Apple chief executive Steve Jobs unveiled the latest version of the company’s vaunted iPhone on Monday, hoping to beat back growing competition from phones running Google’s Android operating system.
Mr. Jobs described the phone as, “beyond a doubt, the most precise thing and one of the most beautiful things we’ve ever made” before highlighting a number of its new features.
Faster than the previous model
Mr. Jobs said the new phone is thinner and faster that the previous iPhone. Boasting a smaller, more efficient chip, the A4, it also has better battery life, allowing seven hours of talking, 10 hours of web browsing and 300 hours of standby.
The iPhone 4 boasts cameras on both the front and the back of its glass and stainless steel body to facilitate picture taking and video chat. Mr. Jobs said a new feature called FaceTime allows video chat over wifi with no setup required. The main 5 megapixel camera also records high-definition video.
The display of the iPhone 4 is also upgraded, featuring four times as many pixels as its predecessor.
The phone will be released in the U.S. on June 24 and will cost 199 dollars for a 16 GB model and 299 dollars for a 32 GB model. It will come in both white and black cases.
In a move aimed at undercutting Google’s dominance in search, Apple has added a search option from Microsoft’s Bing search engine.
“Microsoft has done a real nice job on this,” Mr. Jobs said.
The iPhone accounts for over 40 per cent of Apple’s revenue and the company has sold more than 50 million units since launching the device in 2007. The previous version, the iPhone 3GS went on sale in June 2009.
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These prices 199$ and 299$ are with AT&T network only with minimum monthly plan of 39.99$ for 2years contract. So these prices can not be indicated as iphone prices but the original prices are the unlocked iphone prices which will be around 800-900$(USA).
@vinoth
Apple and Microsoft coming together against a common enemy - Google?
FYI- Microsoft already holds a part of Apple !
Bing is not so good when compared to Google, Apple should provide what the user needs they cant force users to use Bing , they wont succeed!
@winvill huns...i bet u have not even seen the ipad..its much more than just ipod touch
@nats ...have heard that it will be launched in july with vodafone and airtel...i think it will be priced similarly to the outgoing models, i.e. 36k for 16gb and 42k for 32gb
@thiruvasagam...dude that's not the full picture, sort of down payment because when with this basic cost u have two take two year plans with your carrier which is mandatory, so the final cost works around to 85k
congratulations to apple founder stevjobs respected sir your always think innovative that is very useful to this youngster generation
hands off to you
I have 3GS and the battery in it sucks big time. Also I would love to have the multi tasking option available in iPHONE 4.
see new version iphone 4 released with cost of us dollar 299 only.
hahahhahah
when will it be launched in india and how much will it cost here? Also if i get one from US, will it work here?
Please launch it in India
Just to highlight one sentence - "In a move aimed at undercutting Google’s dominance in search, Apple has added a search option from Microsoft’s Bing search engine" - Is this the begining of a new partnership? Apple and Microsoft coming together against a common enemy - Google?
wow....congratulations iPhone 4....u guys always and always give the very best....again and again giving the best ever...
At least this new iPhone is worth buying.
The iPad is a bigger iPod Touch whether people know it or not.
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