After months of speculation, Apple finally revealed the the new iPhone. The bad news is, it’s not an iPhone 5 as I have suspected in my previous post. What Apple unveiled is an iPhone 4S, technically just a refresh of the current iPhone 4. The 4S looks exactly like its predecessor which I know disappointed a lot of Apple fans. The good news, however, is that Apple has made the iPhone 4S quite a formidable phone with its features.
The iPhone 4S has the same 3.5-inch Retina display but it now has a dual-core A5 processor, a new dual-core GPU that boosts graphics performance by up to 7x, an improved antenna, dual-mode CDMA and GSM radio, and an 8 megapixel camera. Apart for being upgraded to 8 megapixels, the iPhone’s shooter now has a backside illuminated CMOS sensor for better low-light performance and comes with a new 5-element assembly with a hybrid IR filter capable of apertures up to f/2.4. This translates to better video capture as the iPhone 4S can now record 1080p video.
What may excite most is the addition of iOS 5 and Siri, a virtual assistant. What Siri does is allow the user to enter text, check the weather, get directions or perform web searches – not by typing but by dictation.
Here is the official iPhone 4S video from Apple.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFfm2uQbaLM
For a preview of Siri, see the video below.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4D4kRbEdJw
The iPhone 4S will come in black and white, and are priced at $199 for 16GB, $299 for the 32GB and $399 for 64GB, all of course on contract. They are available for pre-order in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK by October 14. It will roll out worldwide to 22 more countries by the end of October including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
No word yet on availability in the Philippines.
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iOS 5 brings with it the option to use the ‘+’ button as shutter when taking landscape shots. Face detection is also an upgrade and works well.
Siri is not boring at all. Wow feature for me.
it actually looks like a killer feature
I would say Siri is a wild card. Voice recognition / assistant software is not new (Google Voice, Vlingo, Dragon) and so far they all have questionable performance at best.
I’d wait and see what it’s like when actual people start using Siri in the wild. Too early to say that it’s ground-breaking.
Looks like Apple has been Nokia-lized. Ano to? Paranv 3310?? Biglang may 3310i??? Lol
what happened? can’t keep up with your english? well just keep your mouth shut. didn’t like the phone? then don’t buy it. no one is forcing you after all.
BORING
well then, make your own phone.
As expected, Apple released iPhone4S instead the fifth generation iPhone.
I think they dedicated this to Steve jobs. that’s why they name it 4S.