The official iPhone 4 reviews are in. And so far they sound good. Here are the highlights of what the early reviewers are saying, from Gizmodo.
- New York Times:
“The first thing you notice is the new shape. Despite a beefier battery (16 percent more likely to last a full day), a faster processor and upgraded everything, the new model is still noticeably thinner and narrower than before. How is that possible? In part, the trick was squaring off the back.” 
Engadget:
“It’s not just the face of the phone that’s undergone a transformation — the iPhone 4 is all new inside as well. For starters, Apple has moved on from the Samsung-built ARM Cortex-A8-based CPU used in the 3GS to its custom A4 chip used in the iPad.”- USA Today:
“I’ve never been wild about the camera on the early iPhones, but the main camera on the new iPhone has come far. The iPhone 4 sports a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with a 5x digital zoom and – first for an iPhone – an LED flash.” - Boing Boing:
“Battery life has been an Achilles’ heel with earlier versions of this device. It’s noticeably improved, and that’s a good thing, because much of what this device can do will require more power, over more time.” - CNET:
“Apple has a unique talent for making us want something we never knew we wanted. The iPhone 4 features a 940×640-pixel (or 300 326 pixels per square inch) “Retina Display,” which is four times the resolution of previous iPhone models.” - WSJ:
“Both Apple and AT&T told me they worked to make the iPhone 4 do a better job with AT&T’s network. For example, the phone itself is surrounded by a prominent stainless-steel trim piece that acts as a large antenna.”
The iPhone 4 is already a hit, says David Pogue on the NY Times. AT&T received 10 times as many preorders as it did for the iPhone 3GS last year.
iFixit has a teardown. Blogrunner has additional coverage. According to ABI Research, a little more than 55 million smartphones shipped in the first three months of 2010.
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