Apple prepares to roll out long-awaited iPhone 4G

AFTER a series of leaked prototypes, it’s almost a given that Steve Jobs will unveil a new version of the iPhone during Apple’s annual software developers conference in San Francisco on Monday.

Apple won’t comment on its plans but it has used this conference to launch the last two generations of the smart phone. In April, Gizmodo, a tech blog, paid $5,000 to obtain a working iPhone prototype that was lost by an Apple engineer in a Silicon Valley bar.

Apple didn’t say the prototype represented the next model of the iPhone, but if descriptions posted online are accurate, the iPhone 4G will have a clearer display, longer battery life and a front-facing camera that could be used for videoconferencing. It’s also claimed that the new camera will have a built-in flash for the first time and will be five megapixel rather than three.