iPhone 4 smartphone

[The#Danger]

After the disappointment of the iPhone 3G which offered little change from its predecessor, Apple crossed a new milestone with the iPhone 4. New design, new OS, new features. In short, the Cupertino company delivers an end product but that justifies there a price so exorbitant and what does it really new? Here is an overview of the iPhone 4.

To celebrate the arrival of summer, Apple made the new version of its operating system called iOS4. The program includes more than a hundred new features and a redesigned user interface which consists shortcomings and especially which aims to counter the jailbreak.

Apple boasts of having more than two hundred thousand applications from its App Store and billions of downloads. Communication is also focused on building on the practices related to these applications. The current interface allows up to 10 "pages" of applications on the springboard and you can quickly be limited or access to applications can be complex. With iOS4, you can create folders by dragging file an application on another. At this point, the user selects the name of the file and can add up to twelve applications. For most applications in a folder as a scroll, it will be in the next version of iPhone OS. If until now, the user interface was the same for all records will afford a mobile "a little more of ourselves".

The iPod part was reliable and offers a new control interface. In the top management of multitasking, we slide the different icons and it has the play / pause button, next and previous. This does not turn the iPod menu, it's faster. In the same "menu", it was the little button that will block the rotation of the screen on the iPad it is a physical button on the iPhone, but 4 is managed via software. With iOS4, you can create playlist directly from the iPhone and sync with iTunes.

The camera of the iPhone is not the best on the market, far from it and Apple knows it. IPhone 4, it gains in power (5 million pixels and LED flash) and novelties. Now it is possible Geotagger (GPS information included in the data of the picture) pictures taken with the iPhone. In the "Photos", there is a menu "places" which allows you to filter pictures from the place of their filming. There is a small mark on a map and just click on to find out all the cliches. Optional ultra-convenient and very geeky.!!

Capturing video is now in HD is to say in 1280 × 720 pixels at 30 frames per second. Apple has the App Store application iMovie (3.99 €) to make video editing directly from the phone! This allows editors to play in grass and enhance our videos with background music, a title or transition effects. You do not need technical knowledge, everything is done simply, is intuitive.

Before sending, by email multiple photos was tedious and long, and now with iOS4, you can add multiple pictures in an email and even choose the resolution of transmission. In the album, you must press the arrow at the top right and select five images max, and then validate on the "send" button. When sending a message appears whether you want to reduce the message size by reducing image resolution (resolution small, medium, large and real). In addition to the camera of 5 megapixels, Apple has added a front sensor (VGA resolution 640 × 480 pixels). Quality is of course lower, but still quite acceptable. This camera can take pictures of portraits, parties (imagine you with a friend and you Capture the moment) or using FaceTime.

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With this update, Apple makes available its application already on iBooks iPad. This is an electronic book reader and PDF files (Bea will be glad?). Since the application can access the Store, which includes many books. I refer you to our test of the iPad for more details on iBooks.

Apple FaceTime communicates a lot about his service "videoconferencing". FaceTime enables video and make calls and see the caller via the camera from the iPhone 4. Many studies have shown that users did not wait on this service despite the simplicity of use and operability. Yet Apple is a kind of "revival" of video. Maybe, but it is not won to democratize the service.

FaceTime is very easy to use: one launches a call from the contact card by pressing the dedicated button or when a "GSM call" one can switch a call FaceTime with a single click. In communications, we go from portrait to landscape mode by rotating the iPhone and can use both cameras with a simple switch button. To make a call "FaceTime," it takes two and four iPhone be connected Fi In our tests, the connections have been dangerous despite a very good bandwidth. During the first call, we have fun as children, but personally I find it hard to believe that in one month I will use the service again.

iPhone 4, the object of all desires

When the revelation of the four iPhone at WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference), Steve Jobs did not create the element of surprise. So the day of Apple's high mass, everyone was expecting to discover the new product design. It's handsome, it is class, is undeniable. The iPhone 4 attractive design in complete break with his predecessors and becomes an object of desire ... at an exorbitant price! It will take € 629 for the 16GB version without operator subsidy and 739 € for the 32GB version, half of minimum wage. The operators offer deals for renewal and acquisition that leads to the 16GB version 199 € and 299 € 32GB. It's expensive, very expensive and for some the iPhone 4 is synonymous with fantasy geek.

When the screen lights up iPhone 4, the first thing that stands out is the definition and cry was "wow, the screen is beautiful!". The IPS technology (in-plane switching) Retina of the screen is really bluffing, like the iPad. Angle of view more importantly, higher contrast compared to iPhone 3G, resolution of 960 × 640 pixels, definition and ultra thin coating of glass, the iPhone screen 4 is a strong point of the product. For example, on the compass icon you can see the letters of the cardinal points, while iPhone 3G is simply a black dot. In short, using the LED technology, Apple manages to do better than Samsung with its technology SuperAMOLED present on the Samsung Wave.

