I received the iPhone 4 at 10:00am, on the morning of the 23rd–the day before the official release of the newest iPhone. Since then I’ve been able to play with it and test it around some. It’s now 8:45pm, and I wanted to give some first impressions for those that are thinking about making the jump. I don’t cover all the areas, and I’m not going to get into the new operating system (iOS4). Those have already been widely covered. I’ll just cover about 9 areas that stood out to me.

1. Speed. This thing is fast. I’m upgrading from the original 2g iPhone, so I don’t have too much of a context here. But it’s clear to tell that the new A4 chip is working well. For those of you that have played on an iPad, it feels just as responsive. Apps close and open very quickly.

2. Screen resolution. Apple has been touting it’s new Retina Display, and after comparing the previous screen to this one, they were right. It’s quite impressive. I wanted to give a side-by-side example so you could see the difference. So I took a screenshot of the same cnn.com web-page. To be honest, once I exported the pictures and put them on a screen, it’s hard to tell the difference. You have to see it on the phone to appreciate it.

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The video below gives more information, but it promises to put, “message outlines and notes, Bible verses, interactive polls, space for taking notes, questions for response,” prayer requests and online giving….all on your phone. Yup. It’s blowing my mind also.

Check it out.