Wow, Apple announces iPhone 3GS. This should be the moment everyone is waiting for at the WWDC Keynote. Pricing at US$199 for 16GB and US$299 for 32GB. And Apple also announced that iPhone 3G will still be selling but at a cheaper price of US$99, starting from today.
Availability of iPhone 3GS is 19th June 2009.
What’s in the new iPhone 3GS?
- iPhone OS 3.0
- Comes in Black and White (no other colours)
- a new 3 MegaPixels Camera with autofocus, white balancing, better low light performance, Tap to focus
- faster connection speed (HSDPA)
- video recording, VGA up to 30 fps with audio, video editing
- video capture API integrated
- iPhone and third-party application integration
- Photo and video geotagging
- voice control with new pop up UI
- Digital Compass (it will orientate the map to where you are facing)
- Improved Battery Life
- Up to 5 hours 3G talk time, 9 hours of WiFI internet
- Size: Height: 4.5-inch (115.5mm), Width: 2.4-inch (62.1mm), Depth: 0.48-inch (12.3mm)
- Weight: 135 grams
BTW, here are the video format that the new iPhone 3GS can play.
Video formats supported:
H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
And the App Store is up with the glory of iPhone 3GS
Click Here to Go to App Store
It doesn’t look matte to me. Anyway, there is also specifications on the processor speed or anything around that.
Read the Live Blogging during the WWDC Keynote by Engadget Team Here
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