"I don't know if you've ever seen this."
[the audience laughs]
"You ain't seen it..."
Steve Jobs took the stage to officially announce the iPhone 4. Yep, that's the official name. He called it the "most beautiful thing" Apple has ever made. It's 24% thinner (9.3mm) and has glass on the front and back, and has steel around the sides. There's a LED flash on the back to support the camera.
The stainless steel band that surrounds the camera (now 5MP, 5x digital zoom, also 720p video and video chat) is actually part of the antenna system. Improved reception? I hope so!
The iPhone's new screen has four times the pixel density, which allows for things like anti-aliasing and sharper text on top of higher resolution graphics for games. We're talking 326 pixels per inch, which Jobs says that this beats the limit of the human retina. This new resolution, 960x640 (800:1 contrast ratio), could allow for current iPad games to translate perfectly on the new iPhone.
Apple's processor is the A4 chip, which is the same thing that they put in to the iPad.
On the gaming side, they've added a gyroscope to the phone, which brings the device up to 6-axis motion sensing, including pitch, roll and yaw, and rotation about gravity. Jobs played a wood block game (like Jenga) to demonstrate.
The iPhone 4 will be priced at $199 for a 16GB model and $299 for the 32GB model, and will be offered in black and white colors. The phone will go on sale June 24th -- preorders start June 15th.
[via Endgadget's liveblog]
Contest:
12:40 PM on 06.07.2010 | 
I prefer the old design, but that's just me.
This can't come at a better time! With sick old school style Metroidvanias[/url, [url=http://toucharcade.com/2010/06/05/princess-fury-review-%E2%80%93-action-packed-2d-beat-em-up-with-light-strategy-elements/]SRPGs[/url, and [url=http://toucharcade.com/2010/06/04/super-quickhook-submitted-new-video-and-screens/]Bionic Commando games coming out, there are plenty of games to choose from.
Just get a $10 case.
@Fixing my links
Metroidvania
Bionic Commando
SRPG
Boy, I'd feel insulted if I were them. Endgadget is such a ridiculous name. What were his parents thinking.
That is definitely valid, but I hate cases.
AT&T announced a new affordable data plan for new iPhone adopters that isn't in the $100 range.
It'll be comparable to any other smartphone on the market. The iPhone $100+ days with solely AT&T as an option are also ending - especially since Jobs just hinted at another carrier (my guess is Sprint's new 4G network mixed with the power of the iPhone will be irresistible).
@Caspulex
An iPod Touch 32GB model is cheaper than getting a new PSP, with an 8GB Pro Duo card, and runs 99% of the iPhone's apps. Plus it gets the free, 100% identical OS 4 upgrade this new iPhone is getting.
Plus you have to count the fact that the average PSP game is $30 (downloadable games are $10-$15), as opposed to the $.99c-$1.99 price point on iTunes.
Sounds pointless to me.
Well, in case we evolve a little bit in the eyes, your new iPhone will still look awesome. :)
Does this mean I can't make fun of Kotaku anymore?
I thought that as well, but my thought is that if no Smartphone can currently claim that it is *at* the limit of the human retina, by saying it *surpasses* it is basically a wake up call to competitors, stating that it is the first to ever achieve the limit.
Kotaku is in fact terrible, but to me, announcing the new iPhone is the exact same thing as announcing a new, slightly modified DSi.
Except in this case, this portable gaming system actually has legitimate (and significant) upgrades, rather than simply adding a bigger screen for a cash grab.
I still don't see myself ever taking these things seriously for gaming unless they have a D-pad and actual buttons though.
The new plan is definitely more appealing. I might just switch if what you say is true.
My PSP was $25 and came with a good game, and I bum games off other people, so that's not a problem. I've never seen much that I'm remotely interested in on the iPhone either that isn't more than pick-up-and-play-for-five-minutes. Plus, I already OWN a PSP, making your argument a bit unrelated
Plus, AT&T is not the awesome. No one around here uses it, it's all Verizon.
That's still too expensive for a phone for me, anyhow. I have other things that satisfies what the iphone does...and more. If I buy a phone, I expect text messaging, picture messaging, and calling. It keeps it cheap and simple, and that's all you really need on a phone.
AT&T can suck my robot balls.
*looks at the WWDC liveblog*
I WANT ONE! *HHHNNNNGGGG*
Minus the 4G part, but besides that...
better CPU, better screen, no ridiculous Android OS, and cheaper. Apple cut a deal with AT&T to allow instant upgrading too.
Just announce the iPod Touch 4G damn it. I'm waiting to buy one but screw buying one at the end of the life cycle.
I would guess a CDMA carrier might be likely considering Apple recently ordered 10mil units of CDMA capable iPhones. Or maybe that's just me hoping cause throughout the rockie's no one compares to Verizon.
I like how they say OMG 640p!... Better than a wii but iPhone games are crap anyways.
Also, my iPhone plan comes out to $150 for two people, unlimited text/data plan, so $75/person and the phone itself was $100.