The Hippest Phones » Apple http://hippestphone.com The place to see the latest trendy cell phones Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Gyroscope gunning on the iPhone 4 with Eliminate: Gun Range (video) http://hippestphone.com/gyroscope-gunning-on-the-iphone-4-with-eliminate-gun-range-video/ http://hippestphone.com/gyroscope-gunning-on-the-iphone-4-with-eliminate-gun-range-video/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:10:00 +0000 Nilay Patel http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/25/gyroscope-gunning-on-the-iphone-4-with-eliminate-gun-range-vid/ We'd heard earlier that ngmoco's new game Eliminate: Gun Range was one of the first apps to really take advantage of the iPhone 4's gyroscope, and now that we've had a chance to play with it, we've got say there's a ton of potential here. E:GR is itself just a simple shooter, but the gyroscope adds what seems like nearly 1:1 motion control to the proceedings -- and since you're moving the display itself, it almost feels like augmented reality. It's hard to explain, since it's so unlike any mobile UI experience we've encountered before, but as soon as we tried it our brains pretty much exploded with possibilities -- we're thinking drastic improvements to actual augmented reality apps like Layar, all kinds of crazy flight simulator games, much more refined GPS apps, you name it. Video after the break.

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Spencer Webb runs AntennaSys, a company that designs tailormade RF solutions, and has himself worked on making quad-band transceivers for AT&T. As he tells it, almost all phone makers have now transitioned to locating their antennae at the bottom of the phones. This has been in order to move radio wave emissions away from the head (a shortcoming that a top-mounted aerial would incur), which the FCC has been quite demanding about with its SAR standards --
The iPhone 4, however, moved the antenna action from the back of the phone to the sides. This probably improves the isotropy of the radiation pattern, but only when the phone is suspended magically in air.
Another great point made here is that testing done both by the Federales and mobile carriers might include the head, but never accounts for the presence of the person's hand. Thus, although a phone's antenna could test very well, it might suffer from such issues as those experienced with the iPhone 4. Mind you, this still seems like an assembly (rather than design) problem to us, since most of our editors haven't had any reception worries and we in fact saw improved performance on that front while conducting our review testing. Spencer himself has decided to buy the phone knowing full well about this potential limitation, and concludes on the note that "sometimes an antenna that's not great, but good enough, is good enough."

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Gripping any mobile phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone. If you ever experience this on your iPhone 4, avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many available cases.
We know what you're thinking, and we're thinking it too: this sounds crazy. Essentially, Apple is saying that the problem is how you hold your phone, and that the solution is to change that habit, or buy one of their cases. Admittedly, this isn't a problem that exists only for the iPhone 4 -- we've seen reports of the same behavior on previous generations (the 3G and 3GS), and there is a running thread about this problem with the Nexus One. While it is definitely true that interference is an unavoidable problem, we can't help feeling like this is really a bit of bad design. If the only answer is to move your hand, why didn't Apple just move the antenna position? What we can say without question is that in our testing of the phone, we had improved reception and fewer dropped calls than we experienced with the last generation, and we never noticed this issue. Additionally, when using a bumper we can't recreate the signal loss. So, now we have an answer... all we're wondering is whether or not the company will start handing out bumpers pro-bono to those who are experiencing problems. It certainly seems like the right thing to do.

Update: To add a little perspective, check out a video from 2008 after the break showing the same issue with the now-ancient iPhone 3G (thanks Inge).

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> http://hippestphone.com/apple-responds-to-iphone-4-reception-issues-youre-holding-the-phone-the-wrong-way/feed/ 0 Okay, you’ve got an iPhone 4 — now what? http://hippestphone.com/okay-youve-got-an-iphone-4-now-what/ http://hippestphone.com/okay-youve-got-an-iphone-4-now-what/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:54:00 +0000 Nilay Patel http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/okay-youve-got-an-iphone-4-now-what/ Whether you were lucky enough to score an early delivery, blazed through a pre-order reservation line, or camped out all night, you're going to want to take full advantage of your hard-won new iPhone 4 once you get it home. As we said in our review, the core experience of using an iPhone hasn't changed too dramatically with iOS 4 and the new hardware -- it's instead been refined and extended with some new capabilities. That means you'll need to poke around a little and download some updated apps to really see all the benefits -- there's some fun stuff to uncover. So without further ado, let's run down the list of things to try and do with your new iPhone, as well as highlight some essential apps that'll let you get the most out of your new toy. Read on!

