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So Steve Jobs announced the arrival of the new iphone available for shipping June 24 (pre-orders begin June 15) available to US, France, Germany, UK and Japan. The iphone 4 will be available in India and other developed countries towards the end of Sept. There are over a 100 new features on the iphone according to Steve. Here are some of the highlights from the keynote address today:

Just when you thought the phone couldn’t get any skinnier, the iphone 4 will sport a whole new design being only 9.3 MM thin - thats 24% thinner than the iphone 3GS. The screen on phone is 3.5 inches and offers 960×640 pixel resolution. It’s a much sharper display that will show 4 times the amount of pixels in the same amount of space as earlier iphones.

As previous phones the antennas are built into case and support all frequencies: GSM, Bluetooth, 3G, Wifi and GPS

Besides having the traditional camera on backside that shoots 5megapixel images 720p HD video at 30 frames per second, now there is one on the front making video conferencing a reality which brings me to the next feature - FaceTime. Live Video over your phone, as long as both users have iphone 4 and are connected via WiFi. iMovie is available as an app to edit movies and recordings.

The phone has a much improved batter life span which includes 7 hours of talk time and 6 hours of web browsing over 3G networks. The phone offers over 10 hours of browsing, watching video and 40 hours of listending to music via a WiFi Network. The 300 hours of stand by time is standard.

In the US a 2 year ATT contract for the 16 GB is $199. The 32 GB will set you back $299. Pricing for international plans released shortly.