iPhone 4 Release Date in Malaysia Is Still Uncertain

The iPhone 4 wonderfully crafted showcase from WWDC 2010 is still fresh in everyone mind. Obviously, it become talk of the town, instant hit news in the web, coffee shop conversation,  one of the most tweeted keyword in Twitter and everywhere else that possible to show how influence iPhone is.

I can guess that everyone are impatiently waiting for this phone to reach our shores, which still uncertain when it is going to be. Malaysia is definitely not in the first 5 countries to have iPhone 4, due to be  shipped on 24th June.

Adding more disappointment to many is, Malaysia is again left out from the next 18 countries to receive iPhone 4 by end of July. Our neighbor as usual get to hold iPhone 4 earlier than us as usual.

Unfair!

Excerpt from Press Release.

iPhone 4 will roll out worldwide to 88 countries by the end of September. iPhone 4 will be available by the end of July in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

From this source, “Apple hopes to add a further 24 more countries in August, and then a further 44 in September to bring the tally to 88 in time for Christmas”, so the earliest iPhone 4 possibly be here is on August, and the worst is on September.

Maxis does provide 2 hints when iPhone 4 will be available here based on these tweets, but again it is unclear when. Q3 could be anywhere between July to September.

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See the plural in coming months, definitely not July IMHO. What do you think?

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Next Gen iPhone 4 and iPhone OS 4 aka iOS 4 Unveiled!

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The hottest gadget on the planet finally unveiled last night, called iPhone 4, that’s it. Here is the summary courtesy of Engadget’s live blogging.

- Slimmest smartphone on the planet. 24 % slimmer than iPhone 3GS; the dimension 4.5 x 2.31 inches, and 0.37 inches thick. It weighs 4.8 ounces (137 grams).

- All new design, “Glass on the front and back, and steel around the sides. It’s like a beautiful old Leica camera” Job explained.

+ Bottom : mic
+ Top: headset jack, noise cancellation mic
+ Side : Volume controls
+ Front : front facing camera,
+ Back: micro SIM tray, camera and LED flash
+ Integrated Antenna system built on steel around the side

- Feature Retina Display or RD, increased the pixel density to provide higher and sharper display up to  960 x 640 pixel.  800:1 contrast ration, 4x better than the 3GS

- New A4 chip : Powered by Apple A4 chip, max 32GB storage, Quad band HSDPA, 7.2Mbps, WiFi, GPS, compass, accelerometer and brand new sensor gyroscope (link to Wikipedia),  good for gaming

- Improved battery life : 7 hours of 3G talk, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music and 300 hours of standby.

- New camera system : There are 2 camera now, front facing camera for video call and 5 megapixel at the back, with backside illuminated sensor, 5x digital zoom, tap to focus, and LED flash.

- HD video recording,  720p at 30fps

- Built in video editing via iMovie app, an optional app that can be purchased separately at $4.99

iPhone 4 doesn’t complete without decent OS, and here is the the brand new iPhone OS 4 or now simply called iOS 4

- iOS4 – multitasking (finally), unified inbox (like Blackberry) with threading

- You can create folders and move the app into that (no need jailbreaking anymore)

- BING added as one of the search engine option.

- iBook & iBookstore now integrated to iPhone 4 as well

- iAds :  brand new ads system integrated in iPhone 4 – Focus on monetizing for developers (and of course Apple themself)

- FaceTime : Brand new video calls through WiFi only at the moment from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4.

- Pricing (in the US only) :  2 color White and black. Pricing — $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB. iPhone 3GS will only have 8GB capacity once iPhone 4 on sale

- Preoder start 15th June and shipped to 5 countries on 24th June (US, UK, Japan, France and Germany). By July , 18 more countries will be added and on September, 88 more countries. Not mention if this is lock on unlocked set

- Upgrade to iOS 4 begin 21st June, free of charge for iPod 2nd gen, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. Not all features supported in iPod and iPhone 3G. As expected, no more support for iPhone 2G