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what's up everyone Jon Rhett enger' from TechnoBuffalo here and I want to give you a hectic comparison of the two current iPhone models the iPhone 3GS and the just-released iPhone four eyes are considering whether or not the upgrades worthwhile or maybe are waiting in line or maybe you're thinking about switching over to 18 T for an iPhone these are the two choices you're going to have so it's a lot of things we can cover but today we're going to cover specs app speed camera size and a few miscellaneous things so let's jump right into the specs price-wise the iPhone 4 is going to set you back either $1.99 for a 16 gig model or $2.99 for a 32 gig model the iPhone 3GS now only comes in a gigabyte configuration for 99 bucks a processor wise the iPhone 4 uses Apple system-on-a-chip a4 processor the same one that's found in the iPad whereas the iPhone 3GS uses 600 megahertz cortex a8 architecture chip the same 3.5 inch screens at each however the iPhone 4 has a resolution of 960 by 640 whereas the iPhone 3GS has one of 480 by 320 so a huge difference there that does that screen make a difference does this new Retina display the afford about really in reality affect the way you view things and help you view things let me go ahead and show you even by looking at the phones right now you can probably clearly see a difference between the two the iPhone 4 just looks sharper let's look at some simple text first we'll go and open up notes same things written on each it just says text and you can see I think very clearly hopefully that hopefully this translates the video that the text is clear the backgrounds are richer and things you just look a bit easier to read however just seeing one word on a notes application maybe isn't going to be enough proof for you let's go ahead and jump into a webpage for example we've got TechnoBuffalo queued up on each turn we're going to come back these webpages to talk about speed a little bit later let me go ahead and zoom in so you've got some text right there I'm go ahead and zoom right in here and then you have some text right there as well now you may not be able to see the difference there on camera or maybe you can but the Retina display and the new display on the iPhone things just look crisper and it's live easier to view documents I've had much less eye strain leasing the day that I've had reading documents on the iPhone 4 so whether or not that's going to sort of keep true as you use the device more and maybe we'll get you swings so get that ice ring it sort of has yet to be seen but in your viewing pictures or documents it just looks a little bit brighter on the iPhone 4 actually I made a video comparing the two displays the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS you can check that out put a link down below in the sidebar if you want more on the Retina display let's go ahead and keep moving along so we got a lot to cover here let's go ahead and just move on to camera because there's a lot to discuss in the camera realm here the iPhone 3GS has one camera and that camera resolution it's a 3 megapixel sensor and it can actually shoot video as well at 30 frames per second and as some basic video editing built in the camera on the iPhone 4 is a 5 megapixel camera it can take 720p video at 30 frames per second and you can have so the optional iMovie download edit your video let's go ahead and see what these cameras look like and at the end of this video I'm going to put in some demonstration of the video and still quality in fact I mean edit in right now so you can see sort of what that looks like I'll put in some more at the end okay it's not eating the camera quality let's go ahead and check out the difference between the camera interfaces so there's a lot to talk about here in addition to just the rear facing camera the iPhone 4 has a front-facing camera which you can see right next to the earpiece which shoots at VGA resolution which you can use for video chat called FaceTime which we'll talk about a little bit later let's go ahead and jump right into the cameras on each so the iPhone 4 you're immediately greeted with a few other options on you right now have a flash sexualy has a built-in LED flash on the back whereas the iPhone 3GS does not you can serve at just how that flash works so it's got an auto right there I can choose to have there have it on or off also there's a new icon in the upper left hand corner which will let me switch cameras to the front facing camera you can now see me leaning over the camera which is using the VGA camera on the front so you do have a few more often you can see the quality on the iPhone 4 is definitely much improved both have tap to focus you can use the LED flash however on the back of the iPhone 4 with video or still and actually have zoom now built into each for still pictures let's go ahead and exit out of this so a lot has been made about the processor in the iPhone 4 is it really that much faster well let's check it out I'm going to go ahead and close all running application you can see what this looks like DoubleTap the home buttons on each close everything up I'm gonna hold down an icon there's a little jiggly dance and I can shut it off so dealing with sort of the same apples to apples tech test so to speak screen trying to open up different different applications here at the same time and see if we have noticeable speed difference let's go ahead and try calendar for example and see how that affects everything so a little bit faster on the iPhone 4 I'm going leave every program that we have open open as we continue the test so calendar opened a bit quicker let's go ahead and open up let's say the App Store so once again quicker on the iPhone 4 and these are both using the same Wi-Fi network tell you so once again things are a bit quicker let's go ahead and open up let's say stocks and once again just a little bit faster on the iPhone 4 I will do one more program and I will do a quick browser test let's try and open up maps for example you can see how quickly it pulls down our satellite location so it sort of found the general area where we are and this is another way if you can see the difference between the Retina Display as well