Apple announces the iPhone 4S

By Sahil Mohan Gupta | Updated: 5 June 2012 01:50 IST

Highlights

Apple has launched the iPhone 4S which maintains the same design as the iPhone 4, but now comes with Apple's dual core A5 processor, boasts of 7 times more powerful graphics.

Apple has announced the iPhone 4S which maintains the same design as the iPhone 4, but now features Apple's dual core A5 processor, boasts of 7 times more powerful graphics.

Apart from these features the iPhone 4S will improved battery life, a 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD recording, a intelligent wireless antenna switching system, HSPA+ connectivity and will also have a 64GB version.

Some of the new features are as follows:
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Looks same from outside; all new inside
It has an A5 chip, same as the iPad 2 - Two times faster than the previous phone
Dual core graphics; seven times faster
Eight megapixels camera, with 33 per cent faster capture seconds to take first photo
Infrared filter for more accurate colors - 30 per cent sharper
Face detection in camera, 26 per cent better white balance
1080p video recording
Better call quality
Intelligently switches between antennas to transmit and receive
World phone: Has both GSM and CDMA
Eight hours of 3G talk time
Six hours browsing time; nine hours on WiFi
Ten hours of video playback, 40 hours music
New voice assistant called Siri - Recognises natural language
Siri exclusive to iPhone 4S
Available in both black and white colours

The iPhone 4S will be a world phone, will support both GSM and CDMA networks. The 16GB version will be for $199, the 32GB version will be for $299 and the 64GB one will cost $399.

The pre-orders for the device will begin from October 7 and the device will hit the markets on October 14. The device will be available initially in the US, Canada, Australia, UK, France, Germany and Japan. Unfortunately for us Indians there is no launch date for India.

While the iPhone 4S was announced there was no sign of the rumoured iPhone 5, which was supposedly having an edge-to-edge display.

In the meantime checkout the iPhone 4S picture gallery.

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