Apple has finally announced the highly anticipated successor to their iPhone 4. The latest iteration of the smartphone will be called the iPhone 4S. It will be launched on October 14 in US, Canada, UK, France, Germany and Japan. Sadly, there is no release date yet for India.
In the US, it will be available on Verizon, Sprint and AT&T networks with prices tagged at $199, $299 and $399 for the 16GB, 32 GB and the 64 GB versions respectively with a two-year contract.
Here are some of the features of the new phone:
- 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
- 1.1 seconds to take first photo, 0.5 second for shot to shot
- 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