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From the London store
Welcome to the latest installment of our annual tradition: the iPhone launch day queue experience in pictorial form. London's getting the party started early (not as early as some, admittedly) with a sizable crowd turning the corner from the Apple Store at Regent Street, but we'll keep this post updated with imagery from all over the place. Wouldn't mind if you helped us out with a few of your own pics, either. You know where to send them in by now, and once you've done that, feel free to slide past the break to see how everyone else is doing it.

Update: Now with reports from San Francisco!

Update 2: NY joins the fray!

Update 3: We added some of the more interesting reader-submitted stories.

Update 4: Reports from Palo Alto and San Jose, California!

Update 5: London's doors have swung open and we're now busy activating our brand new Apple phones.

Update 6: Woz and his Segway make their regular appearance at the San Jose Valley Fair Apple Store.

Update 7: We're adding a bunch of reader reports. Even as Apple opens its doors to pre-orderers in the US, the lines remain crazy.

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We're guessing that there won't be many tech sites lineblogging outside the Shenzhen KIRF stalls when the ePhone 4GS finally gets a release date. And it's a shame, really: for knock-off fanatics like ourselves, this thing could be in the big leagues, right up there with the iorgane (that's pronounced "i-orange," by the way). Don't let the industrial design fool you -- unlike the real deal, this thing is all plastic, right up to that silver band wrapping 'round the edges. The rear of the unit boasts the Apple logo and 16GB, and while the first designation is definitely inaccurate, we harboring serious doubts about the latter. But what do you expect for $85? Get a closer look after the break.

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Apple is using a bonding agent called Organofunctional Silane Z-6011 to bond the layers of glass. Apparently, Apple (or more likely Foxconn) is shipping these products so quickly that the evaporation process is not complete. However, after one or two days of use, especially with the screen on, will complete the evaporation process and the yellow "blotches" will disappear. How do I know? I was involved in pitching Z-6011 to Apple.
If this can be trusted, it's very good news for those afflicted -- though hopefully Apple will keep to its usually painless replacement policy for defective phones either way. We are still seeing some mentions of the spots sticking around, fading in and out based on the heat of the phone, but we'll give it another day or two to really see how much of a problem is going to be. Let us know how yours fares.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4s-yellow-spot-issue-goes-away-with-a-bit-of-time/feed/ 0 Odds are Apple will sell *a lot* of iPhone 4s today http://hippestphone.com/odds-are-apple-will-sell-a-lot-of-iphone-4s-today/ http://hippestphone.com/odds-are-apple-will-sell-a-lot-of-iphone-4s-today/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:15:52 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164169 The odds that John Biggs will take home an iPhone 4 today? I think you'll find that France has a better chance of winning the World Cup this year. The odds that Apple will sell more than 1 million iPhone 4s today? Well, according to Bookmaker.com, you're looking at 50/50. Presumably these odds that into account that fact that the Apple hardware isn't as robust as you'd like to see!]]> http://hippestphone.com/odds-are-apple-will-sell-a-lot-of-iphone-4s-today/feed/ 0 MobileProtect now officially ready to insure your iPhone 4 from everything* http://hippestphone.com/mobileprotect-now-officially-ready-to-insure-your-iphone-4-from-everything/ http://hippestphone.com/mobileprotect-now-officially-ready-to-insure-your-iphone-4-from-everything/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:58:00 +0000 Darren Murph http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/mobileprotect-now-officially-ready-to-insure-your-iphone-4-from/ And just like that, it's confirmed. We'd heard through the grapevine that AT&T may be fixing to certify a third-party to sell an iPhone insurance program, and now it looks as if Asurion has been given the green light by Ma Bell, and not a moment too soon. According to the company, MobileProtect is the "only iPhone (and iPhone 4) insurance to protect against loss or theft (the reason for nearly 50% of phone claims), while also covering water or other liquid damage, accidental damage, and out-of-warranty failure." Of course, you'll have to shell out a borderline-ridiculous $11.99 per month for the coverage (and yeah, there's still a deductible), which is made even more outrageous by the fact that the iPhone 4 and its Gorilla Glass is nigh indestructible. Er, wait...

