glass and aluminum construction
18% thinner 7.6mm, 20% lighter 112 grams
4 inch display 1136x 640, 16:9 aspect ratio, Retina
extra screen space, extra row of icons
automatically resizes apps
touch sensors are directly in the screen/ improves accuracy
LTE! finally single chip/radio and dynamic antenna -> better battery
Sprint, Verizon, AT&T support
WIFI improvements 2.4 and 5g 802.11 a/b/g/n up to 150 Mbps
A6 processor 2 faster CPU and graphics
Camera: 40% smaller, features panorama
Backside illuminated sensor for facetime HD/face detection/720p
3 microphones/ noise canceling
Lightning connector/ all digital, 8 signal design, improved durability, reversible, 80% smaller. ( dont worry there will be adapters)
iOS 6:
maps- search POIs, over 100 million points of interest
turn by turn directions
3D flyover, two fingers tilt the camera
Notification center improvements: tweet or post to facebook...
Safari: fullscreen mode, syncs with desktop Safari
Passbook: works from the lockscreen
Photostream
Siri: can post to facebook...oh jeez
available in black and white
Pricing: 16g/32/64 199/299/399
preorder: Sept 14th
Thanks, TheVerge, Engadget
