Well the blogosphere just came to a halt for nearly 2 hours. The iPhone 4 has been announced and demoed in glorious detail. It looks pretty swanky. The details:
- 300ppi 960×640 screen (largest on a 3.5″ device)
- .37″ Thick
- Increased battery life
- Front & Back Camera
- Antenna built into the body
- Gyroscope
What was not announced
- No Verizon (more on that after the break)
- No increase in capacities
All in all a big (and mostly non-disappointing) announcement
Of note though, the iPhone malfunctioned during the keynote. Well the phone didn’t malfunction so much as AT&T couldn’t handle the network strain. The WiFi was overloaded and the 3G couldn’t take it either. The best part of the fiasco was Steve Jobs asking other high ranking apple people about what to do when an unnamed guy from the back shouted out, “Get Verizon!” Huge cheers!
The phone will be up for pre-order June 15 and ships 10 days later. AT&T decided to fore go the backlash they had last time and just offered individuals who had contract terms expiring this year (in 2010) a release date upgrade at contract price. Smooth move AT&T. Cost you next to nothing and made your users much happier and will enable them to suck up more of that pricey spectrum.