*Claims of "everything" are subject to interpretation, as anyone who has ever dealt with an insurance company will attest.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> http://hippestphone.com/mobileprotect-now-officially-ready-to-insure-your-iphone-4-from-everything/feed/ 0 iPhone 4: One man’s heroic video journey http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-one-man%e2%80%99s-heroic-video-journey/ http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-one-man%e2%80%99s-heroic-video-journey/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:35:40 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164149 The iPhone 4 comes out today. I knew when I woke up this morning I felt a disturbance in the Force! Anyway, John Biggs, noted gumshoe, is en route to the fancy Apple store in Manhattan to pick up his very own device, and he's been been sending us surprisingly funny video updates of his journey. Come, let us view these videos over a spot of tea.]]> http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-one-man%e2%80%99s-heroic-video-journey/feed/ 0 Some iPhone 4 models dropping calls when held left-handed, including ours (Update: Apple responds) http://hippestphone.com/some-iphone-4-models-dropping-calls-when-held-left-handed-including-ours-update-apple-responds/ http://hippestphone.com/some-iphone-4-models-dropping-calls-when-held-left-handed-including-ours-update-apple-responds/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:53:00 +0000 Richard Lai http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/some-iphone-4-models-see-signals-drop-to-0-when-held-left-handed/ digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_4_bezel_antenna_actually_makes_it_DROP_calls'; What's more annoying than spending hours lining up for a shiny new gadget? Learning that your precious phone can't actually connect to the network. Well, depending on how you hold it -- word has it that the iPhone 4's bottom-left corner isn't playing nice with your skin. If you recall from the keynote, that's where the Bluetooth / WiFi / GPS antenna meets its GSM / UMTS counterpart. So we decided to test on two brand new iPhone 4 handsets purchased today in the UK.

One iPhone 4 demonstrated the issue everytime it was held in our left hand (as a right-handed person is apt to do) so that our palm was essentially bridging the two antennas. You can see that in the video after the break. Bridging the two with a finger tip, however, didn't cause any issues with the reported reception. If we had to guess, we'd say that our conductive skin was acting to detune the antenna -- in fact, we've already managed to slowly kill two calls that way so it's not just an issue with the software erroneously reporting an incorrect signal strength. That said, we had no issues when Apple's $29 rubber bumper accessory (given to us free for standing in line) was attached, creating a buffer between our palm and the antennas. Our second UK-purchased iPhone 4 was fine, showing none of these handling symptoms. See the video evidence after the break including Insanely Great Mac's version which got us to worrying in the first place.

P.S. Don't forget to take our poll and let us know if you're seeing both the yellow spots / stripes and reception issues. Unfortunately, we're suffering from both flaws which is not a good sign for quality control on this first batch of Apple handsets.

P.P.S. Since some of you are asking, our review unit showed none of these issues.

Update: Apple responds to the issue, and boy, it's a doozy.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> http://hippestphone.com/some-iphone-4-models-dropping-calls-when-held-left-handed-including-ours-update-apple-responds/feed/ 0 iPhone 4 drop test yields results (video) http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-drop-test-yields-results-video/ http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-drop-test-yields-results-video/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:43:00 +0000 Thomas Ricker http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/iphone-4-drop-test-yields-results-video/ There's been a lot of fuss about the iPhone 4's Gorilla Glass "custom glass" comparable in strength to sapphire crystal but 30 times harder than plastic. Sounds incredible, right? But make no mistake, that front glass panel will still break if dropped. Ok, it took four deliberate attempts to accomplish what you see above but it still happened. Bottom line: like any cellphone, you'll have to worry about more than just scratches. See the destruction after the break.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-drop-test-yields-results-video/feed/ 0 iMovie hits iTunes App Store, only for iPhone 4 (update) http://hippestphone.com/imovie-hits-itunes-app-store-only-for-iphone-4-update/ http://hippestphone.com/imovie-hits-itunes-app-store-only-for-iphone-4-update/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:12:00 +0000 Sean Hollister http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/imovie-hits-itunes-app-store-only-for-iphone-4/ You may not have an iPhone 4 yet -- unless you lucked out on delivery, you're probably still waiting in line -- but if you did receive Cupertino's latest opinion polarizing handset, you might have noticed it doesn't come with a tool to edit all the 720p footage of jealous friends that you just shot. Thankfully that can be remedied with a portrait of President Lincoln, as iMovie for iPhone just went live -- head on over to the App Store and drop your $4.99.

