June 8, 2010 by Matt Thomas
After the drama surrounding the ‘lost iPhone’ in recent months there has been a lot of talk as to whether or not we had seen a rare early glance of an Apple product.
All the speculation was put to bed yesterday as Apple officially launched the much anticipated updated version of its iPhone with chief executive, Steve Jobs, describing it as the world’s thinnest smart-phone, and “the most precise, beautiful thing we’ve ever designed”
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Jobs, proclaimed at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco that iPhone 4 was “the biggest leap forward” the company have made since the original iPhone.
The new iPhone 4 is made from glass and stainless steel resembling the latest Macbook laptops. It features a much sharper five-megapixel front-facing camera with an LED flash. The screen on the new iPhone is four times the resolution of the display on the current iPhone 3GS as Apple have implemented an all new Retina display making the screen super sharp. Jobs also revealed that iPhone 4 can also record and edit high definition video.
Steve Jobs also did a live demonstration of Apple’s new video calling service known as ‘FaceTime’ by calling Jonny Ive, Apple’s chief designer.
The iPhone 4 will be available in the UK shortly after the US date (allegedly) on June 24, in a choice of black or white. Pricing and upgrade details have not been released by Apple just yet.
The iPhone 4 uses Apple’s own A4 processor, which Jobs said gave the device superior speed and performance, as well as a bigger, better battery that will allow users to use the device for longer between charges. There’s also a gyroscope built in to the device, which allows movement to be measured even more precisely than the 3G model, and could inspire a whole new generation of iPhone games, said Jobs.
Apple also gave more details about its new operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, known as iOS4.
The software update will finally bring multi-tasking to the iPhone, this will allow users to run multiple applications and programs simultaneously, and will also enable users to organise their applications in to folders.
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