Apple launches iPhone 4 at San Francisco developers conference
08 Jun 2010
Move over iPhone 3, iPhone 4 is here. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the launch of the next generation iPhone model – iPhone 4 while kick-starting the Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 in San Francisco.
With the iPhone 4, iPhone 3G will no longer be available and the iPhone 3GS would be sold for $99 with a two-year contract.
Packed with wonderful new features, Apple will start selling iPhone 4 starting at $199 with a two years contract in US from 24 June. The iPhone 4 is being offered in two versions – a 16GB version costing $199 and 32GB version costing $299.
The all new iPhone 4 is a slim 9.3-mm thick handset that is 24-per cent thinner than the iPhone 3GS.
Design-wise, it has a box-like structure and uses stainless steel rims for binding the iPhone 4 body. These rims feature integrated antennas and act as bonding agents to hold two glass panels on the front and the back of the iPhone 4.
The new iPhone 4, comes with a new display called 'Retina Display', which is a 3.5-inch multi-touch display offering 960x640 pixel resolution at 326 pixels per inch.