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LCD (8.31)
The LCD is a major selling point on the iPhone. The screen is 3.5 inches diagonally, with 461,000-dot resolution. It's a capacitive touch screen, rather than the inductive type used on the Sony T900. The capacitive screen is more accurate, but requires either a finger or a special type of stylus to work. The iPhone 3G S also has a new coating on the screen, which is meant to reduce fingerprinting.
The LCD is large and a pleasure to use
All photographic controls are handled via the touch screen. There's a button that appears to take the photo, and digital zooming is controlled by making a pinching motion on the screen.
Flash (0.00)
The iPhone has no flash.
Lens (1.75)
Unfortunately, we know very little about the lens, as there are no official specifications, and no manual settings to play with. It has no optical zoom, and the aperture seems fixed at f/2.8 for all situations. According to the EXIF data, the lens always has a focal length of 3.85mm, and with some experimentation we found the closest focusing distance to be approximately two inches/50mm.
The lens is small and easy to obscure
Battery (8.00)
The iPhone's battery is rated for up to 300 hours of standby, and 5 hours of 3G talk time. We're not sure how much this amounts to, in terms of photography, but it's unlikely you'll completely drain the batteries on your phone by taking snapshots.
Memory (2.00)
The iPhone cannot take any sort of memory card, but comes with either 16GB or 32GB of internal memory, depending on which model you get.
Jacks, Ports & Plugs (0.00)
There's a single, proprietary port underneath the iPhone 3G S, which is used for charging and synching with a computer. By purchasing additional cables from Apple for a rather excessive $49, you can plug the camera directly into a TV.
The sole port on the bottom of the phone
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