Update: Oddly enough, we're not actually seeing iMovie in the App Store on our iPhone 4 -- only in the desktop client.

[Thanks, Joel]

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We got up pretty close to the iPhone 4's retina display in our review, but we can't say we got quite as close as PhD candidates Ryan White and Bryan Gauntt of Penn State University, who have kindly provided us with some images of the screen under a microscope (along with an iPhone 3G for comparison). According to their measurements, the iPhone 3G's pixels measure 13 x 40 microns, while the iPhone 4's measure 6.5 x 20 microns, which adds up to exactly four times as many pixels. As impressive as sounds that sounds, however, it's the pictures that really tell the story -- hit up the gallery below to check them out.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-and-iphone-3g-screens-go-head-to-head-under-the-microscope/feed/ 0 So it begins: The iPhone 4 shatters like a mofo http://hippestphone.com/so-it-begins-the-iphone-4-shatters-like-a-mofo/ http://hippestphone.com/so-it-begins-the-iphone-4-shatters-like-a-mofo/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:34:05 +0000 John Biggs http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164107 http://hippestphone.com/so-it-begins-the-iphone-4-shatters-like-a-mofo/feed/ 0 Poll: is your iPhone 4 retina display seeing yellow spots? (update: losing bars in the hand?) http://hippestphone.com/poll-is-your-iphone-4-retina-display-seeing-yellow-spots-update-losing-bars-in-the-hand/ http://hippestphone.com/poll-is-your-iphone-4-retina-display-seeing-yellow-spots-update-losing-bars-in-the-hand/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:40:00 +0000 Ross Miller http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/23/poll-is-your-iphone-4-retina-display-seeing-yellow-spots/ Out, damned spot! out, I say! One; two: why, then, 'tis time to do 't. Hell is murky! Fie, my lord, fie! Reports are coming in from some of those lucky early iPhone 4 users that there may exist a not-so-lucky yellow coloration in the bottom right corner of the IPS LCD. We haven't seen this ourselves on any new iPhones, but maybe you've had different experiences. Tell us, is your iPhone 4 seeing yellow?

Update: As a number of readers have pointed out, there seems to be an issue with how many bars are displayed on screen -- perhaps even a correlation to how it's being held in the hand. According to Walt Mossberg's review, Apple has acknowledged the issue as something that has to do with "the way the bars are presented, not the actual ability to make a call," and that a fix is forthcoming. Indeed, as noted in our review, we've had "far, far fewer dropped calls than we experienced on our 3GS." We're not seeing very many videos showing more dropped call, but the bar change is interesting. Still, to be sure, we're adding another poll.

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[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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From the London store
Welcome to the latest installment of our annual tradition: the iPhone launch day queue experience in pictorial form. London's getting the party started early (not as early as some, admittedly) with a sizable crowd turning the corner from the Apple Store at Regent Street, but we'll keep this post updated with imagery from all over the place. Wouldn't mind if you helped us out with a few of your own pics, either. You know where to send them in by now, and once you've done that, feel free to slide past the break to see how everyone else is doing it.

Update: Now with reports from San Francisco!

Update 2: NY joins the fray!

Update 3: We added some of the more interesting reader-submitted stories.

Update 4: Reports from Palo Alto and San Jose, California!

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Statement by Apple on White iPhone 4