One of my fears was to have applications with a degraded resolution and large pixels, as is the case with the iPad iPhone applications (eg Facebook). The iPhone 4 upscalling manages very well and does not spoil the experience of the user. In the near future, there will most certainly dedicated applications for iPhone 4 or re-developed to support the resolution of the screen Retina.

Another strong point of this new iPhone, is autonomy. At smartphones touch where the battery comes with difficulty to hold a day's work, the iPhone comes out of Lot 4 to provide autonomy (last) longer. During the test, the iPhone 4 held about 32 hours with a more intensive use. You can imagine, during the last days is "demo sessions" at all times. Saturday at 13h, after a full charge of 2 hours, the battery was at 100% capacity. Surf, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, videos, photos, games, podcast ... it took until Sunday night 21h! The present charges were equivalent. Caution, once you activate the push for email, autonomy is reduced to one day and if you use the GPS or Bluetooth, say goodbye to your battery?. Speaking of Bluetooth, I easily configured the iPhone 4 with the kit Supertooth Buddy . But why Apple insists there to block the photo sharing via Bluetooth? You've been warned, Bluetooth is still a black spot at the Cupertino company.

In terms of the new iPhone 4, we find a new processor called Apple A4. More powerful and moisn energy intensive, it allows to make multi-tasking and optimize battery life. In addition to the accelerometer, a gyroscope iPhone4 integrates three axes. This means that it is possible to orient the iPhone up, down, left, right, forward and backward. This technology is used in the game Eliminate GunRange developed by ngmoco. Quick, quick game of racing cars to be immersible.

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The main thing to remember is the arrival of multitasking. Commonplace feature available for years on different phones, multitasking on the iPhone is quite particular. After installing iOS4, if you start an application and you close it, and although it is not in the background, you simply close. Indeed, developers must modify their application with a set of API provided by Apple for it to have this feature, and therefore that the user downloads the update. Double clicking the home button launches the bar managements applications running in the background.

You can find the more information about an iPad and iPhone OS 4.0 here.

POSITIVES :

• 5x digital zoom
• Home screen wallpaper
• Gift applications
• Spell checking
• Wireless keyboard support

NEGATIVES :

• Problem with network (for now)
• One speaker (not stereo)
• An application does not support multitasking necessarily
• Proprietary USB port
• Integration of non-existent social networks
• Synchronization required by iTunes
• Visio only between iPhone (for now)

CONCLUSION :

Come straight to the iPhone 4 is the best smartphone market to date! With a perfect user interface, an App Store that enriches the experience and a product that stirs envy, Apple hits hard! The Cupertino company takes a serious lead over its competitors in the segment highly coveted smartphones. The iPhone 4 becomes the reference and will appeal to many consumers, even if the price is astronomical. There are still four to five years, consumers looking for a product to 1 €, now they want a true mobile experience, no matter the price! For owners of an iPhone 3G, iPhone 4 you will not take a significant gap, a simple update iOS4 will fill you, unless you are a geek with a windfall under your pillow. Retina screen and the camera may be the main reasons to change but it will not be the revolution.

[squirekat]

This review was really helpful. I think that it was long overdue is an understatement. The iPhone 4 is the release of the year on the market for mobile phones. It must be said that the weeks before its launch was particularly animated web site Gizmodo U.S. in the month of May, is reached, no one knows exactly how to get a copy of the iPhone 4, tickling and the susceptibility Apple. An announcement before the hour - a good model, which is more - that created a buzz around the smartphone, and ultimately helped to arouse the curiosity of (future) customers of the Apple brand.Also you can always regretted the lack of dock or protective cover in the box, but to be honest, Apple continues its usual policy: it provides the bulk of its products.

[marlyn]

I hesitated between a 4 and a htc iPhone wants. So I did take the htc few days, with 3gs end of the contract, I could make a comparison. For my personal use, the large black point of the iPhone is not technical: it is fluid, fast and even in ios4 screen although still antiquated super responsive to the competition. No, the problem is the absence of file manager and by extension the dependence iTune. I must confess that on this point, the HTC was a joy of simplicity. The bigger screen is obviously an advantage but not really decisive. Moreover, autonomy is about as lame a (management of flash?).

Nevertheless, I will decide for an iPhone. In practice, it is still an unmatched simplicity. The settings are childish, everything works with evidence. I recognize at least one thing Android is really the future and not being married to the apple, I will come back later though to see. Unless ... Apple has decided to have a management system file off iTunes and greater compatibility with different audio and video. But I think I'm dreaming!