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Apple unveils new iPhone

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-06-08 02:03

New iPhone 4 models are displayed after Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled it during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, June 7, 2010. [Agencies]

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc on Monday unveiled the latest model of iPhone which is thinner and has new features such as higher resolution display and a front-facing camera.

Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive officer (CEO), provided details of the new iPhone 4 in a keynote address at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference held in San Francisco.

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"We're going to take the biggest leap since the original iPhone, " Jobs said, adding that the next generation of iPhone includes more than 100 new features.

Less than 10 millimeters thick, the iPhone 4 is about 24 percent thinner than the previous iPhone 3GS, according to Jobs.

The display of the new device has 326 pixels per inch, four times as many as the previous models, Jobs said.

He also noted that the new model has a longer battery that will allow 40 percent more talk time.