iPhone 4 full review

Since there's gonna be a official launching for both Maxis and Digi telco,

Here's i come out with idea to write a full review as i can about the new iPhone 4.

Before i started my review, some of you might curious how i got it before Malaysia launch?

Well, i got it from Australia for factory unlocked set, With Aud $859, approx RM2.4k+-.

Brought back from Australia from Ahboo. Big thanks for him.

So, it's almost 2 months i've own the this iPhone 4.

Eligible for a review now? :D

First, the iPhone 4 is powered by an Apple A4 chip,

instead of Samsung-built chip in previous 3Gs.

Engadget predicted it should be below 1GHz.

Next, the RAM is 512MB on-board,

It's pretty much increase because previous 3Gs model was 256MB only.

In the box

From the outlook of the box, i'd prefer previous version which i felt is nicer.

Unsealed the box and you'll get an iPhone 4, Dock-to-USB connector, Apple Earphone with remote and mic, USB power adapter and the documentation about the iPhone 4.

The front

After activated with your iTunes account, you can start using it.

This is the classic iPhone lock screen which you've to slide the slider to unlock the screen.

There's a button which is Home button.

There's proximity sensor and ambient light sensor in the front.

Which is somewhere near the top of the screen there.

Oh ya, iPhone 4 do support front camera too!

There's a VGA camera at the front.

The back

As usual as iPhone, there's a shiny Apple logo at the back.

And also a 5-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash light.

This is a big improvement with LED flash, easy to snap at night.

The Right side

This is the sim-card slot, you'll have a sim card eject pin in your documentation box.

Use the pin and push the hole at the right hand side of the iPhone 4.

The tray will eject after a slightly tough push.

The Left side

Start from the left button from the pics above,

That is a ring/silent switch, push it down then it will be in silent mode.

Next, it's the volume key. '+' and '-'..

The Top

There's a hole there for earphone jack, it support 3.5mm earphone jack.

I'd personally use Beat by Dr Dre Tour earphone for it.

The Bottom

Start from left, this is the mic, 30 pin hole for dock-to-USB connector, and speaker.

Retina Display

(Picture taken from Engadget.com)

The retina display on iPhone 4 is a 3.5'' multitouch screen, with 960 x 640 pixels resolution.

Image above is a comparison for the resolution between iPhone 3Gs at the left, and iPhone 4 on the right. Can you spot the difference now?

For your information, iPhone 3Gs was 480 x 640 pixel resolution.

Folder

With the great update firmware from Apple, iPhone 4 is supporting Folders.

This can be easily categorize your apps on your springboard.

Each folder can maximum keeping 12 Apps inside.

I find it quite useful if you like a clean springboard instead of messy one.

Multitasking

Nowadays multitasking is a must for smart phone. Of course iPhone 4 too.

Imagine there's SMS coming in when you're playing game, should you read it or not?

If read then your game is closed. If not how you gonna know what you message about?

FaceTime

This is the main purpose for having a VGA camera at front.

The Facetime! Introduce by Apple, the brand new video call from cellphone.

This is Wifi based webcam feature, which is free when you're connected to wifi.

From my experience in calling from Malaysia to Australia,

First you have to make sure your internet is fast enough, coz my facetime disconnected when there were 3 computers are connected to the router. But it's very smooth when 1 or none of the computer are using the internet. Anyway, this is a very good feature from Apple!

Camera

With the support of 5 megapixels still camera, it's FTW!

Supporting tap-to-focus shooting.

Video recording is supported too, with HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with Audio.

LED Flash and also supporting geo-tagging.

Camera (Food shot)

This is the food shooting that i've tried during my lunch earlier.

Straight out from my iPhone 4 camera without editting. :)

Camera (Macro shot)

Tried a macro shot (or maybe not) on my eneloop batteries.

The focus point is tap on the third batteries.

Camera (Scenery shot)

Tried on shooting scenery at night few days ago.

This is the results.

The dead grip

Some of you must be very curious on the death grip thingy on the iPhone 4.

Mine is not as serious as what you thought.

Never experience any drop calls or watsoever.

Even if you're getting a copy of iPhone with the death grip thingy,

a case would solve it perfectly. But so far i'd not seen any bad death grip thing yet.

So, no worries on that.

The battery life

This is the only thing i would like to complain about.

It has the built-in lithium ion battery, which require charging either USB/adapter.

From my experience for 2 months, you need to charge it everyday!

With 3G turned on, wifi sometimes. The battery drain quite fast.

I'd to make sure my battery enough whenever i want to go out.

Apple should make it more capacity! hahaha..

Well, After my explanation on iPhone 4. Does it make sense?

Are you joining Apple club like me? :P

Verdict

iPhone 4 is the phone i wanted so far, with tons of applications supported.

This is the best phone that i ever own, coolest phone also.

Try it, if you're a tech lover like me, you won't regret!

If you're a game lover, you won't regret!

If you're a online freak, you won't regret! (if you subscribe data plan)

If you're a Apple fanboy, you won't regret for sure! hahaha..