The much awaited iPhone 4 is out! To begin with the iPhone has a completely new design with a front and back glass and its available in two colours casings white and black (the white one’s my favourite). iPhone 4 also has a better camera, led flash and a front-facing camera for video chat features and HD video recording. It also adds a new video chat feature called FaceTime which connects users with wifi and it has an open platform. iPhone 4 also brings micro-sim better Wifi (802.11n) and battery life.
It delivers an amazing seven hours of talk time on 3G networks, upto 10 hours of web browsing on Wi-Fi and up to six hours on 3G, and up to 10 hours of video playback and up to 40 hours of audio playback. iPhone 4 is powered by Apple’s new A4 processor that is used in the iPad. iPhone 4 also features second microphone to kill unwanted background noise for improved call quality. It adds quad-band HSUPA to provide 7.2Mbps downlink and 5.8Mbps uplink capability. With so many hardware upgrades it also adds 2 grams of extra weight.
iPhone 3GS vs iPhone 4 Specs Sheet
| Feature | iPhone 3GS | iPhone 4 |
| Network | 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 |
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 |
| OS | iOS 3.0 (to be upgraded to 4.0) | iOS 4.0 |
| Display | 3.5″ TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches |
3.5″ retinal display 960×640 pixels |
| Camera | 3.15 MP / Autofocus 30 fps Video recodring with audio |
5 Megapixel with HD video recording (720p) LED Flash, Front Camera |
| EDGE | HSDPA suppored 7.2 Mbps | HSDPA 7.2Mpps 5.8Mbps HSUPA |
| Internet Browser | Mobile Safari Full HTML without Flash | Mobile Safari Full HTML without Flash |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Emails | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Emails (threaded) |
| FM | no | No |
| Processor | 600 MHz CPU | Apple A4, 1GHz |
| Battery | Unknown | 16% bigger |
| Colours | White and Black | White and Black |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth AD2P (headset support only) Bluetooth P2P games WiFi, AGPS |
Bluetooth AD2P (headset support only) Bluetooth P2P games WiFi ‘n’ AGPS |
| Memory | 256MB RAM 16 GB/ 32 GB storage | 16GB and 32GB versions (RAM unknown) |
| Weight | 135 gms | 137 gms |
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Apple calls this the biggest leap since the original iPhone in 2007. What do you think?