you get a lot more crisp images and less text pixelating on the iPhone 4 so actually the iPhone looks like the home picked up about the same time sort of at the same area I don't have the exact location baby we're not outside let me zoom in and show the speed here the renderings oftentimes that's a big difference so panning around there's a bit of a weight panning around here you get a little bit farther and the page is sort of load up a little bit quicker on the iPhone 4 although admittedly not that much faster zooming in zoom in a little bit you can see how quickly pages render and I quickly pages render here on the iPhone 3GS and looking at the text tool you can serve it the more you zoom in you can see the difference between the Retina display so we'll go ahead and close this let's see how fast the webpages load on each again we're on the same Wi-Fi network well go ahead and refresh TechnoBuffalo TechnoBuffalo loading up on each so then go ahead and stop this and stop this here and we'll do a refresh and this page has been loaded on both so this will be a pretty fair test to the site that you visit on a regular basis so I'll go ahead and just hit go on each at the same time alright and we are often actually have not tested this before so this will be sort of new results to me as well and it looks like there's a pretty clear advantage there between the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS it looks like the iPhone 4 is actually done and finished a little bit quicker than the iPhone 3GS so there's another example of how where the speed comes into play is anything giant is there a huge three difference where it's ten times as fast the simple answer is no it's not but doing general things is a bit quicker there's 512 megabytes or and double what the 3ds has if you keep more programs open and running around going to see a bit of a difference something to keep in mind there as well so let's go ahead and talk about size this is a lot of difference here between the size as well as the general sort of designs of the phones so the weight the new iPhone 4 is 137 grams to grams heavier and 135 grams 3GS dimensions we're looking at 115 point two by fifty eight point six by nine point three millimeters on the iPhone 4 on the 3GS 115 by 62 point one by twelve point three millimeters which means the iPhone 4 is about a quarter thinner and that's sort of hard to see when you look at the phone side-by-side because the iPhone 3GS sort of tapered edge whereas the iPhone 4 does not but it definitely is thinner and the design is really one spot where I really see a huge difference between iPhone 3GS and the iPod for the solid steel bands around the side of the iPhone 4 which actually used as antennas as well give the phone a much higher quality industrial feel and it feels fantastic in the hand the iPhone 3GS on the other hand now feels plasticky and cheap after having holding the iPhone 4 doesn't have that same sort of durable feel that the iPhone 4 has so something to keep in mind as you sort of weigh your options and try to figure out which phone is better for you now the big feature here and one that really sells the iPhone 4 to me is a front-facing camera ability to do something called FaceTime and it again did a video demonstrating how this works that would be down below as well buttface not like to do video chatting it's real video chatting the quality is fantastic it doesn't use your 18 teen minutes or ever cure you're using actually transfers to a voice over IP client so you don't use your man's at all it's a very seamless transfer from regular call to FaceTime call unfortunately it is now just over Wi-Fi only for me to keep in mind sort of some other specs to keep in mind the iPhone 4 has 802 11 n so that's a B G and n whereas the 3GS just has being G still get fancier data transfers if you're using a wireless and network something to keep in mind the iPhone 4 has an accelerometer compass and a gyroscope whereas the 3GS has an accelerometer and compass now we're not going to see much use to that until developers put it to really good use Bethel means you go to sort of see things moved around in the three-dimensional access so as opposed to just accelerometer where it's left and right playing a game on the iPhone 4 in addition to being able to go left and right go to go forward and back and go to sense that movement so let's see how developers will implement that whether or not something that's important that's really sort of the big gist between the two the cameras and the front-facing design the LED flash on the back the better display the FaceTime built-in software a faster processor there's a lot to like about the iPhone 4 and probably the biggest upgrade that we've seen in the entire history of the iPhone sort of from the iPhone generation 1 to the iPhone 3G we saw different design 3G network the iPhone 3G to 3GS we saw no different design really just a faster phone overall from the 3GS to the iPhone 4 but they most things have changed on it so that's the same iPhone look but it's got a very different feel to it something to definitely keep in mind is worth the upgrade I think it most certainly is then getting something like built record HD video replaces a flip camera or ever other using for portable video then d5 90 pixel sensor really takes great pictures now you might be saying well why is it just five other phones have eight megapixel sensors well the quality of the picture isn't just about the negatives of the camera it's how the camera handles the image and the iPhone is a fantastic job of handling images and you'll see some copies of stills at the end of this determine really which one is better for you but it does handle pictures very well what it replaced my standalone camera it might for regular shooting further for vacations and stuff I still want a dedicated unit so guys what do you think about the iPhone 3GS which of the iPhone 4 is worth the upgrade for you are you upgrading all right around the fatso waiting to see what comes out next we'd like to hear what you have to say leave your comments down below anyway I'm John reckon Jeffrey TechnoBuffalo be sure to check out the website for all of your tech news and I will see you in the next video bye you