Key Features of the Latest Apple iPhone 4S

As expected Apple’s new CEO Tim Cook released the latest iPhone 4S at the Town Hall of company’s Cupertino based headquarter. This article will walk you through the key features of the latest iPhone released by Apple. This was also Tim Cook’s first product launch since named as CEO of Apple.

1. Apple iPhone 4S has a A5 chip inside which is the same as the chip in the Apple iPad 2.
2. iPhone 4S features dual core graphics, which means it delivers 7x faster graphics than the previous iPhone. This will mean that game developers can now develop some cool games and use the graphic power of the hardware.
3. As far as the battery life of iPhone 4S goes, you get 8 hours of 3G talk time, 14 hours of 2G talk time, 6 hours on 3G browsing.

4. Latest iPhone 4S has two antennas for improved wireless transmission and reception. The phone can intelligently switch between antennas.
5. Apple claims now you can get upto 2x faster data download because of the antenna improvement. As per Apple, you can now get 14.4Mbps download now on iPhone 4S.
6. The latest iPhone 4S comes with a 8MP camera sensor which will provide resolution of 3264×2448 pixels. The camera also comes with a backside illuminated sensor which helps in getting more light inside. It also features the hybrid IR filter, better color accuracy, more color uniformity. Camera also comes with Image Signal Processor designed by Apple, which enables face detection and offers 26 percent better white balance.
It will take 0.5 second between two consecutive shots.

7. iPhone 4S has both GSM and CDMA and can switch between them to become world phone.
8. For video recording, you get  1080p  with the new iPhone 4S. It also offers Video Image Stabilization.
9. iPhone 4S can now mirror its screen via AirPlay (similar to iPad 2). Can also do wired mirroring if you don’t have Apple TV.

10. iPhone 4S features Siri, “intelligent assistant” that will answer questions. The idea behind this feature is, it will allow you to ask your iPhone a question. A real question in real language, and get answers. Siri can supposedly parse your normal language and not only tell you the answer, but show it to you on the screen.
Siri is pretty impressive – voice commands mixed with real artificial intelligence. Phil Schiller said during the demo that Siri is also capable of doing dictation. If you’re in an app where you’d type on a keyboard, you can now dictate by voice.
11. iPhone 4S will run iOS 5 and will also get iCloud. iOS 5 and iCloud release on October 12th.

Pricing- 16GB for $199, 32Gb for $299 and 64GB for $399
Availability Date- October 14th 2011. Will be available in US, Canada, Australia, UK, France, Germany, Japan. It will be available in 22 more countries by October 28 and in 70 countries by the end of 2011.