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With nary hours since the reviews went live, the gang at iFixit — no doubt blessed by the hands of early deliveries — have procured an iPhone 4. And as is their modus operandi, they wasted no time tearing that sucker apart screw by screw. The teardown is still ongoing, but here’s what we got so far: 512MB RAM (confirming earlier rumors), a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor (same as the Samsung Wave S8500, they say), and chemically-strengthened Gorilla Glass for a more torture-friendly front panel. Those two screws on the bottom of the phone can be removed to excise the real panel, but the site says the front glass “will likely be rather challenging [to remove].” The battery, looking rather large even in the pictures, is a whopping 1420mAh Li-Polymer — comparatively, the Nexus One is 1400mAh and the HTC Droid Incredible is 1300mAh. There’s no SIM eject tool with this phone, but a paper clip should work just fine. As for the much-ballyhooed side panel antennas, the phone apparently now “[utilizes] whichever network band is less congested or has the least interference for the best signal quality, regardless of actual signal strength” — in other words, better call reliability (hopefully). Also helping with overall voice quality is a dual microphone setup for suppressing background noise. Peruse on over if you’re interested in seeing a bare Apple device at its most beautiful.

Update: The teardown is complete with a few more interesting bits of information. First, the battery is very easy to remove (and thus, replace) after removing the two screws. The LCD panel is not, however, as it’s tighly glued to the glass and digitizer. So if you do manage to break the Gorilla Glass, you’ll have to replace it, the digitizer, and the LCD as a single unit. The new AGD1 3-axis gyroscope is thought to be made by ST Micro and Broadcom provides both the BCM4750IUB8 single-chip GPS receiver and BCM4329FKUBG receiver giving the iPhone 4 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and an FM radio.

iPhone 4 teardown: 512MB RAM confirmed (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The thinking all along was that there’d be an allocation of unreserved iPhone 4s in AT&T stores this Thursday for customers who didn’t bother to (or couldn’t) pre-order the phone ahead of time, but not so much. Turns out that the extra stock won’t be arriving until June 29, at which point it’ll be available on a first-come, first-serve basis (read: every man, woman, and child for themselves) both in stores and online. Of course, this is strictly an AT&T announcement — Apple Stores and Best Buys are still possibilities — but basically, there’s no point in lining up on the 24th at your local AT&T shop unless you’ve got confirmation that a reserved phone is available for you. Follow the break for AT&T’s full statement.

Continue reading No pre-order? AT&T won’t have an iPhone 4 for you until June 29

No pre-order? AT&T won’t have an iPhone 4 for you until June 29 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Check out that sweet, sweet box. Yes folks, we seem to have received our very first in-the-cardboard picture of the retail iPhone 4 out in the wild. We don’t work at Walmart, so we can’t verify this one for ourselves, but our tipster says Apple’s latest phone has just landed in the big box retailer’s storehouses.

P.S. — Before you start frothing at the mouth, the CDMA coding on the box in the background relates to an LG 290C handset also stocked by Walmart.

Update: A shot of a Best Buy arrival is past the break.

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iPhone 4 arrives at Walmart (update: and Best Buy!) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, here’s an interesting turn of events. Apple has apparently sent out emails notifying at least some of those who ordered iPhone 4 that it’ll be arriving June 23rd. (Well over three dozen people have tipped us to this in the last 30 minutes — thanks, by the way.) Hard to say if the delivery man will keep to this early gifting notification, but keep hoping, true believer. Full text of email after the break.

Update: We just received our email as well.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Continue reading iPhone 4 arriving one day early on June 23rd, says Apple email

iPhone 4 arriving one day early on June 23rd, says Apple email originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve already seen some HyperMac batteries updated to support iPad charging, and it looks like you can now also add the smaller HyperMac Micro and Mini batteries to the list — they’ve not only been updated with iPad / iPhone 4 charging, but with no less than ten color options as well. Apart from those changes, however, the Micro and Mini remain the same as before, and pack capacities of 3600mAh and 7200mAh that should translate to about five and ten hours of iPad battery life, respectively. They also hang onto the same $89.95 and $119.95 list prices, but HyperMac is knocking $20 off each of those just for this launch. Full press release after the break.

Continue reading HyperMac Micro, Mini batteries get iPad / iPhone 4 charging support, yet more color options

HyperMac Micro, Mini batteries get iPad / iPhone 4 charging support, yet more color options originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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