Bought the Case-Mate Waddler Penguin Case (Black) For iPhone 4/4S (Amazon link) from Amazon for Li Xiang as her birthday present! She likes penguin and I can’t find any penguin iPhone cases beside this one from Case-Mate.

It cost USD$24.99 (SGD$31.63) and shipping to Singapore is an additional USD$7 (SGD$8.85), and hence I paid a total of USD$31.99 (SGD$40.49) for it. I ordered on 5th October 2011 but due to it being out of stock after I placed my order, I only received it on 24th October 2011.

The reason why I ordered from Amazon is because Case-Mate website does not have Singapore in it’s shipping country dropdown list despite it ships internationally! WTF man!

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Front View

Back View

With iPhone 4S

My Hong Kong cousin gave me the MiPow Power Tube 6600 (online store) which is retailing for SGD$125. It boosts a battery capacity of 6,600mAh and is made from aluminum case with durable anodized colors.

The package includes charging tips for iPad/iPhone/iPod, Blackberry, HTC, Motorola, LG, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy, PSP, Nintendo DSL/DSi/3DS and Female USB.

The MiPow Power Tube design is similar to that of Sanyo Eneloop Stick Booster KBC-D1BS which my mom’s business friend got it for me from Japan.

According to iPad 2 Wi-Fi Teardown, iPad 2 battery has a capacity of 6,930mAh which means the MiPow Power Tube 6600 can almost fully charge the iPad 2 on a single charge.

On the other hand, based on iPhone 4 Teardown, iPhone 4 has a battery capacity of 1,420mAh and hence the MiPow Power Tube 6600 can charge an iPhone 4 a total of 4.5 times on a single charge.

• Output Voltage: 5V
• Output Current: 1A
• Capacity: 6,600mAh
• Cell type: lithium-ion battery
• Cycle life: 500 times
• Operating Temperature: -10°C to 45°C
• DC Charging Time: 7 – 9 hours
• Dimension: 23.5mm (D) x 242mm (L)
• Weight: 280g
• Colors: navy blue / charcoal gray / gold / silver / royal blue / peach / black / wine red

Box Front

Packaging Contents

Charging Tips

Power Tube

Charging Indicator

After almost a year of delay, the white version of iPhone 4 will be available tomorrow from Apple’s Online Store! Prices remain the same, 16GB for SGD$888 and 32GB for SGD$1,048.

White iPhone Arrives Tomorrow

SINGAPORE, Singapore – April 27, 2011 – Apple today announced that the white iPhone 4 will be available beginning tomorrow. White iPhone 4 models will be available from Apple’s online store (www.apple.com/sg/) and select Apple Authorised Resellers.

“The white iPhone 4 has finally arrived and it’s beautiful,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we’ve worked to get every detail right.”

iPhone 4 is the most innovative phone in the world, featuring Apple’s stunning Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone resulting in super crisp text, images and video, and FaceTime, which makes video calling a reality.

Pricing & Availability
White models of iPhone 4 will be available in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, UK and the US, beginning Thursday, April 28 and in many more countries around the world soon. White iPhone 4 will be available for a recommended retail price of S$888 for the 16GB model and S$1048 for the 32GB model through the Apple Store (www.apple.com/sg/), and select Apple Authorised Resellers.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

Verizon Wireless announced last night (12am SGT) that they will be selling the iPhone 4 as well in the US. The difference from AT&T and perhaps the rest of the world iPhone 4 is that it will be a CDMA version as opposed to a GSM version.

In terms of physical design, it is more or less the same with only three slight differences with the metal band surrounding the iPhone 4. See top, left and right view comparison.

Because of the extra gap on the left side and the removal of the gap on the top side as compared to the GSM’s iPhone 4, the buttons alignment is off by a few millimeters. I wonder how well will it fit into tight fitting iPhone 4 cases. BTW, Apple will be updating it’s own bumper to fit Verizon’s iPhone 4.

In terms of software, Verizon’s iPhone 4 is running 4.2.5 and currently the GSM’s version is on 4.2.1. I am guessing all iPhone 4 owners will get an update to 4.2.5 on 10th February 2010 as that is the date Verizon’s iPhone 4 will be launching.

Verizon’s iPhone 4 has an interesting Hotspot feature under the Settings that allows up to 5 Wi-Fi devices to use the iPhone 4 as a hotspot making it a mobile 3G modem, which is exactly the same as what my Huawei MiFi E585 does.

There is a rumour stating that the hotspot feature will come to iOS 4.3 for GSM’s iPhones but it is still dependent on whether the carrier supports it. Come on SingTel!

I hope that feature will be available for all iPhone 3GS/4 users, since it doesn’t make much sense to give it to Verizon iPhone 4 owners only. But then again, sometimes when Apple does things, it totally makes no sense.

One thing that we GSM users take for granted is simultaneous Call and Data usage, but unfortunately you can’t do that for the CDMA version of iPhone 4. It is either Call or Data and not both at the same time.

Also there will be a CDMA’s version of iPad coming to Verizon as well.

Official: Verizon’s iPhone 4

Engadget: Verizon iPhone first hands-on!

PS: Links showing the comparison and hotspot features are from Engadget.

Received my Speck PixelSkin HD (Black) from the iPhone 4 Case Program 2 days ago. It was shipped on the 7th September 2010 and I received it on the 14th September 2010.

The PixelSkin HD is made up of Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) which makes it much harder than those cheap silicon cases. I like the finish of the case, it is in matt black and according to Wikipedia, it is resistance to oil, grease and abrasion and hence it is somewhat resistance to fingerprints!

I find the “pixels” at the back are just for decorative purposes as I don’t find it improving my grip on the iPhone 4.

Similar to the Apple iPhone 4 Bumper, I think the PixelSkin HD is slightly loose and hence when you press any both sides (top and bottom, left and right) at the same time, it will have a small squeaking sound which I find it irritating. It will be good if it is much tighter fit.

The PixelSkin HD adds some bulk to the iPhone 4 and hence it can’t really fit into the Moshi iPouch easily (it still can fit) and because TPU material is slightly rubbery, it makes sliding it into the iPouch even more difficult.

I will be using the PixelSkin HD for a while replacing my Incase Snap Case to see how it goes.

My previous cases from the iPhone 4 Case Program:

• Apple iPhone 4 Bumper
• Incase Snap Case for iPhone 4

Check out my post on iPhone 4 Case Program if you need more information on the iPhone 4 cases from the iPhone 4 Case Program. You got 14 more days left (till 30th September 2010) to buy the iPhone 4 if you want to get the free iPhone 4 case from the iPhone 4 Case Program. Do note that is the cut off date for iPhone 4 purchases.

Packaging Front

Packaging Back

PixelSkin HD Front

PixelSkin HD Back

iPhone 4 With PixelSkin HD