The fervor of the iPhone 4

Now that excitement and fervor over the new iPhone has settled I have a few thoughts of my own. Basically, it’s a nice upgrade, but is it revolutionary? To start with, the Gyroscope is cool, but I’m not sure the practical use of it. The Retina Display is neat, but any increase in DPI is a good thing. And is 300 DPI really the limit for a digital image? 800:1 contrast seems pretty good, but in reality, it’s really not that high. The camera is a nice upgrade, but again, nothing major. While a phone camera really doesn’t need 15, 12 or even 8 megapixels in it, if the optics are high quality the image will be excellent. Considering the pictures being shot here are meant for Twitte, Facebook and blogs, this is plenty. I don’t think Apple actually mentioned who’s making the optics for them though. Shooting HD video is cool, but again, lots of other devices can do […]