At this morning’s Apple “Let’s Talk iPhone” event, Tim Cook did not announce a curved iPhone 5 device. He did, however, announce the iPhone 4S. Looking on the outside pretty much identical to the iPhone 4, on the inside it is a much more capable device. Featuring an 8MP, 1080p camera along with A5 processor, the iPhone 4S also makes a lot of use of the Siri personal assistant software. The phone will be available from $199 to $399 depending on the memory capacity you choose (16GB/32GB/64GB). Also on the phone is a dual-core GPU, with up to 7x the graphics performance (let’s see how the benchmarks support this claim).
“iPhone 4S plus iOS 5 plus iCloud is a breakthrough combination that makes the iPhone 4S the best iPhone ever,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “While our competitors try to imitate iPhone with a checklist of features, only iPhone can deliver these breakthrough innovations that work seamlessly together.”
The Apple iPhone 4S will be available for pre-order on October 7th and released in North America on October 14th (On ATT, Verizon, and Sprint). It will be available internationally on October 25th.
