By Colin Alexander Walford
Over the weekend, the interweb has been a buzz with claims of a prototype of Apple’s new 4th generation iPhone being found in a bar near Apple home-base. Yeah, a bar people! Some said yay, others said nay but our friends over at Gizmodo have gotten their sticky paws on the thing and after playing with it for a week, have hailed it “Apple’s Next iPhone.”
They snapped a bunch of pictures, made a few videos and tore the thing apart and seem to believe it’s the real deal. While Apple may tinker with the final packaging and design I believe this beauty is our next iPhone.
Whats New:
• Front-facing camera for video chat (FINALLY!!!!)
• Improved regular back-camera
• Camera flash
• Micro-SIM instead of standard SIM (like the iPad)
• Improved display
• A secondary mic for noise cancellation, at the top, next to the headphone jack
• Split buttons for volume
• Power, mute, and volume buttons are all metallic
Whats Changed:
• The back is entirely flat, made of either glass (more likely) or ceramic
• An aluminum border going completely around the outside
• Slightly smaller screen than the 3GS (but seemingly higher resolution)
• Everything is more squared off (which I personally like)
• 3 grams heavier
• 16% Larger battery
• Internals components are shrunken and miniaturized to make room for the larger battery
Check out this nice hands-on video from Gizmodo:
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…
OK, we’ve done our bit over here. So head over the Giz for more pictures videos and a whole lot more.
