Steve Jobs and Apple officialy announced iPhone 4G today and some of the specs we just heard rumors about were confirmed. The new body looks nice in my opinion, a facelift is always good. The new design it's not trying to hide buttons, but to show nice, smooth lines. The phone weight 137 g, being slightly heavier than the former release. The new "Retina" display is 960x460 (twice than the original 480x320) and there is the higher pixel mount of a phone out there. The camera can also record in 720p and the PPI is higher than any other display that we have knowledge of.

The 5MP camera is an improved version of the 3GS's, with larger lenses, backside illumination and LED Flash. Now there is also available iMovie, a powerful mobile video editor. With a simple interface, the application is going to be $5. The video chat is also available right now: FaceTime. It supports both cameras (landscape or portrait) and works with Wi-Fi. The feature was showed by Steve Jobs, when he called John Ive during the WWDC, the only problem being a little lag in the conversation because of the intense Wi-Fi activity around.

The new operating system is not called iPhone OS4, as expected, but it was shorten to iOS4. The good news about books is that your iPad eBooks will also work on the new iPhone, and the bigger resolution now available will also improve the experience. The device is powered up by almost the same processor as the iPad, so think how big this is! It seems there is also going to be an improved 40% battery life because of the A4 processor, but between claims and reality is a long way.

The iPhone 4G will be available on 24th June, black or white, and will cost $199 for the 16GB version and $299 for the 32GB version. There's probably going to be a two-year AT&T contract included. The 3G will be retired, while the 3GS can be purchased for $99. Besides US, France, Germany, Japan and the UK, the rest of the world will get the phone in July. 

Via MobileCrunch