While the telcos have yet to reveal pricing, Apple said the online store will sell the iPhone 4 for $888 for the 16GB model, and $1048 for the 32GB version. — PHOTO: APPLE

BESIDES being on sale through the three telcos in Singapore, the much awaited iPhone 4 will also go on sale this Friday through Apple’s online store.

While the telcos have yet to reveal pricing, Apple said the online store will sell the iPhone 4 for $888 for the 16GB model, and $1048 for the 32GB version.

The bumper cases used to address antenna issues which has plagued the device, will also be made available to the phones bought online, but details have not been released yet.

In a statement last week, Apple said that while the popular iPhone 4 black models are not affected, the white models will not be available until later this year, due to manufacturing issues.

Apple also said that a new iPhone 3GS 8GB will be sold at $748.

The United States has condemned as “irresponsible” the leak of 90,000 military records, saying publication could threaten national security.

The documents released by the Wikileaks website include details of killings of Afghan civilians unreported until now.

Three news organisations had advance access to the records, which also show Nato concerns that Pakistan and Iran are helping the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Pakistan has denied claims its intelligence agency backed the Taliban.

The huge cache of classified papers - posted by Wikileaks as the Afghan War Diary - is one of the biggest leaks in US history. It was given to the New York Times, the Guardian and the German news magazine, Der Spiegel.

In a statement, US National Security Adviser Gen James Jones said such classified information “could put the lives of Americans and our partners at risk”.

He said the documents covered the period from 2004 to 2009, before President Obama “announced a new strategy with a substantial increase in resources for Afghanistan”.