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iPhone 4 Review: The Best Smartphone Ever?

24.06.10

Now that I've done in some quality time with the iPhone 4 I can safely say it's by far the most skilfully smartphone on the market — it's even better than other overhyped phones slated to be released mid-summer! And I say that with a characterize new Motorola Droid X (coming out July 15) in one pants pocket and the well-deserved released HTC EVO from Sprint in the other. The iPhone 4 beats them all.

Let's start with the scan, which Apple has branded a "Retina Display." It's the most crumbly display I've ever seen. Reading books via the newly launched iBooks app is remarkable. Yesterday, Amazon released an update to their common Kindle app to take full advantage of the new display. Once you step out of the Apple PR cocoon, you genuinely do need to hold the new iPhone in your hands to see how different it is.

The most marketable feature is FaceTime, which is what Apple is profession the new video call feature. Sure, others have tried to do video calling and have succeeded, but it's never been this easygoing to do. On the iPhone 4 all you have to do is tap the FaceTime button next to a contact you demand to call and voilà! A video call between you and grandma is underway — granted grandma also has an iPhone 4 (otherwise she's out of accident). Bonus: video calls won't use up your AT&T minutes.