BENNY's RANTS: iPhone 4 officially launched 7 Jun

Monday, June 7, 2010

iPhone 4 officially launched 7 Jun

The iPhone 4 was officially launched by Steve Jobs on 7 Jun in San Fransisco ( 8 Jun at 3 am Msian time ).
Major features very well detailed at : http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/

- Apple A4 1.0 GHz processor similar to iPAD
- Memory 16 GB and 32 GB
- GSM/EDGE, UMTS/HSPDA/HSUPA ( 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- WiFi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1 , GPS
- Battery life : Talk time 7 hours ( 3G) , Internet use ( 6 hours 3G ), 10 hours ( WiFi), Video playback ( 10 hours ), Audio playback ( 40 hours )
- Size : slimmer by 24 %
- Retina display 3.5" 960x640 pixel @ 326 ppi
- Front video camera - video conference on WiFi only
- HD video recording with 5 mpx camera and LED flash
- Sensors : 3 axis gyro, Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Ambient light sensor
- FACETIME software for videp conference
- MultiTasking finally available
- Special engineered glass suface which is scratch resistant
- 2 noise cancelling microphones

Prices at USA only with contract : US$ 199 for 16 GB, US$299 for 32 GB

Without contract is US$599 and U$699 respectively

Pre-order start 24 Jun to 5 countries - US, France, Germany, UK, Japan.
In July, 18 more countries - Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
In August another 24 countries and in September another 44 countries.

Malaysia ??? - no idea probably September only

These are some of the videos now available :

Steve Jobs introductory presentation at WWDC 2010 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET6rJzBn-Lo&feature=player_embedded