IPHONE 4 16GB GSM

by Apple

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 45.4 x 23.1 x 45.4 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00414WBT4
• Item model number: MC318LL
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Color: black

Brand new.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

135 of 148 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Practically perfect converged device June 13, 2011

By sharoo

Color Name:black|Amazon Verified Purchase

For the last 2 years I have been carrying a cell phone, an iPad Touch, an iPad Shuffle, and (when I thought I would need it) a camera. I was waiting for a device that would do it all in one, but without forcing me into an unwanted 2-year cell phone contract (I use an AT&T prepaid GoPhone account). The iPhone 4 is that device. For the most part, I adore my new iPhone. Only the substandard built-in software keeps it from being a 5-star product, IMHO. More on that later.

When I was reading reviews before my purchase I wanted to know if "factory unlocked" really meant what it said. Yes, I would have to say that it does. This was clearly a brand-new phone in factory packaging, not a phone that had been unlocked illegally. On the down side, because it had been packaged for the UK market, it came with a British-style plug on the wall charger! This didn't matter to me because I always charge my device from my computer, but the vendor should have mentioned it.

The important part was whether it was really mine to do with as I pleased. I took the AT&T SIM card out of my old Motorola phone, cut it down to size with a SIM cutter, and popped it into the iPhone. When connected to a computer running iTunes, the phone immediately started working with my same old phone number. It was that simple.

So now I have a $750 phone with a $100/year prepaid phone plan. But that's not as silly as it sounds, because I also have the following:

1) The world's best PDA. The high-resolution screen is so beautiful that I just want to sit and stare at it. The built-in apps are pretty lame, but the unbelievable bounty that is the iTunes app store more than makes up for that.

2) An astoundingly good camera.... At 5MPs I expected it to be barely adequate as a camera, but I think it takes better pictures than my 10MPs point-and-shoot. Whatever it uses for a light meter is miles ahead of any camera I have ever owned. It takes the best low-light pictures I have ever seen, and when the flash IS needed it is never too bright. I love being able to operate the flash control, auto-focus point, and digital zoom right on the touch screen. The HDR feature is subtle, but amazing. And the 3rd-party apps (many of them free) - just SOOO much fun. This is not a professional quality camera, of course, but it just might be all the casual camera you will ever need.

3) An Internet connection device. Because I don't have a real phone plan, I mostly use wi-fi for my networking needs. But I also have a limited 3G data plan as a backup if I'm not in wifi range. Getting a prepaid data plan to work is a little tricky. You have to set the APN, and neither AT&T nor Apple will tell you how to do this. It's easy, though - just google it.

4) An OK music machine. It works as well as any iPod, but at 16GB it doesn't have the capacity to hold my whole music collection. If I'm just going to load music temporarily for on-the-go use I prefer my little Shuffle. If there were some way to pause the music on the iPhone with a single button press I would find it much more usable as an iPod.

5) An adequate phone. Honestly, the weakest function on the iPhone is the phone. The shape is awkward for a telephone and the sound is nothing to brag about. On the other hand, I have not had any problems with dropped calls or weak signal. I like the big lighted virtual buttons, and the fact that it integrates with my main address book. Mainly, as an infrequent cell phone user at best, I like the fact that I have a cell phone if I need it without having to carry an additional device.

6) A bright, directional LED flashlight. The LED bulb used for the new camera flash also works as a nifty little flashlight! How cool is that? Apple did not see fit to include a flashlight app as a built-in, so the first thing the new user should do is download the excellent free iLED Flashlight app.

7) A surprisingly effective eBook reader. Sure the screen is small but the resolution is so exquisite that you really can read on it. I read "Moby Dick" on my iTouch, and the screen resolution is even better on this device.

Downside - the built in apps are TERRIBLE. The contacts manager, notepad and calendar are primitive. There is no standard way to backup/restore application data, even for built-in apps. The built-in photo manager is jaw-droppingly bad. All pictures taken with the iPhone camera go into one huge folder called "Camera Roll." They can't be moved into sub-folders, renamed, sorted, or rotated if the orientation ends up backwards (which occasionally happens). And what excuse can there be for not including a flashlight app to go with the new LED light?

Fortunately, I had been through this with my iTouch, so I already had a nice set of apps for managing lists, contacts, appointments, recipes and so on. However, it took me a couple of weeks of experimentation and research, plus a small outlay of money for paid apps, to turn the magnificent iPhone4 camera hardware into a device that really can be used as a camera substitute. In short, the iPhone 4 is a device that is good but not great right out of the box. But if you are willing and able to spend a little time installing apps, it can be massively customized to make it the best electronic friend you ever had. Read more ›

48 of 55 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Well May 8, 2011

By S4GA

Color Name:black|Amazon Verified Purchase

Brand New and unlocked. I travel to different countries frequently and it works well with almost all the cards in different countries.

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Practically flawless! December 9, 2010

By Ghenghis

Color Name:black

I had the 8GB 3G model and thought that was great, until I got a demo of the iPhone 4. Man is this version is light years ahead of the original model.

