Wow, to think that Apple’s brand new mobile phone has been in the making for 2.5 years already, and it all started because they wanted to create a tablet pc initially, but then Steve Jobs got so excited over the touchscreen they developed, that he decided to use it for a mobile phone. And I have to say, the results are really quite remarkable.
I think I’ll cover the technical details first:
- 3.5 inch touchscreen
- 5 buttons in total -> Volume up/down, silent button, sleep/wake button, and “Home” button (my k750i has 21 buttons, and a joystick that nvr works properly for me…)
- 3 different sensors on the phone: Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, and accelerometer.
- Has in built Wi-fi connectivity and Bluetooth 2.0
- Full featured web browser
- supports HTML in email
- 5 hours talk time, 16 hours audio playback
- 4gb US$499, 8gb US$599
- 3.5MM AUDIO OUTPUT CONNECTOR (FINALLY!!!!!!)
- many many many many more stuff..
This is product is truely REVOLUTIONARY… A phone with just a touchscreen, I think only apple would have thought of that.. If the touchscreen really works as advertised in the keynote (which according to several accounts by people who have already managed to try it out, it does) then this thing is really a marvel… where do i start to explain about what it can do??
Well, according to apple, it’s actually 3 products in one: a fullscreen ipod video with touch sensitive controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet communicator.. So i guess i’ll start with it being a ipod..
4gb and 8gb of memory, I myself already have a very small library (only roughly 900 songs, while i know many ppl with a few thousand..) but yet, the 4gb isn’t even enough for me to store my MUSIC, needless to talk about movies.. But of course i can see that flash memory is necessary, or else the phone will be big and heavy. So i guess this is one of the iPhone’s shortcomings that i can accept. The iPhone really works well with going through the music library though, all you have to do is just swipe the screen up or down with your thumb, and the music will scroll by. Then after you start playing a song, the album art is displayed beautifully on the screen. Then when you turn the iphone horizontally, coverflow automatically appears, and you can start moving through all your albums.. Looks wonderful. The video also works as expected… With on screen controls when the display is touched. Photos are really fun though. turn the phone horizontally and a landscape photo will fill the screen, tilt it back and a portrait photo will be able to fill the screen. etc.
I was initially planning on writing a damn long blog post on everything the iPhone can do, but that would take forever, so for more info juz go here: http://www.apple.com/iphone/
I really want the iPhone, despite the steep price tag, but then again it won’t arrive in asia until at least next year, even the USA will only get it in June…. Then again, Apple might release an “iPhone nano” or “iPhone mini” or something like that with lesser features for other people who don’t need all the email and web browsing functions (though i would like them, i doubt i’d use it much at all..) But this phone by itself is already truely revolutionary… Wish i had it with me right now…………