Working iPhone 4 slips out, produces camera samples
updated 12:15 pm EDT, Fri June 18, 2010
iPhone 4 reaches Czech early for impressions
The iPhone 4 has landed in the hands of a Czech who has managed a test of the phone and its camera, including HD video. Swenak explained that the phone feels good in the hand, isn't prone to slipping, and is relatively fast both in wide use and in getting a GPS lock-on. His only misgivings expressed to Jablíčkář are around the plastic frame between the metal and the glass, which he believed could get minor scratches over time.
The phone's thinner profile is much easier to fit in a pocket, Swenak added.
In testing the camera, still photos appear to have the quality of a typical point-and-shoot camera, though with relatively little visible noise or fringing artifacts. Video at 720p is sharp at its native size and has audio quality similar to an iPhone's with a comparatively quiet scene.
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Video Not Jerky Like Incredible
If you've seen a sample video of the Droid Incredible (in both HD and standard quality), you'll quickly notice major jerkiness when panning. It's skipping frames. You don't see one speck of that in an iPhone 3GS or here in this HD video from the 4G.
I would imagine that all the latest Droids have this frame dropping issue, as the Incredible is using top notch hardware.
It's something the specs just don't tell you.