iPhone 4: Why It’ll Change Everything for Me

10 years. That’s how long I’ve been waiting for my ideal phone.

If you’re one of the last few people on the face of the planet who haven’t heard, the iPhone 4 was demonstrated by Steve Jobs at WWDC 10 on Monday morning. Now I’m not going to  go through the 100 new features that comes with the device and iOS 4; you can find that out on Apple.com, Scobleizer or the Engadget website.

AS A USER
What I will say though, is that I was one of those losers who stayed up till 3:00 am this morning to find out about the iPhone 4. When I get my hands on one, I’ll be tweeting nonstop on the pretty thing, meanwhile switching over to taking videos of everything that moves (or not) with the HD-capable camera. Why wouldn’t I now that the phone comes with two cameras, front-and-bank, equipped with an LED flash!

So forgive me in advance… I really won’t be able to help myself. I was never truly moved by handheld devices. Never had my sensationalistic moment, not even for iPhone 3G when the world camped outside Apple stores to have a taste of that. I never bought any of the Palm Pilots, Blackberries, or HTC, not even the Nokia N95. In fact, I don’t even own the iPhone 3GS I’m currently using. Why? Because I have HIGH standards and none of them did what I wanted them to do, until now!

FaceTime, iBook and Other Features
Already, I imagine falling in love through FaceTime, but video-calling currently only works with wifi.  3G’s tardy speed may be to blame but that’s understandable with the upgrade in display resolution. Already, I’m thinking of buying books on iBook for environmental reasons. Already, I’m thinking of the many apps that will enhance our life experience, among other things!

AS A DEVELOPER
When I’m done sensationalizing from a user’s perspective, I’ll be all over the iAd platform and app development with HTML5 for the iPhone 4. The possibilities are endless and how it reminds me of the first time I fell in love with the Internet!

GETTING IT IN THE U.S. UK, FRANCE, GERMANY & JAPAN
You can reserve the iPhone 4 from June 15th and pick it up on June 24th at Apple Retail Store if you live in any of the listed countries. Everyone else will get it in July!

GETTING IT IN MALAYSIA
@MaxisComm tweeted that Maxis will be offering the iPhone 4 in Q 3.  There’s also a statement on Maxis.com.my stating that they will be launching it in Malaysia in the coming months. It’s a little vague, but can you blame them? Most of that will be up to Cupertino. Not sure if Digi’s going to offer it as soon as we think they should, but we’ll see!

GETTING IT IN SINGAPORE
Not sure about the date yet, but the local Apple site is promoting the iPhone 4 as opposed to the iPad on its front page. I’m guessing they’ll get it a lot sooner, but it’ll be a SingTel and M1 locked-network deal as usual.

Traditionally, it’s the Hong Kong and French phones that are not locked to any network. Last I heard it is illegal for telcos to monopolize in France, so it’ll be interesting to see if the French release will be the best option for those who can’t wait!!