Apple’s new iPhone 4 is much greener than its predecessors
5 July 2010 | Green Technology | No Comments
The new iPhone 4 was officially launched and it seems it features a better software, better display and a much better technical specs. Besides that, the new iPhone 4 has some new green applications which allow you to manage your home energy use or to control your car’s fuel consumption. If we look behind, we can see a huge difference between 3GS for example and the new iPhone 4.
Physically speaking, iPhone4 is 25% slim than the 3GS, which means it is just 9.3 mm thick. It also features 2 cameras (5MP primary camera and a second VGA camera for video calling) and is powered by an Apple A4 processor. iPhone4 supports Micro SIM and unlike the 3GS, it has an IPS panel with a 960 X 640 resolution.
Compared to the 3GS, the new battery is larger and it improves the talk-time up to 14 hours on 2G and 7 hours on 3G. In order to save more power, the new iPhone 4 use energy saving sensors (a proximity sensor – turns off the display to save power; an ambient light sensor – adjusts the brightness of the screen to increase the battery life).
The iPhone4 is much greener than 3GS or other similar products. The materials used for handset, headphones or the supplied USB cable, are actually PVC-free materials. Speaking about green materials we should also mention here about bromine-free PCBs, mercury-free LCD display and arsenic-free display glass.
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