Steve Jobs describes the iPhone 4 as one of the best looking products ever released, with tempered glass (reportedly 30 times more durable than plastic) on the front and rear, and stainless steel on the sides. Thankfully, with the iPhone 4, Apple has ditched white as its primary color, which makes this smartphone a treat for people like us, who crave black gadgets like nothing else.

iPhone 4 is 24 percent thinner than its predecessor, which is said to make it the thinnest smartphone on the market. The thickness is 9.3 millimeters.

Great care has been to provide the best reception possible, for example, the antenna is enclosed in steel casing. It also offers dual microphones to reduce noise. Looking at the number of pixels, it is now 960×640, which is four times as many as before.

As previously disclosed mode there is an IPS-panel, which ensures better color reproduction and viewing angle. The contrast is 800:1, which is really good to be a cell phone. (The old model was 200:1).

When it comes to the inside, Apple’s A4 processor at 1.0 gigahertz will provide enough speed for most of todays services. This is the same processor found in the iPad. Another similarity with the iPad is the choice of micro-sim, which is a smaller version of the sim-card.

The new battery provides up to 40 percent more talk time, then seven hours instead of 5. At 3G surfing the battery life is 6 hours and during WiFi-surfing 10 hours. Watching video keeps the battery running for 10 hours. To only listen to music, 40 hours apply. Standby time is 300 hours.

The camera offers a variety of news, in addition to five megapixels we are invited to built-in flash and digital zoom (5x). There is also a camera on the front for video chat.

Another good news is that the new iPhone supports the WiFi-technology 802.11n, which among other things, allows file transfers to and from the speeded up considerably.

In passing, may also be told that the iPhone 4 has an internal gyroscope, something that makes games such as Jenga much more fun!

iPhone 4 is available in glossy black, which gives us lovers of black a new reason to spend money on new technology.