iPhone 4

 

Look at her. Isn't she beautiful? Steve Jobs. Genius? Yes. No matter what you think of Apple you cannot deny that they have literally revolutionised the technology industry with their stylishly sexy user-friendly fashion accessories. The latest to be added to their line of sex was announced yesterday in the form of iPhone 4. There weren't many surprises regarding its features, given that some putz of an Apple employee managed to lose his pre-production model in a German beer-house somewhere in California. It mysteriously turned up in the Gizmondo offices for them to dissect and inform the world of its magical secrets. Nonetheless, it's final public unveiling still managed to cause the front of my t-shirt to be covered in drool.

Steve Jobs, modest as ever there. I really love how Americans are so excitable, whooping and cheering at the end of each utterance. But then, it's hard not to be excited about this product. The 3GS really didn't expand much on my current 3G, but the iPhone 4's new features are dazzling and I can already tell the difference will be huge. New to the iPhone 4 is:

FaceTime: Essentially video calling via WiFi. To be perfectly honest, it will probably be a feature I never use (I have no friends). But the fact that the technology is integrated in it is a massive plus. it is not a novel function, many past phones have had this, but I have never known anyone to use it. However, I believe that now, in an iPhone, this feature stands revolutionise phone calls and begin to make video-calling a more common function.
Retina Display: Apple claim to have made the iPhone 4's screen the "sharpest, most vibrant, highest-resolution phone screen ever" out of all the smart phones on the market. With a pixel density so high, it is apparently impossible for the human eye to focus on an individual pixel. Sharp, crystal-clear images is what we're getting folks. Nice.
Multitasking: Following in the footsteps of the iPad, the iPhone 4, which incidentally uses the same processor as the iPad, will allow you to run numerous apps simultaneously. You will be able to switch between those open applications at will without any negative effect on the battery. I can't tell you how many apps I wish to use while listening to music at the same time. A certain number of apps do allow this on the current iPhone, but a certain number also did not. This should make for a much more positive user experience.
HD Video Recording and Editing: This will be new to me, since I missed out on video recording with the 3GS. But the ability to record video in itself is something I can't wait for. I probably won't use the editing tools included on the phone given that I have an iMac I can do that on, but the option to piddle around with it if you're not near a computer if you so wish is nice.
5-Megapixel Camera with LED Flash: Yes! Fucking yes! Finally, a decent camera. I can't tell you how shit the current 1.3-Megapixel piece of crap on my current 3G is. It's probably the feature I'm most excited about. Now I'm no camera whore. I seldom take pictures. But this actually might encourage me to take more. And for those of you who cannot sit still and enjoy a moment without snapping something, at least now you won't have to have your pockets laden down with both a digital camera and a mobile phone, probably causing irreversible damage to your reproductive organs.

Those are the main features, and really are just the tip of the iceberg. From the tone of this post you've probably labelled me an Apple fan-boy. You're probably right. But I'm a recent convert. Sure, I've had an iPod like everyone else on the planet. But after recently getting my first iMac, and having used the iPhone for two years now, I have never looked back. I cannot begin to imagine using any other phone, or a regular desktop PC since my late arrival to the world of Apple.

For sake of balance however I must leave with a parting shot at the iPad. It is a piece of garbage. I still don't exactly understand what it's for. It's essentially an enlarged iPhone which can't make phone calls. So you want to read stuff on it? Get a Kindle. I watched a video the other week about some kid who had queued outside the Apple store in Oxford Street for 24hours so he could be the first to get one. IGN turned up and offered the child, no older than 17, the full £500 it would have cost to buy it. The tool refused. Why? Just why?! I hope he never breeds.

Anywayz, iPhone 4. I want.