Look who's back. The LCD plus digitizer combo that we first laid eyes on last month seems to have leaked out again, still claiming it'll be part of Apple's upcoming (unannounced, but popular knowledge anyway) iPod touch 4th generation refresh. It continues to insist it'll have a front-facing camera, pointing to the rounded hole in its forehead as evidence, and we're now inclined to trust it that little bit more given the leaking site's prior record. A visual inspection reveals it to have the same fused design as on the iPhone 4, which naturally invites speculation that the retina display will be pulling some PMP duty as well. Skip past the break to see the new screen side-by-side with Apple's latest phone display and third-gen iPod touch hardware.
Last year, we’ve posted the simple most expensive iPhone and this time, we’re revealing the world’s most expensive iPhone 4′s. Both these iPhone 4′s are designed by Stuart Hughes.
The diamond version, we’re having this in $19,514 , which features a shell that has been “encrusted with circa 6.5cts of top quality VVS , colour ‘F’ diamonds.”
Next is the gold model, it’s shell is made from pure 24ct. gold and is priced at $2,395.
Are you thinking of buying anyone of these iPhone? Post your name in comment below, we’ll publish it. Hahahahaha
Canadian users will be the envy of many American iOS consumers as the Canadian iPhone 4 will get a 6 GB iPhone plan from wireless carrier Rogers--compared to the $25 2 GB on AT&T--as well as an option for iPad sharing. That's right, you can share you iPhone's data plan, something you haven't been able to do, with a WiFi-only iPad for only $20 more a month, which is inline with AT&T's tethering plan though the US carrier doesn't offer a means to tether your iPhone to the iPad.
While iOS 4 offers many improved features, particularly to iPhone 3GS owners, but it seems that iPhone 3G owners who opted to update to the latest firmware are also experiencing some problems, most notably with performance and battery life. According to user feedback in the forums, iPhone 3G owners havecomplained about slow keyboard response times, frozen unlock screens, and bad battery life. Fortunately Apple has confirmed that it's now looking into the complaints, and we do hope that the issue for iPhone 3G owners will be addressed soon.
Android users who have been regularly downloading apps from the Android Market might want to take note, as mobile security firm Lookout claims that a malicious app has been downloaded from the Android Market by millions of users. The app, developed by Jackeey Wallpaper, seems fairly innocent, and offers a variety of wallpapers for the user, but aside from that, it also quietly collects information such as SIM card numbers, text messages, subscriber identification, and voicemail passwords, all of which is sent to www.imnet.us, a site that is linked to Shenzhen, China. The app's behavior was discovered as part of Lookout's App Genome Project, which aims to study content on Android and iPhone apps. Hopefully Google will take note of this and maybe take some steps to resolve the issue and prevent similar incidents in the future.
It'd be interesting how the general public in Switzerland will react to wireless carrier's OrangeiPhone 4promotion favoring female purchasers: the promotion at some Orange stores states that "Coffee and Croissants will be available to all of the ladies waiting to collect the new Apple device. Yes, that’s right, ladies. The slogan for this early-bird event is ‘Ladies First’ and men will only be allowed in when accompanied by a lady." Men, we're assuming, will be able to get in on the full action, unaccompanied by the opposite gender, after the hype dies down. We've heard of "No shirts, no shoes, no service" but open gender discrimination with its “ladies first” approach at an electronics retailer seems a bit egregious, even if the intent is not malicious for say. That said, it’s not like Consumer Electronics never had a “guy-biased” tendency, with women often shown as being digitally impaired: it’s dumb too. Apple products already attract a lot of hype and media attention--and some may argue unnecessarily so--making Orange's PR stunt that much more superfluous, but perhaps that's the result when you mix apples and oranges.
Everything you need to know about getting your free iPhone 4 case or bumper through Apple's new iPhone 4 case program.
After silencing customers and analysts alike last week with an offer to give ever iPhone 4 owner a free case to diminish reception woes, Apple made good on its promise Friday with details on just how to retrieve the gratis goods.
Get the iPhone 4 Case Program for free
Oddly enough, Apple won’t use an online application but instead a free downloadable app , a clever way to verify that everyone applying for case does, in fact own an iPhone 4. To find it from your iPhone, search for “iPhone 4 Case Program,” or use iTunes.
