Friday, October 7, 2011

Apple Announces iPhone 4S, Not iPhone 5

It is not the iPhone 5 that was eagerly waited for, but the Apple iPhone 4S is the new release announced by Apple, the leader in the Smartphone market. The iPhone 4S is an upgrade of the iPhone 4 in performance and its camera.
The iPhone 4S has 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor on Apple A5 chipset with iOS 5 operating system. The performance of the phone is much better than the previous iPhones with the processor upgrade.
The phone has 3.5 inch capacitive, LED-backlit, IPS TFT, touchscreen display with resolution of 640 x 960 pixels offering 16 million colours. The screen has oleophobic surface which means that it is scratch-resistant and it even supports the multi-touch input method. The handset also has Accelerometer sensor that supports auto-rotate, a three-axis Gyro Sensor, and for auto turn-off it has a Proximity Sensor.
The major upgrade is the camera. It has an 8 megapixel camera compared to the 5 megapixel camera in iPhone 4 with high definition video recording of 1080 pixels compared to the 720 of the older version. The camera is accompanied with LED flash, image and video stabilization, Geo Tagging etc. the phone has also a VGA front camera.
The dimensions of the phone remain same with that of the iPhone 4. It has dimensions of 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm. The phone weighs 3 grams more than the iPhone 4 with 140 grams.
The iphone 4S has included a new member in terms of memory. Along with 16 GB and 32 GB devices a 64 GB device will be available. The phone will be available in the two colours of black and white as usual.
The phone has little increment in its battery backup compared to its previous models. The iPhone 4S will be available from mid October with 3 different price tags, $199, $299, $399 for 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB respectively. The price in India will be released soon.

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