So yesterday the new iPhone named the iPhone 4 was announced by Mr Jobs himself. As you would expect it is trending on Twitter (Under a number of hash tags and keywords).
So what is all the fuss about? What is new about this iPhone?
A summary if what has been announced:
1. New Design – 9.33mm thick. 24% thinner than iPhone 3GS. Micro sim tray. Front facing camera. Camera and LED Flash on the back. Antennas integrated into steel structure. Scratch resistant glass.
2. Display – Retina display which has 326 pixels per inch. 3.5 inch screen.
3. Chip & Specs – New A4 chip designed and made by a Apple. Battery is bigger, with up to 6 hours 3G browsing and 10 hours Wi-Fi. 10 Hours video, 40 hours music and 300 hours standby. Up to 32GB of storage.
4. Data Speed – Quad band HSPDA/HSUPA. 7.2mbps down. 5.8 up. 802.11n
5. 3-Axis Gyro – Pitch and roll. New motion APIs
6. Camera – 5 Megapixel camera. Record HD video at 720p and 30fps. iMovie for iPhone
7. iPhone OS 4 – Renamed to iOS 4
8. iBooks – Same features that are available on the iPhone.
9. iAds – “You will be able to add iAds to your app in an afternoon” said Steve Jobs. Advertisers get 60% of the revenue. Clients already include: Citi, Unilever, AT&T, Chanel, GE, Liberty Mutual, State Farm, Geico, Campbell’s, Sears, JC Penny, Target, Best Buy, Direct TV, TBS, Disney. iAds will be online from 1st July.
10. FaceTime – Videochat app for the iPhone 4… only for iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 calls. Also only enabled over Wi-fi to start with, 3G coming next year if they are ale to broker a deal with the networks.
What do you think is the most interesting new feature? Last night on Twitter there was already talk about how the video conferencing feature was going to revolutionise the porn industry… errmmmm Is that the first thought people have? Really? I think you may be missing a few points…
If you want the watch the whole thing… check out the keynote on YouTube.
Source of much information The Apple Blog
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