New iPhone 4 is slimmer, faster, super high-resolution, and lasts longer
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As anticipated, Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone 4, at WWDC on Monday, and although we knew most of the details, there were some surprises. Here's what you need to know:
1. Design
- 9.3mm thick; 24% thinner than 3GS
- Stainless steel exterior band is an integrated antenna
- Glass front AND rear
2. "Retina Display"
- 325 "ppi" (apparently they are above "dots" now)
- 3.5-inch; same as before
- 800:1 contrast ratio; 4x better than 3GS
- Not OLED; claimed that you can't make an OLED with high enough resolution
3. Apple A4 Chip + Bigger Battery
- Claiming 40% more talk time, 300 hours of standby
- Quadband HSDPA/HSUPA
4. Gyroscope
- Adds three axis for pitch roll and yaw, giving a total of 6 axis with existing accelerometer
- New "CoreMotion" API's for making use of motion tracking
5. Camera -- Backside
- 5 Megapixel
- LED Flash
- HD Video; 720p, 30fps
- Built in video editing with iMovie
6. Front Camera and Video Conferencing
- For use with new "FaceTime" video conferencing tools
- WiFi only (said that is "for now" -- Apple will work with carriers)
- iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 only
7. iOS4 -- new name for the OS
- Free upgrade for existing devices on June 21
- Multi-tasking
- Folders
- iBooks for the iPhone
8. Green Cred
- Recyclable
- Produced without most of the nastier materials
What do you think, will you upgrade or switch to the new iPhone?