Apple IPhone 4S Introduction:
Apple iPhone 4S is featured with 3.5 inches IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen powered with Apple A5 Chipset having 1 GHz Cortex-A9 Dual-core processor. The phone’s release was awaited throughout the world and the Apple loyalist had already pre-booked it for a long time back. The phone was launched with the newer version of iOS having iOS 5; the fun feature of the phone was the Apple’s virtual assistant Siri which was highly praised by the tech experts. Apple mobile prices in India are generally marked with a premium. However, this phone is an exception and is very affordable.
Apple IPhone 4S Price and Features
Design Specifications:
This phone looks almost exactly like iPhone 4. While Comparing iPhone 4s 32gb with iPhone 4 32gb mobiles, the only difference between the two phones that can be observed visibly is the design of antennae. The iPhone 4S uses two antennae which is shown by providing two black strips, which was one in the case of iPhone 4. Tough glasses have been used to make the front and back side panels of the phone which is surprisingly very resistant to scratches. The edges are made of industrial grade steel. The microSIM slot is provided to the right of the phone while the volume and mute buttons are provided to the right of the phone.
The phone is very handy as its dimensions are 4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 inches and so you can easily use with one hand only, the phone is very light weight having a total weight of around 140 grams thus making it light enough for long duration usage. The iPhone 4S is available in two color variants, namely Black and White.
Display Features:
The Apple iPhone 4S is provided with a 3.5 inches LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16M colours providing a screen resolution of 640 x 960 pixels. The phone is multi-touch enabled and has a 330 pixels per inch, pixel density, providing a very beautiful display. The screen is also protected by Corning Gorilla Glass with oleophobic coating thus making it scratch and fingerprint proof. The display of Apple iPhone 4S is pure viewing pleasure as you will have no problem related to the viewing angles and colour reproduction. The display of iPhone 4S is really crisp and there is clarity in the images it produces.
Memory Storage:
The Apple iPhone 4S is provided with 8 GB of internal storage in its lowest model in terms of memory storage while the best model has 64 GB of internal memory, there is no Card slot provided in the phone so you cannot increase the memory externally. The phone is provided with a 512 MB RAM.
Processor:
The Apple iPhone 4S are powered with Apple A5 Chipset having 1 GHz Cortex-A9 Dual-core processor. The A5 chip was really powerful compared to the chip provided in iPhone 4. The “S” in Apple iPhone 4S stands for ‘Speed’ as the chip used in the iPhone 4S is really fast. The speed can be observed if you had earlier used the Apple iPhone 4 before using this phone, various applications were able to open as earlier as 3 seconds than compared to iPhone 4 while switching between various apps had never been so smooth. The PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU provided in the phone makes you play various types of games without any lag or curtailed performance or appearance.
Camera Features:
The Apple iPhone 4S is provided with an 8 MP primary camera having 1/3.2′ sensor size, 1.4 µm pixel size, giving 3264 x 2448 pixel quality and featured with auto-focus LED flash, check quality. The secondary camera provided is a VGA type with 480p@30fps, video calling over Wi-Fi and 3G facility. The video is recorded at 1080p@30fps with check quality. The primary camera has additional features like geo-tagging, touch focus; face detection, panorama, and HDR photo. The IR filter provided in the camera is of a hybrid nature, thus increases the accuracy of the colour. Apple also claimed that the camera performed up to 33 percent faster compared to the camera provided in iPhone 4. The A5 processor installed in the phone has an image processor that faces detection enabled. The auto white balance in 4S is 26 percent better than iPhone 4. The camera takes bright photos and the images captured are sharp too, there is a very less pixelation problem observed in the images. The video is also captured at 1080 p with the video stabilization feature.
Battery Backup Life:
The Apple iPhone 4S is powered with 1432 mAh Non-removable Li-PO battery that promises standby up to 200 h on 2G network while up to 200h on 3G network and talk time up to 14h on 2G Network and 8 h on 3G Network. The battery provided is less and so you have to charge it frequently if heavy usage is done by the phone.
Technology Aspects:
The Apple iPhone 4S runs on iOS 5 that is upgradable to iOS 9.0.2. Apple iOS 5 offers a new notification system than iPhone 4. Hats off to the Siri feature, Siri works amazingly well and till date is the most accurate and powerful voice recognition service provided, it is far more advanced than Microsoft’s Cortana and Google’s Ok Google feature. The virtual QWERTY keyboard with superlative auto-correction makes the typing experience out of the world. The Apple’s App store is one of the best app stores and you can download millions of games and apps from it.
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