Another iPhone 4 Response Post

Along with probably a million other people I was watching the live coverage of the latest Apple keynote speech.

So what are the hard facts for us UK peeps;

• New design is nicer (IMO) and metal
• Much better camera and additional one on front
• WiFi Video Calling
• Much better (4x in fact) screen (although not quite 720 HD Apple)
• Pre Orders next week for June 24th release date in UK, USA, France, Germany, Japan
• No UK Prices YET

OK a more in-depth look below

Design

• Yeah all those rumour shots were true and we do have the new, boxier, metal design.
• It will be available in black and white again and is completely made (casing) of steel and glass.
• Glass is on front and back(?)
• It will be the thinnest smart phone in the world at 9.3mm
• The metal strips around the bottom and sides are various antenna

Screen

• Has 4x as many pixels which they call “retina display”
• Res will be 960×640 with a contrast of 800:1
• Super tough scratch resistant glass
• 326 pixels per inch
• Great quality zooming

Internal Tech

• New A4 chip
• 802 WiFi
• Up to QuadBand
• More compact internal design
• Uses microSIM
• 2 Microphones for noise cancelling
• 3 Axis Gyro
  • 6 way motion sensing
  • accelerometer
  • proximity sensor
  • ambient light sensor
  • Jobs says “great for gaming” I say “we’ll see”

Camera

• 5MP
• Backside illuminated sensor
• 5x digital zoom
• LED Flash
• HD video recording
• 720p at 30 fps
• Built in video editing

Software

• Not much we didn’t know
• Multiple Exchange Accounts
• SSL VPN
• Multitasking
• Folders
• Better Enterprise support
• Default search engine choice