The iPhone 4S is promoted to the dual-core league and has more powerful graphics. There's a major boost to imaging too, with 8MP stills and 1080p video. And on top of it all, Apple try to take voice recognition to a new level with Siri. All in all, the iPhone 4S is a completely different phone under the hood. A brand new device that has been developed for months.

 

Network

2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

SIM Micro-SIM

 

BODY

Dimensions 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm (4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)

Weight 140 g (4.94 oz)

 

DISPLAY

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 640 x 960 pixels, 3.5 inches (~330 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch Yes

Protection Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating

 

SOUND

Alert types Vibration, proprietary ringtones

Loudspeaker Yes

3.5mm jack Yes

 

MEMORY

Card slot No

Internal 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM

 

DATA

GPRS Yes

EDGE Yes

Speed HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP

USB Yes, v2.0

 

CAMERA

Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features Touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, HDR

Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging

Secondary Yes, VGA, 480p@30fps, videocalling over Wi-Fi and 3G

 

FEATURES

OS iOS 5, upgradable to iOS 6.0

Chipset Apple A5

CPU Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9

GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2

Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Messaging iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email

Browser HTML (Safari)

Radio No

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS

Java No

- Scratch-resistant glass back panel

- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

- Siri natural language commands and dictation

- iCloud cloud service

- Twitter and Facebook integration

- TV-out

- Maps

- Audio/video player/editor

- Organizer

- Document viewer

- Image viewer/editor

- Voice memo/dial/command

- Predictive text input

 

BATTERY

Standard battery, Li-Po 1432 mAh (5.3 Wh)

Stand-by Up to 200 h (2G) / Up to 200 h (3G)

Talk time Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 8 h (3G)

Music play Up to 40 h