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Release Date: 24th June 2010

$199 for the 16 GB version

$299 for the 32 GB version

Battery:

The iPhone 4 has had a complete revamp over its battery life and size. The new rechargeable lithium-ion battery covers up over 75% of the entire phone’s back and Apple claims that the battery will have a substantial increase in performance. Since the new phone has a colossal amount of new features and hardware increments, the phone’s battery had to be remodeled. As per the latest keynote, the battery life has up to 300 hours of standby time, 10 hours on Wi-Fi, 10 hours of video playback, and an astounding 40 hours of music playback. The phone can be charged via a power adapter or via USB as well.

Memory and Processor Speed:

The iPhone 4 is packed with a brand new swanky processor, codenamed the A4. Apple has custom built this processor for the iPhone, so that the phone won’t seem to lag behind as you go on with your app frenzy and excessive feature hogging. The phone sports the A4 which runs at a reasonable 1 GHz speed and has and a massive physical memory update, with a gigantic 512 MB RAM. So, it should be quite considerably faster than the older 3GS phone and should be able to keep up with the new features and demanding applications. The iPhone is available in two flavors, in terms of memory storage, the 16GB one and a 32 GB one.

Screen:

By far, the most important aspect of the entire iPhone is the scintillating beautiful screen. Apple has introduced a new concept, the ‘Retina Display’ which means, it’s got as many pixels per inch as the human eye can find capable of distinguishing. This means, it’s a whopping 960 x 640 pixels screen resolution! However, even though the pixel per inch has increased outstandingly, there’s no OLED goodness on the phone, as the iPhone uses an IPS display, with a contrast ratio of 800:1. Even then, the screen looks gorgeous and seems to be one of the best out there.

Form:

After a two long years of using plastic, Apple has finally moved on to a complete fresh new metal design. The outer cover is a complete metal jacket, which is at a 9.3mm thickness. The iPhone 4 is the world’s thinnest smartphone yet. The glass screen is extremely durable and quite much more scratch resistant than the previous ones. The phone features a dedicated volume control, Ring/Silent button, the famous ‘Home’ button and a On/off & Sleep button at the top. The phone is available in two colors, a complete gloss black or pearl white.

Controls:

The proprietary and pioneered touch screen with an Über slick interface, the iPhone beats everything else in competition. The phone has just the ‘home’ button. Everything else is completely based on the touch screen interface. The screen has been made more sensitive and has multiple gestures, such as pinching, pulling, etc. which makes the phone a pleasure to use.

Camera:

The iPhone was the best in everything from the beginning, sans the video. The phone somehow had it all, yet lacked one important concept: video recording. The 3GS saw an addition of the former, but even then, the quality seemed somewhat low. But this time, Apple made sure not to make the same mistake again, and went ahead to overhaul the entire camera, by introducing a brand new 5 megapixel camera, with absolutely brilliant results in both, images and video. The camera does not lose the number of pixels as it increases in the overall performance, hence keeping the quality incredible. Apple has introduced HD into its smart phone, which records video at 720p. If that wasn’t enough, the developers at Apple designed a new application, the iMovie, which allows you to capture, edit and render movies on the fly, RIGHT ON YOUR iPhone! The camera has Tap-to-Focus and a brilliant LED flash that stays illuminated during video recording, in case you are shooting in the dark. Overall, the camera has made the iPhone an amazing all-in-one gadget.

Other Features:

* 3.5” Diagonal Widescreen Multi-touch Display
* Three Axis Gyro
* Accelerometer
* Proximity Sensor
* Ambient Light Sensor
* Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Wireless Technology
* Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously