iPhone 4 Release Date and Features: New Phone Trumps iPad

        Today at WWDC Apple announced that the new iPhone 4 is scheduled for release on June 24.  Pre-orders for the new phone can be placed beginning June 15.  We’ll be able to get the 16GB version for $199 and the 32GB version for $299.  Meanwhile, iPhone 3GS will drop down to a more affordable $99.  

        Why buy iPhone 4?  I was curious myself as to how they could possibly make it better but wow, they did!  I did a little research and found that iPhone 4G has what it takes to outsmart all smart phones before it.  

 iPhone 4’s Best “Wow!â€Â Factors:

• Flat as a pancake.  At 9.33 mm thick, it’s 24% thinner than iPhone 3GS
• Pixeliscious.  Apple’s new “retina displayâ€Â has 4 times as many pixels as the 3GS.
• Doubles the fun on picture taking with a double camera, front-facing and back facing.  Also has zoom, tap to focus and LED flash.  (iPad doesn’t even have a camera!)
• Built in video editing with support through iMovie application.
• Face-to-face phone calls with video calling.  Only available on wifi and only between iPhone 4G users.
•  Longer battery life: 7 hours of 3G talk time, 6 hours of browsing on 3G or 10 on wifi, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music, 300 hours of standby.  Nice!
• E-book application even better.  Sync all of your apple products, buying e-book only once.  Maintains bookmarks, notes and all features across all products.

         The iPhone 4 managed to meet all of my expectations, answering the few complaints I’ve had with my 3G version, mainly the camera.  For a little while I’ve been suffering “iPadâ€Â envy, wondering if it was worth it to break down and get one.  The new phone, with all of its capabilities, trumps iPad (it doesn’t even have a camera!) and I now see no need for it.  Apple has literally out done itself with iPhone 4.