White models of Apple's new iPhone(R) 4 have proven more challenging to manufacture than expected, and as a result they will not be available until the second half of July. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> http://hippestphone.com/apple-white-iphone-4-not-available-until-second-half-of-july-more-challenging-to-manufacture-than-expected/feed/ 0 Apple crashed FedEx http://hippestphone.com/apple-crashed-fedex/ http://hippestphone.com/apple-crashed-fedex/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:32:27 +0000 John Biggs http://www.mobilecrunch.com/?p=34257 http://hippestphone.com/apple-crashed-fedex/feed/ 0 Apple: White iPhone 4 Won’t Be Available Until Second Half Of July http://hippestphone.com/apple-white-iphone-4-won%e2%80%99t-be-available-until-second-half-of-july/ http://hippestphone.com/apple-white-iphone-4-won%e2%80%99t-be-available-until-second-half-of-july/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:29:56 +0000 Leena Rao http://www.mobilecrunch.com/?p=34255 Apple just released a statement saying that the white iPhone 4 will not be available until the second half of July due to manufacturing challenges. It's unclear from the statement what those challenges are. Apple said that the shortage of the white iPhones will not affect supply of the more popular black models. But for those of you who were pining for a white device, you will have to wait until the second half of July. The iPhone 4 was available for pre-order in Black starting June 15. At that point, it was assumed you'd be able to purchase the white model of the phone in stores on June 24. ]]> http://hippestphone.com/apple-white-iphone-4-won%e2%80%99t-be-available-until-second-half-of-july/feed/ 0 iOS to make its desktop debut with next iMac revision? http://hippestphone.com/ios-to-make-its-desktop-debut-with-next-imac-revision/ http://hippestphone.com/ios-to-make-its-desktop-debut-with-next-imac-revision/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:15:12 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=163907 IOS on the next iMac? That's the rumor going around this morning. The deal is that Apple wants to bring touch controls to its desktop offerings, and will use the next iMac revision to test the waters a bit. So, you'll have your standard Mac OS X installation, but then when you activate “touch screen mode,” you'll switch over to iOS. ]]> http://hippestphone.com/ios-to-make-its-desktop-debut-with-next-imac-revision/feed/ 0 Yes, you can certainly scratch the iPhone 4 (updated with more photos) http://hippestphone.com/yes-you-can-certainly-scratch-the-iphone-4-updated-with-more-photos/ http://hippestphone.com/yes-you-can-certainly-scratch-the-iphone-4-updated-with-more-photos/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:14:00 +0000 Laura June http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/23/yes-you-can-certainly-scratch-the-iphone-4/ digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Yes_you_can_certainly_scratch_the_iPhone_4';
Well, this is not encouraging. The photo you're seeing above is our leader Joshua's iPhone 4 review unit, snapped by Ryan Block just moments ago. Ryan pointed out that there are some nasty scratches on the back of the phone. While we don't have any better photos of it at the moment, Josh told us that they're hard to see unless in bright light, but they look pretty notable to us for a five day-old unit made of Gorilla Glass. We'll get some better photos for you as soon as humanly possible.

Update: We should note that while iFixit has said that the new iPhone's front panel is made of Gorilla Glass (and they tend to be right about these things), the material on the back of the phone has not been positively identified, though it is also a hardened glass.

Update 2: We've added three higher quality photos after the break, and seen the scratch with our own eyes. It's what we would call "incredibly minor," not visible at all dead on, but in bright light at an angle... well see for yourself if the photos.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> http://hippestphone.com/yes-you-can-certainly-scratch-the-iphone-4-updated-with-more-photos/feed/ 0 Tesco Mobile announces cheapest UK iPhone 4 tariffs yet http://hippestphone.com/tesco-mobile-announces-cheapest-uk-iphone-4-tariffs-yet/ http://hippestphone.com/tesco-mobile-announces-cheapest-uk-iphone-4-tariffs-yet/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:53:00 +0000 Vlad Savov http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/23/tesco-mobile-announces-cheapest-uk-iphone-4-tariffs-yet/ You're not going to believe this, but someone actually bothered to turn up to the iPhone 4 launch with a bit of competitive spirit. Tesco Mobile, an MVNA riding atop O2's network, has busted out its idea of what represents good value for iPhone lovers' money, and it has put everyone else to shame. 1GB of data and unlimited texts come as standard (seems like O2's network can handle the load after all). Two 12-month options are available, at £20 ($29) per month for 250 minutes and £35 ($52) per month for 750 minutes, accompanied by the big spender platter of unlimited minutes and an almost free 16GB iPhone 4 for those willing to spend £45 ($66) over two years. It's all great news for Brits, and you can see exactly how it compares to the big networks in our comprehensive, chart-intensive breakdown right here.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> http://hippestphone.com/tesco-mobile-announces-cheapest-uk-iphone-4-tariffs-yet/feed/ 0 What happened to the white iPhone 4? http://hippestphone.com/what-happened-to-the-white-iphone-4/ http://hippestphone.com/what-happened-to-the-white-iphone-4/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:48:00 +0000 Chris Ziegler http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/23/what-happened-to-the-white-iphone-4/ It shouldn't come as much of a surprise, but Best Buy has just gotten around to confirming that it won't have any stock of the white iPhone 4 come launch day on Thursday -- the same situation that both AT&T and Apple itself are in. For many buyers, it's not a big deal -- either they don't mind the black version, or they'd planned on buying black anyway -- but for others, this is putting a significant crimp on the launch day festivities. We reached out to Apple and got this:
"There is tremendous excitement for the new iPhone 4 and we are working to get as many of them into the hands of customers as possible. At launch, we have the black models available for purchase and we will be adding the white models as quickly as we can."
In other words, they're not revealing much of anything -- okay, scratch that, they're not revealing anything at all about its mystery-shrouded delay, the circumstances behind it, or how long we can expect to wait. So here's our question: what, exactly, happened to the white iPhone 4?

