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iPhone 4 Hands-On Reviews and First Impressions


With the WWDC 2010 keynote address now over, users are beginning to get their hands on Apple's new iPhone 4, and hands-on reviews and first impressions are beginning to trickle in.

Engadget posts a number of photos of the new device, as well as a video showing the new FaceTime video calling feature in action.

Some takeaways about the device:

- As we said, it's shockingly thin.
- The screen is truly outrageous -- you basically cannot see pixels on it. We're not being hyperbolic when we say it's easily the best looking mobile phone screen we've ever laid eyes on.
- The build quality is really solid. The home button feels much snappier, and on the whole it just feel like a tightly-packed device, but it's not heavy.
- The side buttons are really nice and clicky.
- iOS 4 is very familiar -- there's not a lot added to fit and finish.

Ars Technica also has a number of photos and notes the new iPhone "feels good in the hand" and is very speedy, on par with the iPad as a first impression.


The iPhone's 960 x 640 Retina display has predictably been garnering quite a bit of attention, with Daring Fireball's John Gruber noting that it "looks insane in person" and gdgt's Ryan Block "in complete awe" over the "unbelievable" screen.

Recombu has also posted another nice photo gallery showing off the Apple's latest and greatest iPhone.

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22 months ago
looks awesome!!
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22 months ago
Despite my misgivings towards iMovie, I will be buying iPhone 4 just because Apple finally got it right. :)
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22 months ago
So, FaceTime only works on WiFi, but Calls only work on the Cellular Network. If I'm in a remote location that has internet (wifi) but out of Cell coverage, am I to understand that FaceTime will not work?
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22 months ago
I am excited for the release...I'll be trying to get the white one...just because it's a bit different.
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22 months ago
If only they'd made it 3.7 inches. Right that's my one whine for today. :D Otherwise, even in photos the screen looks incredible, although I wonder how much of that is down to the IPS display and high contrast ratio rather than the resolution.
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22 months ago
Photos of the white ones look really good.

I might be going white this time around. :)

Can't wait to see the screen in person.
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22 months ago
what is that green light above speaker?
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22 months ago
Gahh i really wish it was on Verizon!

It looks really nice, though!
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22 months ago

Photos of the white ones look really good.


I sorta like the original iPod look of the white iPhone 4
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22 months ago

Photos of the white ones look really good.

I might be going white this time around. :)

Can't wait to see the screen in person.


Indeed! I was 100% sure I was going to go black again but looking at those photos I'm not sure.
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