This change amounts to a slight move of the mute switch, so it is closer to the volume up button than before. For this reason alone, your existing iPhone 4 case may not fit.Apple’s latest iPhone is the iPhone 4. This sophisticated device provides excellent communication and entertainment facilities.
Features include, among others, Wi-Fi internet, Apps store, iTunes, navigation with GPS and MAPS support. Music lovers will appreciate the included iPod featuresThe striking design makes even some of the of the newer competition look dated. Front and back are glass, with steel edging circling the phone. The flat back prevents that “quivering” many phones are subject to when placed on a table.o iPhone 4 certainly feels solid and should survive the odd fall.
The glass, though covered with oil-resistant veneer, does tend to draw smears and the promised scratch-resistance will have to prove itself in pockets full of keys and coins. The new Retina Display, so called because it exceeds the number of pixels a human retina is able to process, features a resolution of 960 x 640 pixels – four times as many as previous iPhones.
Combined with the IPS display (as used on the iPad), featuring a contrast ratio of a massive 800:1, this provides a stunningly clear display, finished off nicely with TFT and AMOLED, as used on many Android phones.
iPhone 4 uses the same ambient light sensor, proximity sensor and accelerometer as previous versions, with no functionality changes. Most other outer elements – such as the home button, headset jack, power button, speaker, microphone and 30 pin connector – remain pretty much unchanged from the iPhone 3GS. Unfortunately this means the battery still can’t be removed.
Other design changes include a front VGA camera with LED flash and a noise cancellation microphone. The split volume button is easier to work than the previous rocker and the mute button above has also been improved.
One major change is that the SIM card slot is now at the right of the iPhone and the format has been changed to MicroSIM, resembling the iPad. It is therefore no longer possible to use a regular pattern SIM in this phone. Last, but not least, the iPhone 4 16GB is also available in white, and the 32GB version offers more storage space.
THE PRICE
$200 for 16GB, $300 for 32GB, and $400 for 64GB. Comes with your choice of two-year indenture to AT&T, Verizon, and now Sprint.
THE VERDICT
The iPhone 4S is Apple smartly restraining themselves. Rather than push into a new mobile form factor every year, the pattern now is to introduce a new form factor, then improve upon it with the next release. Which means something that was already great just gets better.
If you have an iPhone 4, gnash your teeth and wait. If you don't, this is a buy.
UPDATE, Oct. 29: In the days following the publishing of this review, I started to notice some battery life issues. They started subtly, but are now more noticeable: By the end of a day, starting with a full charge with only moderate usage, my batter is about dead. With the iPhone 4, I could make it two days on a single charge pretty easily. And judging by this support thread, I'm not alone. We'll keep an eye on it, and see if a software update can fix.
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