iPhone 4 is finally launched in the US, UK, Germany, France and Japan. The pre-orders for iPhone 4 has exceeded 600,000 and is giving AT&T servers some problems last week. The iPhone 4 launch is probably going to be another big hit and may yet set another record for the Apple launches.

In June 2010, apart from the “Waka Waka” style World Cup Kickoff in South Africa which is gaining a huge following, i suppose the iPhone 4 launch is also not to be left out.

Below are some of the pictures captured before the launches at various places above. The below pictures are courtesy of Engadget.com and Wired.com.

Well, the champion among all of these is still a guy in Dallas who has has waited patiently despite the hot summer heat for 1 week just to get to be the first to get his hands on the iPhone 4 in Dallas. Below is the picture of Justin Wagoner who camped outside the Apple Retail Store 1 week before the launch of Apple iPhone 4.

Below is the explanation of why he did it as found in the MacRumour forum:-

Let’s see what the actual sales figures will come out to be in the first week of launch. i am sure there are a lot of Malaysians out there who are eagerly awaiting for the launch of iPhone 4 in Malaysia as well. Let’s see if there will be a queue of this sort in Malaysia…..

With many people still wondering what is really new with the new iPhone 4. Let’s listen to what was presented by Steve Jobs himself at the WWDC conference in San Francisco recently. Enjoy the video. i particularly like the way he was joking about some of you might have already seen this……but believe me. You ain’t seen it.  :-)   This is how a genius turns something that is negative into positive. Instead of reacting negatively to the iPhone leak incident, he has responded positively and make a joke out of it. Steve, you really deserve to be the man of the decade! Enjoy the video.

One of the most anticipated news at the WWDC today has to be the announcement about the 4th generation iPhone. Without much surprise, Steve Jobs has finally officially announced the new 4th Generation iPhone which is called the iPhone 4. Thanks to Gizmodo for unveiling lost iPhone prototype which has now turned into somewhat of a legal battle(between Apple and them), we have more or less anticipated how the new iPhone looks like a few months ago. Anyway, we now have confirmation on what the “real” thing looks like and what specifications and features it comes with.

So what is new with the iPhone 4:-

• Retina Display: 960 by 640 backlit LCD with a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch. This is 4 times the previous iPhone’s pixel density giving much better resolution
• Engineered glass, chemically strengthened to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic. More scratch resistent than the previous models
• Stainless steel band – 5 times stronger than standard steel provides rigidity to the phone and acts as an antenna
• Powered by the A4 chip (same chip used in iPads)
• Gyro plus Accelerometer – built in 3 axis gyroscope paired with accelerometer producing great motion sensing which translate to greater gaming experience on the iPhone 4
• Larger battery means 7 hours of talk time, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music and 300 hours of standby
• Video calling via Facetime app – currently only works with other iPhone 4 and within Wifi networks only.
• 5Megapixels Primary (back) camera giving better resolution photo shoots
• Dual microphone system – one for voice and video calls located at the bottom of the iPhone 4 and the other at the top for noise cancellation giving better voice call quality

Below is a comparison table of the specification/features in the iPhone 4 vs the iPhone 3GS:-

Below are some pictures from the WWDC:-

The iPhone 4 will be on sale in 5 countries(US, UK, Germany, France and Japan) on the 24th June. 24 more countries will get it in July and 88 more countries in September. Not too sure when this will be launched in Malaysia…..

Below is the Youtube video on iPhone 4 posted by Geekwood…..