iPhone 4

3GS Supplies Tighten, iPhone 4 Discounted Ahead of iPhone 5 Announcement

We know, iPhone 5 rumors have gotten way out of hand. It seems like we are hearing 2 or 3 a day now. Aside from being annoying, the increased chatter is also a sign that we are getting close to an Apple announcement.

In fact, we are seeing a few indications that the iPhone 5 is nearing launch time. Multiple purported cases for the device have been surfacing, and now there are several reports claiming that previous models of the iPhone are being discounted and maybe even discontinued...

InstantCam Helps Take iPhone Photos Quickly

The iPhone 4 has a great camera, which makes it even more frustrating that the Camera app is just so damn slow.

It's a common complaint. You spot the perfect photograph, but by the time you've tapped the icon, waited for the app to load, focussed, and finally hit the button to take the picture, the moment is gone.

IntantCam aims to stop that from happening, and it seems to work...

iPhone Market Share Grows 141.8 Percent Each Year

In Apple's last earnings call, it was announced that 20 million iPhones had been sold in Q3 of 2011 alone. Apple has overtaken Nokia as the world's leading smartphone vendor, and a recent report also places Apple as the top smartphone manufacturer in the US.

With the iPhone's seemingly unstoppable growth rate, it's not a surprise that Apple's 5 year old smartphone now sees a 141.8% year-over-year increase in market share.

Give Your iPhone 4 NFC Capabilities

NFC technology seems to be taking the mobile phone industry by storm. Not only do multiple Android and Nokia models sport the feature, Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 has even been rumored to contain the tech.

But if you're tired of waiting for Apple to make a next-gen iPhone announcement, and you don't plan on leaving iOS anytime soon, we've come across a way for you to enjoy NFC technology in your current device. All you need is an iPhone 4 and a bit of an adventerous side...

Giveaway: Four SGP iPhone 4 Cases + Neo Hybrid II Case Video Review

At iDownloadBlog we like to do things big. That's why we're not spreading this giveaway out four times over just because we have four iPhone 4 cases to give away. Nope, we're giving all four of these bad boys away to one fortunate reader at random.

Okay, so it's not totally random, but it's so easy to enter, it might as well be.

Check inside for a full video review of Stylish people's Good Partner's Neo Hybrid II EX Series iPhone 4 case, along with the full details on what you need to do to claim all four of these cases for yourself...

Alleged iPhone “Lite” Leaked Online, And It’s Jailbroken

Take this one with a huge grain of salt, but TechCrunch is reporting that it's received leaked shots of a "light version of the iPhone 4." These pictures of what looks very much like a jailbroken iPhone 4 come from Tinhte, and TechCrunch makes the point that Tinhte got a white iPhone 4 prototype right with a leaked video back in April.

This iPhone 4 prototype is made of a cheaper build quality, and it matches up pretty well with a couple iPhone 5 case leaks that we reported on yesterday. However, the device doesn't seem to be any smaller than the current iPhone 4...

Introducing the iPhone 4 Personal Cooling Device

Apple is no stranger to finding fakes of its products being sold around the globe. Hell, there's even been entire Apple stores cloned.

Thankfully, the latest iPhone look-a-like isn't actually trying to be an iPhone at all, but we're fairly sure you couldn't guess what it actually is, at least from the front. This overly-thick iPhone-wannabe is actually a personal cooling device, or fan to you and me...

Jailbreak iPhone 4 on iOS 4.3.5 with PwnageTool to Preserve Baseband

Apple recently released iOS 4.3.5 to patch a few security vulnerabilities, and RedSn0w has already been confirmed to offer a tethered jailbreak on Apple's latest firmware.

If you're on an iPhone 4 with an unlocked baseband, jailbreaking iOS 4.3.5 with RedSn0w will not preserve your baseband. Luckily, a custom build of PwnageTool has been released to fix that problem.

Hilarious Target Ad “Leaks” the iPhone 5

We're not sure whether the iPhone featured in this Target ad is the work of a smart jokester in the retailer's art department, or whether someone has inadvertently leaked an image of the iPhone 5, but either way, this is interesting — especially because it seems to tie in with those iPhone 5 case designs we published earlier.

As you can see from the picture above, the iPhone in this image shares some resemblance with the iPhone 4, however, in some ways it's different. Most notably because of those curved edges and curved back, which seems to taper towards the bottom.

CellScope Accessory Turns iPhone into Microscope

The iPhone accessory arena has to be one of the largest in all of electronics. iDevice add-ons enable your gadgets to do anything from receive TV broadcasts to detecting cataracts, and everything in between.

Now we can add the CellScope to the iPhone's list of interesting attachments. TUAW highlights the accessory, which turns your iPhone 4's camera into a microscope...

Gevey SIM Unlocks iPhone 4 on iOS 4.3.4

The Gevey SIM supports an unlock for the iPhone 4 on Apple's latest firmware, iOS 4.3.4. Apple recently pushed the 4.3.4 update to combat the exploit uncovered by the jailbreak tool, JailbreakMe, in iOS 4.3.3.

If you upgrade to iOS 4.3.4, you lose your untethered jailbreak. But the Gevey SIM still works...

Verizon iPhone Sales Slow in Anticipation of the iPhone 5

Verizon Wireless has released its earnings report for the third business quarter of 2011, with a reported 2.3 million iPhones activated on its CDMA network. The iPhone 4 came out on Verizon back in Feburary, and Verizon's sales numbers have been trailing behind AT&T's ever since.

In Q3, AT&T activated 3.6 million iPhones. Together, AT&T and Verizon only account for 30% of the 20 million iPhones Apple shipped last quarter, with AT&T still being the preferred carrier for new iPhone customers...