With a 1Ghz CPU, and 16GB of flash memory, this thing is a portable office/entertainment center par excellence. I've had this phone for 3 months without a single problem, the display is nice and sharp, the apps load very fast, and I now have over 130 apps to perform just about every duty you could possibly think of with absolutely no impact on performance. And on the ATT 3G network, I average download speeds of around 1.8Mbps, and over 1M upload speeds....and how do I know that, cause I got an app that tells me that's how. BTW, the display is the equivalent of a 960x640 on your desktop (double the 3G model) so what you see is essentially a high res yield and page loads are superfast. And resident memory, after a full days use I just checked and still had 120Mb of Ram available. On the 3G model that number was usually down around 4Mb by the end of the work day and had to be refreshed.

I was in the computer/design/manufacturing business for 20 years, and this is by far the most amazing piece of technology I have ever seen or imagined. Even the battery life is 3x better than the previous model, and thats a good thing cause its integrated but a full charge should yield and entire days work of calls, emails, surfing the web, SMS messaging, and play. I no longer need my laptop cause there's nothing I cant do with the iPhone, and that includes sending faxes, editing Excel or Word documents, and even printing.... A flash for the 5MP camera, an HD video camera, and even real time video conferencing over a wireless network, and Bluetooth that unlike the 3G model is actually compatible with everything you throw at it, including Garmin GPS....just amazing. This thing even has 2 mics with noise suppression so calls are clearer on the other end. Man, Apple hit this one out of the park.

BTW, with all the apps, music, and videos I've got loaded on this thing I've still got 10GB of flash memory remaining. I cant imagine why anybody would need more storage, and the 32GB model isn't any faster and doesn't have any more features. You'll need iTunes on your desktop to get the most out of this phone and iTunes can be a little intimidating at first but its worth the trouble, and all the instruction you need can be found on the web or Youtube for transferring photos, videos, music, apps, etc.

Update 12/09/10: I've been reading up on the "antenna problem" with the iPhone 4G and have this to say.... It is easily cured by slapping on a hard case or shell on the phone, which eliminates the issue I see some people complaining about. I have personally never experienced this issue because I left the AT&T store with a protective shell on my phone which virtually everybody I've ever seen with an iPhone has anyway. Very simply you CANNOT replicate the reported "death grip" problem with a shell around the outer frame. Cant be done. And BTW, I don't know if its due to network improvements or what but lately I'm getting 4Mbps download speeds so if anything I'm happier with my purchase now than I was 4 months ago. Zero complaints, and that's something most smartphone users of other OEM products can't say.

A final word: Beware negative reviews on here that are filled with bad English and are authored by individuals who have written only one review (on the iPhone) and posted it in several locations on Amazon's site. Its easy to pick these out, and they have no doubt been written by the same person. You can find the best review I've ever seen on the iPhone 4 from Anandtech in the comments section, and they do cover the overblown "antenna issue."

Oh wait, I do have one complaint about the iPhone 4. Several times a month my girlfriend gets mad at me and hangs up in the middle of the conversation so I guess I'm suffering from this "dropped call" thing after all. haw haw Read more ›

40 of 50 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great seller great product. April 17, 2011

By Gerald Aboud

Color Name:black|Amazon Verified Purchase

I just bought this product right here on Amazon , unlocked iphone 4. I unwrapped it , plugged in itunes and stuck in my micro sim and the product worked great. I used facetime for the first time tonight and it was obvious that this Apple product is lightyears ahead of any Phone or OS I have used on any other smartphone. I have no dropped calls and absolutely not even one single problem. I will admit that it seems the battery reduces at about the rate of any laptop (Mac of course) when using power hungry apps but apart from that I am so happy I bought this phone, if only everything could be this simple. Well done Apple, well done.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars 16 GB costs $650 directly from Apple so don't bother August 28, 2011

By Rene E. Borroto

Color Name:black

The iPhone itself is an amazing gadget, but don't waste your money with third party vendors marking up a product that already has exorbitant retail prices from the manufacturer. You can go to Apple's website and order an unlocked 16 GB or 32 GB iPhone 4, for $650 and $750, respectively.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Good phone bad deal? June 30, 2011

By Mike

Color Name:black

The iPhone 4 16gb World Phone (factory unlocked) model MC603LL.

I guess you can pay them $738 or you can go directly to Apple Store online and get it for $649.

Do you homework folks.

30 of 40 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It works for me February 9, 2011

By David A. Low

Color Name:black

I'm not a big fan of Apple, and bought a Nexus One a year back. Nice ideas, indifferently executed. Lots of small problems, never adequately addressed.

Since I wanted to use prepaid AT&T in the USA and other carriers' SIMs in other countries, I looked for a factory unlocked iPhone 4 via Amazon. Got one, tried prepaid AT&T, worked fine over 3G. I cut down a prepaid T-Mobile (USA) SIM, and it worked fine over Edge. Tried a Movistar SIM in Buenos Aires, and it's great over 3G.

The iPhone is a beautiful device and it works for me. Most of the Google apps (on which I depend) are now available, and work well. The iPhone holds WiFi connections where the Nexus drops them. I could go on.

I will continue to use the Nexus in the USA, but mostly because prepaid T-Mobile is superior to prepaid AT&T in some areas. The iPhone may be an exercise in megalomaniacal vanity, but it came out right.