Camera:
Apple has added 5
megapixel sensor with backside illuminated sensor and LED Flash. This
new camera will also offer five times digital zoom and tap to focus
options. Not only that, this 5 Megapixel camera sensor is capable of
recording 720p HD video at 30 frames per second. The LED Flash will stay
illuminated for recording better quality picture in videos.
The
iPhone 4 has front facing camera that enables video calling dubbed as
FaceTime that works even when WiFi is turned off. No setup or
installation is required as FaceTime works out of the box. Apple has
build FaceTime using bunch of open standards like SIP (Session
Initiation Protoco), H.264, AAC and so on.
Apple will also
introduce new iMovie for iPhone app for video editing that will include
options like scene transitions, themes, editable titles, and much more.
This App will be available at a price of $5 after iOS4 is rolled out to
everyone.
Will iPhone 4 turn out
to be killer o Flip Mino HD and alikes? We'll wait and see.
Gyroscope:
Apple has added
three-axis gyroscope, a device maintaining orientation or measuring it
based on the rotation mechanism of the object. In this case the iPhone 4
which is clubbed with Accelerometer to make it 6-axis motion sensing.
Wow! Sony's PlayStation 3's game controller has gyroscopic motion
sensing. It's quite possible that in near future, we may see touchscreen
apps supplementing the game controllers.
Battery
life:
One of the major issues of all iPhone
users has been the battery life and hence Apple has put a larger battery
in the iPhone 4. The lithium-ion rechargeable battery promises to offer
up to 7 hours of talk time on 3G networks while 14 hours of talk time
on 2G Networks. Also one can listen to music for 40 hours or watch
videos for up to 10 hours. Most amazing part is that users can now
browser mobile web for up to 10 hours on the iPhone 4, that is as much
as offered by new Intel Atom Pine Trail platform based netbooks.
Bumpers:
Since Apple would be
using outer rims as part of its antenna system, the company has come out
with its own set of cases to protect the iPhone. Apple has introduced
iPhone 4 protection cases dubbed as Bumpers that would be available in
white, black, green, blue, orange and pink. Made out of moulded plastic
and rubber, these cases are meant to keep the antenna system as well the
glass panels safe.
Other features:
-Quadband HSDPA/HSUPA
-WiFi (802.11n)
-Assisted GPS
-Accelerometer
-Digital Compass
-Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
-iBooks App as free
download
-Microsoft's search engine Bing
officially added to search engine options.
-Micro SIM just like
the ones used in iPad
Quite a lot of features
like multi-tasking and folders utilities will arrive with iOS4 update
but iPhone 4 will come preloaded with it. The iPhone 4 will require
iTunes 9.2 so we can anticipate that iTunes software upgrade in coming
weeks. Apple iPhone 4 will be available in white and black colors.
Pre-orders begin June 15 and phones will start shipping on June 24 in
the US France, Germany, UK and Japan. Apple will roll out iPhone 4 to 18
more countries in July, 24 more in August, and 40 more in September.