Choose your case
After the quick download, you can open the app and sign in using your iTunes account name and password, or your Apple ID. You’ll have a selection of cases from Incase, Belkin, Griffin, and Speck, in addition to Apple’s owner bumper cases. Check out our list of favorite iPhone 4 cases for some suggestions!
Wait
Apple won’t offer any sort of in-store pickup to get the cases to you in a hurry. Instead, you’ll need to wait three to five weeks for it to arrive via snail mail.
The fine print
If you bought your iPhone 4 before today – July 23 – hurry up and apply! Apple will cut off free applications for this pool of owners on August 22, essentially giving you one month from the beginning of the program. Owners who buy one between today and September 30, when the program ends, will have 30 days from the date of purchase to apply.
Yes, so Apple has once again made good on their tradition to release a new iPhone every year. This time it's the iPhone 4. Unlike the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 has undergone a cosmetic hardware change and more features.
iPhone 4 Specifications:
So, what are the major changes? Here's a run down of the iPhone 4's specifcations and a brief explanation on how that would affect your cell phone use.
Quadband GSM and Pentaband HSPA network. So what does this mean? It means, almost every country in the world can use it. Quadband GSM is no problem since most mobile phones, even dumb phones already uses quadband GSM but what is first is the Pentaband HSPA/3G network. For us here in the UK, it doesn't really mean anything since all countries in Europe uses the same 3G bands, in the US, AT&T and T-mobile uses different 3G networks that's why mobile phones imported from the UK to the US would not work, the 3G bands, I mean. So if you bought and iPhone in the UK, you can take it pretty much anywhere in the world and not worry about it not working.
802.11 b/g/n WiFi. Most mobile phones uses 802.11 b/g WiFi. Adding the n just means that you'll be able to get faster download speeds in WiFi hotspots.
IPS LCD, 960x640 display resolution. Simply put, you'll get amazing video watching experience. This is the highest resolution on a mobile phone to date.
5 megapixel camera with Auto focus plus 720p video recording. Nobody would be looking down on Apple's camera hardware from now on. Although 720p video recording is not new, the Samsung i8910 HD and Sony Ericsson Vivaz already have these features, still a few mobile phones have these features and its nice to know that Apple is upping the ante here.
Secondary camera. Again, this is nothing new, a lot of dumb phones and cheap Nokia phones have this feature but thank God that Apple is jumping on the bandwagon. Having a secondary camera means you get the ability to video call someone. Although word has it that Apple's video calling is only available through WiFi--Boooo!
Micro SIM. It's Apple who first introduced Micro SIMS through their iPad and it seems they're not resting the idea and continuing on with it with the iPhone 4. Honestly, I don't know why there needs to be micro SIMs, maybe it helped so that the iPhone 4 is thinner but those who don't want to throw away their old SIMs, you can always cut it. There's a tutorial on how to do that somewhere on the net.
Apple A4 processor. Okay, so it's not a 1 GHz processor like on the Nexus One or HTC Desire but it would be faster than the 3GS and let's face it, the 3GS is already fast enough for most of us. So even if its not 1 GHz, just as long as its blazing fast, then it will do.
Features that were retained. Like all other iPhones, the iPhone 4 will come in two models, the 16GB and the 32GB models. There's still the compass, accelerometer, and GPS and of course, all applications from iTunes would be compatible.
So, should you get one? I've held off on the 3G and 3GS because I felt that there were better phones out there and now that Apple has up the ante with a better camera, and not to mention all those other features, my wait is finally over. This time, I can say that the 4th Generation iPhone seems to be like THE must have phone of the moment, of course, in about 3 months time, a new phone will enter the market and grab my attention but until then, I'm definitely waiting in line.
Earlier I made a post about the iPhone 4 “diamond edition” which was the closest you could get to the white iPhone which still hasn’t been released and is further delayed. The diamond version had a large price tag on it costing you around $20,000 dollars! Now Stuart Hughes, the creator of that diamond iPhone 4. He has created a new solid 24CT gold version of the iPhone 4, now this isn’t cheap. Just like the diamond version, this one will have a massive pricetag, it’ll cost you $22,000 dollars estimated.
Choose your case
