Apple CEO Steve Jobs opened the
2010 Worldwide Developers
Conference today by announcing
the latest iPhone incarnation, the
iPhone 4. As expected, the latest
handset features a high-resolutiondisplay, a faster processor, and
video calling, but it also sports
unexpected additions like a new
antenna and a gyroscope. It will be
available exclusively with AT&T
starting June 24. The price with
service is fair--$199 for the 16GB
phone or $299 for the 32GB
device--and both models come in
white and black versions. No, we did
not hear a peep about the elusive Verizon
iPhone, but we didn't anticipate any news on
that front.
Even from the outside, you'll see that the
iPhone 4 marks the biggest upgrade since the
iPhone 3G (the 3GS didn't add much beyond a
compass). The profile is thinner and you'll
notice a new front-facing camera (more on
that later). The iPhone 4 also serves as the
debut device for the newly named iOS 4
operating system, which brings such much-
needed features as multitasking, a unified e-
mail in-box, and app folders for the home
screen.
On the whole, this iPhone 4 has us more
excited than we were last year when the the
3GS was born. The new features, particularly
those in the new operating system, are long
overdue and we welcome any efforts to
improve call quality (remember that it is a
phone, after all). There were a few things that
we were hoping for that we didn't get--a 64GB
model, among them--but we look forward to
reviewing this model.
Conference today by announcing
the latest iPhone incarnation, the
iPhone 4. As expected, the latest
handset features a high-resolutiondisplay, a faster processor, and
video calling, but it also sports
unexpected additions like a new
antenna and a gyroscope. It will be
available exclusively with AT&T
starting June 24. The price with
service is fair--$199 for the 16GB
phone or $299 for the 32GB
device--and both models come in
white and black versions. No, we did
not hear a peep about the elusive Verizon
iPhone, but we didn't anticipate any news on
that front.
Even from the outside, you'll see that the
iPhone 4 marks the biggest upgrade since the
iPhone 3G (the 3GS didn't add much beyond a
compass). The profile is thinner and you'll
notice a new front-facing camera (more on
that later). The iPhone 4 also serves as the
debut device for the newly named iOS 4
operating system, which brings such much-
needed features as multitasking, a unified e-
mail in-box, and app folders for the home
screen.
On the whole, this iPhone 4 has us more
excited than we were last year when the the
3GS was born. The new features, particularly
those in the new operating system, are long
overdue and we welcome any efforts to
improve call quality (remember that it is a
phone, after all). There were a few things that
we were hoping for that we didn't get--a 64GB
model, among them--but we look forward to
reviewing this model.
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