Apparently T-Mobile and others will kind of guide you, or direct you to the information… and once it’s broken open they will sign it up on their network, so I’ve heard. Others who’ve done it might fill us in…
There’s so much moaning about ATT, but I really can’t believe VZ will be better. I had a VZ phone and its call quality sounded like crap and lost calls more than any other carrier, and we’re in a major city… Eventually the iPhone will be on VZ, but I don’t expect it will be much better service overall… if at all.
There’s also the 3G microcell… which can improve coverage at home…
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/3gmicrocell/
Where the hell is the keynote video?
They did well to rename the iPhone OS to iOS.
I called on it earlier that iPOS had a negative ring to it.
I’ve got the cash ready, I just have to hope the spousal unit agrees. She just bought me a new lawn mower today, so an iPhone might to stretching my luck a little.
Dear Google and Android Fanboys:
G A M E O V E R ! ! ! !
Well, my $299 is ready, and I’ll be up at 12:00:01 AM formy presale. Not to mention down at the apple store on the 24th. Hehe.
I’m wait for iphone 4 for a long time.
now, have seen the “9 New Features of the iPhone 4”
more excited. the addition ibook is my favorite.
I can’t wait to buy it right now even if I have no enough money.
And more iphone detials in this iphone spot ( http://www.ifunia.com/iphone-column/index.html) that I would visited everyday.
Surely I’m not the only one who thinks that everything on the new iPhone 4 will probably be on the next iPad. I know we’ve seen video calling in scifi movies for years, but you can actually see it happening in everyday common place, finally.
The only question is, what excuses will spouses and teenagers give for NOT taking a video chat?
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Can we watch facebook videos on this new iPhone
Do you know if it has Facebook video
@acid… low battery.
Oh SHIT yes I hope we can watch facebook videos on it.
I’m so damn tired of interacting with peoe face to face.
I’m just glad facebook is not tired . . .
I love the new iPhone. Warming up the eBay account for the 32GB 3GS. In my past experience in doing this, iPhones hold their value so well, that selling the old one usually covers the cost of the new. Last year, I had a $50 profit in the exchange. Amazing.
Of course, almost anything Apple sells well on eBay. I had a previous generation Airport Express, I think the original one out, and I got more than I thought for it.
What’s amazing is that even after 3years, the iPhone is still the device to beat, and 3 years is a LONG time in this industry!!!!!
Now let’s see others try to play catch up…… Apple smack you again biatches “google android” ….. Apple always ahead of time. Android sucks!