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> http://hippestphone.com/twitter-for-iphone-now-ready-for-ios-4-multitasking/feed/ 0 iPhone 4 teardown: 512MB RAM confirmed (updated) http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-teardown-512mb-ram-confirmed-updated/ http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-teardown-512mb-ram-confirmed-updated/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:38:00 +0000 Ross Miller http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/iphone-4-teardown-now-underway/ With nary hours since the reviews went live, the gang at iFixit -- no doubt blessed by the hands of early deliveries -- have procured an iPhone 4. And as is their modus operandi, they wasted no time tearing that sucker apart screw by screw. The teardown is still ongoing, but here's what we got so far: 512MB RAM (confirming earlier rumors), a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor (same as the Samsung Wave S8500, they say), and chemically-strengthened Gorilla Glass for a more torture-friendly front panel. Those two screws on the bottom of the phone can be removed to excise the real panel, but the site says the front glass "will likely be rather challenging [to remove]." The battery, looking rather large even in the pictures, is a whopping 1420mAh Li-Polymer -- comparatively, the Nexus One is 1400mAh and the HTC Droid Incredible is 1300mAh. There's no SIM eject tool with this phone, but a paper clip should work just fine. As for the much-ballyhooed side panel antennas, the phone apparently now "[utilizes] whichever network band is less congested or has the least interference for the best signal quality, regardless of actual signal strength" -- in other words, better call reliability (hopefully). Also helping with overall voice quality is a dual microphone setup for suppressing background noise. Peruse on over if you're interested in seeing a bare Apple device at its most beautiful.

Update: The teardown is complete with a few more interesting bits of information. First, the battery is very easy to remove (and thus, replace) after removing the two screws. The LCD panel is not, however, as it's tighly glued to the glass and digitizer. So if you do manage to break the Gorilla Glass, you'll have to replace it, the digitizer, and the LCD as a single unit. The new AGD1 3-axis gyroscope is thought to be made by ST Micro and Broadcomm provides both the BCM4750IUB8 single-chip GPS receiver and BCM4329FKUBG receiver giving the iPhone 4 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and an FM radio.

iPhone 4 teardown: 512MB RAM confirmed (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]> http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-teardown-512mb-ram-confirmed-updated/feed/ 0 iPhone 4 review http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-review/ http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-review/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:01:00 +0000 Joshua Topolsky http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/iphone-4-review/ digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/The_first_iPhone_4_review'; The iPhone 4 is no small thing to review. As most readers of Engadget are well aware, in the gadget world a new piece of Apple hardware is a major event, preceded by rumors, speculation, an over-the-top announcement, and finally days, weeks, or months of anticipation from an ever-widening fan base. The iPhone 4 is certainly no exception -- in fact, it may be Apple's most successful launch yet, despite some bumps on the road. We've already seen Apple and AT&T's servers overloaded on the first day of pre-orders, the ship date for the next set of phones pushed back due to high demand, and die-hard fans in line outside of Apple locations a week before the phone is actually available. It's a lot to live up to, and the iPhone 4 is doing its best -- with features like a super-fast A4 CPU, a new front-facing camera and five megapixel shooter on the back, a completely new industrial design, and that outrageous Retina Display, no one would argue that Apple has been asleep at the wheel. So the question turns to whether or not the iPhone 4 can live up to the intense hype. Can it deliver on the promises Steve Jobs made at WWDC, and can it cement Apple's position in the marketplace in the face of mounting competition from the likes of Google and Microsoft? We have the answers to those questions -- and many more -- in our full review, so read on to find out!

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[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

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