iPhone 4 (Smartphone)

Apple iPhone 4

Hardware Specifications

Operating System: iOS 4 (Upgradable to iOS 5)

Memory: 16GB or 32GB versions available
Display: 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch retina

display, 960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi, 800:1 contrast ratio (typical)

Cellular and Wireless: UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only)

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR wireless technology

 Digital Camera: 5.0MP, Video recording, HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with audio

Battery: Rechargeable lithium-ion, Talk time: up to 7 hours on 3G, up to 14 hours on 2G, standby time: up to 300 hours
Internet use: up to 6 hours on 3G, up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi
Video playback: Up to 10 hours
Audio playback: Up to 40 hours

Size: 4.5 x 2.31 x 0.37 in (115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm)
Weight: 4.8 ounces (137 grams)

You can't make a phone that everyone loves and Apple is not even trying. Much like any other iPhone so far, the iPhone 4 is a phone that everybody loves AND hates.
Apple’s latest is always the greatest – you have to give them that. Sometimes it seems they put less effort into making it than in letting people know they did. But with the Apple iPhone 4, they were obviously hard at work. The 4th generation iPhone has an all new look, new feel and plenty of new skill. We already caught a glimpse of the iOS4. But there’s much more: a 1GHz chip, two cameras, HD video and of course the Retina display – the highest-res screen we’ve seen so far on a GSM phone.

Key features

• Quad-band GSM and quad-band 3G support with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
• 3.5" 16M-color LED-backlit TFT capacitive touchscreen of 640 x 960 px resolution
• Scratch-resistant glass front and rear, with fingerprint-resistant coating
• 1GHz Apple A4 SoC; 512MB of RAM
• 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and touch focus
• 720p video recording at 30fps
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
• GPS with A-GPS connectivity; digital compass
• 16/32GB storage options
• Accelerometer, proximity sensor and three-axis gyro sensor
• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated secondary microphone
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack, stereo Bluetooth v2.1
• Excellent audio output quality
• Slim waistline at only 9.3mm
• Secondary front-facing camera
• Some degree of multitasking
• Rich AppStore 

Main disadvantages

• Hardware design is prone to reception issues
• MicroSIM card support only
• No Flash support in the web browser
• No true multitasking for all applications
• FaceTime video calls work only over Wi-Fi
• No file transfer over Bluetooth or USB Mass Storage mode
• No hardware shutter key for the camera
• No FM radio
• No stereo speakers
• No microSD card slot
• No smart dialing
• Too dependent on iTunes for loading multimedia content
• Poor loudspeaker performance  

Software wise, iOS 4 has refreshed the handset and continues to showcase Apple's stance in offering an intuitive platform that can easily be adopted by a broad range of customers. Simple and straightforward is the game when it comes to navigating across the platform as anyone will have an easy time with its short learning curve. However, it still has a lot to go in truly embodying the aura of perfection. Personalization is still lax, even after Apple's fourth iPhone, but they've only begun to break the mold – so hopefully things down the pipeline may address its shortcomings.





The Apple iPhone 4 is not the perfect phone. It suffers from certain problems with its signal reception (at least some units do), call quality is not excellent, photos taken with the 5MP camera are pretty good, but we've seen better, FaceTime is only available via Wi-Fi for the moment, multitasking is yet to be utilized by developers... We can always find a bunch of drawbacks to exploit. However, over the years we've come to believe that it is fairly easy to point out the exact disadvantages of the iPhone. And, in a way, we believe this is because everything else found under the hood works like a dream. From dialing a contact, through web browsing, to playing a 3D game - there's hardly a phone on the market that does all that in an easier and more seamless way.



It all comes down to personal preference. The Apple iPhone 4 has a display of better quality, but smaller size, when compared, for example, to the HTC EVO 4G, Motorola DROID X or Samsung Galaxy S – some of the best Android phones out there. The iPhone 4 lacks the 4G connectivity (which, as a matter of fact, you might never get), but its App Store sports about 4 times more apps, with each being about 5 times better in value. Its iOS 4.0 does not feature active homescreen widgets to show you what the weather is like on the outside, like Android does, but it would never freeze, crash or lag. As we said, it's all a matter of personal taste.

So our advice is... simply decide for yourself what you want from your smartphone, and how you want it. =)