Apple
Presents iPhone 4
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7th
June 2010 |
Thinnest Smartphone
Ever
SAN FRANCISCO-June 7, 2010-Apple® today
presented the new iPhone® 4 featuring
FaceTime, which makes the dream of video
calling a reality, and Apple's stunning
new Retina display, the highest resolution
display ever built into a phone, resulting
in super crisp text, images and video. In
addition, iPhone 4 features a 5 megapixel
camera with LED flash, HD video recording,
Apple's A4 processor, a 3-axis gyro and
up to 40 percent longer talk time-in a beautiful
all-new design of glass and stainless steel
that is the thinnest smartphone in the world.
iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the newest version
of the world's most advanced mobile operating
system, which includes over 100 new features
and 1500 new APIs for developers. iOS 4
features Multitasking, Folders, enhanced
Mail, deeper Enterprise support and Apple's
new iAd mobile advertising platform. iPhone
4 will be available in the US, UK, France,
Germany and Japan on June 24, starting in
the US at just $199 for qualified buyers
with a two year contract.*
"iPhone 4 is the biggest
leap since the original iPhone," said
Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "FaceTime
video calling sets a new standard for mobile
communication, and our new Retina display
is the highest resolution display ever in
a phone, with text looking like it does
on a fine printed page. We have been dreaming
about both of these breakthroughs for decades."
FaceTime is as mobile as
your phone, so you can see your loved ones
and friends anywhere there is Wi-Fi. Using
FaceTime is as easy as making a regular
voice call, with no set-up required, and
you can instantly switch to the rear camera
to show others what you are seeing with
just a tap.
Apple's stunning 3.5 inch
Retina display has 960 x 640 pixels-four
times as many pixels as the iPhone 3GS and
78 percent of the pixels on an iPad™.
The resulting 326 pixels per inch is so
dense that the human eye is unable to distinguish
individual pixels when the phone is held
at a normal distance, making text, images
and video look sharper, smoother and more
realistic than ever before on an electronic
display.
iPhone 4 is the thinnest
smartphone ever-9.3 millimeters-with an
all-new design and build quality like no
other mobile device. The front and back
are made of aluminosilcate glass, chemically
strengthened to be 30 times harder than
plastic, more scratch resistant and more
durable than ever. The front and back glass
have an oil-resistant coating that helps
keep it clean, and encircling iPhone 4 is
a highly finished stainless steel band made
of a custom alloy that is forged to be five
times stronger than standard steel.
iPhone 4 features a new 5 megapixel autofocus
camera with a 5x digital zoom, a backside
illuminated sensor and built-in LED flash
that allows you to take amazing pictures
even in low light and dark environments.
iPhone 4 lets you record and edit incredible
HD video and the popular tap to focus feature
now works while recording video. You can
use the iPhone 4's LED flash for both still
photography and video recording. The new
iMovie® app for iPhone lets you combine
movie clips, add dynamic transitions and
themes and include photos and music, and
users can buy it for just $4.99 through
the App Store right on their phone.
iPhone 4 is the best mobile device ever
for games and entertainment, with access
to tens of thousands of games and entertainment
apps on the revolutionary App Store. Every
iPhone 4 has a built-in 3-axis gyro that
when combined with the accelerometer provides
6-axis motion sensing such as up and down,
side to side, forward and backward and pitch
and roll, making it perfect for gaming.
Developers can access the gyro using the
new CoreMotion API to make games and other
apps that go well beyond what other mobile
devices offer.
iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the newest version
of the world's most advanced mobile operating
system. With over 100 new features, it includes
Multitasking, Folders, enhanced Mail, deeper
Enterprise support and Apple's new iAd mobile
advertising platform. With Multitasking,
users can now instantly switch between any
of their apps while preserving battery life.
With Folders, users can easily organize
their apps into collections by simply dragging
one app on top of another. A folder is automatically
created and named based on the category
of apps selected. Users can change the name
of any folder at any time. In addition,
users can now customize their lock and home
screens with an array of supplied wallpapers
or with any of the photos on their phone.
The new iBooks® app will be available
for iPhone 4 as a free download from the
App Store and includes Apple's new iBookstore,
the best way to browse, buy and read books
on a mobile product. The iBooks app will
sync your current place in a book, along
with any bookmarks, highlights and notes
you have created, between copies of the
same book on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch®.
iBooks users can also now read and store
PDFs right in iBooks. There are now over
60,000 books available in the iBookstore,
and users have downloaded over five million
books in the first two months.
More than five billion apps have been downloaded
from the revolutionary App Store and more
than 225,000 apps are available to consumers
in 90 countries. Almost 100 million iPhone
and iPod touch users around the world can
choose from an incredible range of apps
in 20 categories, including games, business,
news, sports, health, reference and travel.
iPhone 4 delivers an amazing seven hours
of talk time on 3G networks, up to 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 provides exceptional processor and
graphic performance along with long battery
life. iPhone 4 features a second microphone
and advanced software to suppress unwanted
background noise for improved call quality
when in loud places. iPhone 4 also offers
802.11n Wi-Fi networking and adds quad-band
HSUPA to provide 7.2Mbps downlink and 5.8Mbps
uplink capability.***
Pricing & Availability
iPhone 4 comes in either black or white
and will be available in the US for a suggested
retail price of $199 (US) for the 16GB model
and $299 (US) for the 32GB model in both
Apple and AT&T's retail and online stores,
Best Buy and Wal-Mart stores. iPhone 4 will
be available in the US, France, Germany,
Japan and the UK on June 24 and customers
can pre-order their iPhone 4 beginning Tuesday,
June 15 from the Apple Online Store or reserve
an iPhone 4 to pick up at an Apple Retail
Store. iMovie for iPhone will be available
on the App Store for just $4.99 (US).
Also on June 24, a new iPhone 3GS 8GB model
will be available for just $99 (US). iOS
4 software will be available on June 21
as a free software update via iTunes®
9.2 or later for iPhone and iPod touch customers.****
iPhone 4 will roll out worldwide to 88 countries
by the end of September. iPhone 4 will be
available by the end of July in Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland,
Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea,
Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
*Qualified customers only. Requires a new
two year AT&T rate plan, sold separately.
**Battery life depends on device settings,
usage and other factors. Actual results
vary.
***Speed is dependent on cellular network
capability.
****iOS 4 is compatible with iPhone 3G,
iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, second and third generation
iPod touch (late 2009 models with 32GB or
64GB). Some features may not be available
on all products. For example, Multitasking
requires iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 or third generation
iPod touch (late 2009 models with 32GB or
64GB).
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution
with the Apple II, then reinvented the personal
computer with the Macintosh. Apple continues
to lead the industry with its award-winning
computers, OS X operating system, and iLife,
iWork and professional applications. Apple
leads the digital music revolution with
its iPods and iTunes online store, has reinvented
the mobile phone with its revolutionary
iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced
its magical iPad which is defining the future
of mobile media and computing devices.
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