Hey everyone, it’s Ryan with my second guest appearance on Lisa’s blog.  Today I’m going to quickly summarize the changes to the new iPhone.  Since Lisa’s blog is design driven this is semi-related since we have an all new design on the new iPhone 4.

Thanks to Engadget for their reporting and photos

Pricing and Availability
Release date – June 24, 2010
Pre-order  – June 15, 2010
Available in black or white
16GB or 32 GB
16GB – $199
32GB – $299
AT&T will allow early upgrades to anyone eligible for an upgrade in 2010

Design/Hardware
9.3 mm thick (24% thinner than 3GS and thinnest smart phone in the world
Front facing camera
Rear facing (5MP) camera with LED flash
Stainless steel bezel which doubles as an integrated antenna
Glass front and back (improves signal)
Noise cancellation mics

Retina Display
326 PPI (Pixels per inch)
800:1 Contrast ratio (4x better)

A4 Chip
7 hours of 3G talk
6 hours of 3G browsing
10 hours of WiFi browsing
10 hours of video
40 hours of music
300 hours of standby
7.2 Mbps download speed/5.8 Mbps upload speed

Gyroscope
3-axis gyro (angular velocity)
Pitch, roll & yaw
Rotation about gravity
Gyro + accelerometer provides 6-axis motion sensing
(All fancy talk for new motion sensors for more impressive games and apps)

Camera
5 Megapixel rear-facing camera
LED Flash
5x Built-in zoom
HD Video (720p at 30fps)
Tap to focus (pictures and video)
One click sharing
LED continuous flash for video
Built-in editing
i-Movie app ($4.99 in app store)

iPhone OS4
Renamed to iOS4 (Available June 21, 2010 – Free for all!)
Multitasking
Folders
Unified mailbox
Threaded e-mails
Enterprise support enhancements

iBooks
Download same book to all devices for no extra charge
iBooks automatically syncs your place, bookmarks and notes

iAds
Keeps you in your app when clicking on an ad
Built into iOS4
Much more effective and interactive marketing opportunities

FaceTime
iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 video calling
WiFi only (during 2010)
Can use front or rear facing camera

Now for the pictures!

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