Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Is this the mother of all phones?

iPhone has been announced while I was over at CES. Looks like Apple met all the expectations and delivered a great product. But at the end it's a handheld with many features and simply the master of none. Prosumers everywhere already nagging, saying; how come no more memory, no tactile buttons, a better camera, 3G, etc? I'm sure it'll sell like hot cakes tho (heard the initial shipment will be 6mil units) Got to have one, for the sake of objective critisism.

Specs:

Screen size: 3.5 inches

Screen resolution: 320 by 480 at 160 ppi

Input method: Multi-touch

Operating system: OS X

Storage: 4GB or 8GB

GSM: Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900)

Wireless data: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0

Camera: 2.0 megapixels

Battery: Up to 5 hours Talk / Video / Browsing, Up to 16 hours Audio playback

Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches

Weight: 4.8 ounces / 135 grams

Retail: $600 (for the 8G model - less 100 for the 4G)

Available: June 2007 - Cingular (yay!)