The latest generation of Apple’s smartphone has been waiting the past few weeks was not the iPhone5. No new models with screens wider or thinner design than as the rumored iPhone4. Apple announced its newest product, the iPhone4S, in a press conference in Cupertino, California, United States, Tuesday (04/10/2011).
iPhone4S
is Apple’s first product launched under the leadership of Tim Cook as
CEO to replace Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs did not appear at all on stage.
Tim Cook opened the event with a showcase achievement Apple before the iPhone4S was announced at the peak of the event.
In appearance, the same as the iPhone4
that has been circulating for almost a year with the screen size and the
same thickness. However, new features, better than its predecessor’s. iPhone4S using the processor and graphics card with AppleA5 dual-core chips like those used iPad2 thus providing twice the performance and multimedia access experience seven times faster.
IPhone camera according to the latest
predictions, namely the 8-megapixel sensor that produces images with a
maximum size of 3264 x 2448 pixels. Interestingly, it can record video
with 1080p HD quality. This product uses the new Image Signal Processor
designed for Apple to do facial recognition and introduction of white
balance 26 per cent better. The lenses are composed of five layers so as
to produce images 30 percent sharper and equipped with infrared filters
to produce a more natural color. Just takes 1.1 seconds for the first
time shooting.
Connection supports GSM and CDMA
networks at the same time thus giving greater convenience to the user to
select the desired service. iPhone4S also has a direct use of IOS 5
that comes with new features. Data access capabilities with high speed
downlink packet access (HSDPA) also increased from a maximum of 7.2 Mbps
on the iPhone4 to 14.4 Mbps on the iPhone 4S. iPhone4S does not yet support the 4G technology LTE.
This will be the first smartphone that
supports voice recognition feature that is named Siri. The user can give
commands to the various menus such as playing music, GPS navigation,
and search contacts. Siri is designed to be a personal assistant that
helps users answer questions directly.
The presence of iPhone4S nor more economical models like the rumors that circulated earlier. However, Apple is definitely strategy remains the same, that is so new products are present, the old models come down in price. iPhone3GS with 8GB model and even provided free of charge to customers with a two-year contract in the U.S., while the iPhone4 with 8GB model priced at only 99 U.S. dollars with the same contract.