Apple introduced a new smartphone iPhone 4S - upgraded version of the iPhone 4, released in June 2010.
told a news conference in Cupertino, senior vice president of marketing for Apple's Philip Schiller.
device design has not changed, unlike the hardware filling. Specifications iPhone 4S allow him to stand on a par with top-end smartphones on the platform of Google Android. The latter is considered the main rival of the operating system iOS, which is based on the iPhone.
Unlike the original model, the iPhone 4S installed a more powerful dual-core Apple A5, which is already used in Tablet PC iPad. In addition, the device has an 8-megapixel camera instead of a 5-megapixel on the iPhone 4.
According to Schiller, the power of the new iPhone to two times more than the iPhone's 4 and the graphics performance smartphone is seven times higher than the previous model. At the same time, autonomous operation of the device could be maintained at the iPhone 4.
smartphone received support cellular technology, HSDPA, which increases the theoretical speed of downloading files over the network to 14.4 Mbit / c, which is two times more than the iPhone 4.
The iPhone 4S established hybrid cell module that allows the device to work in networks as a standard GSM, and CDMA. This will provide additional flexibility to the owner of the device while roaming.
Like the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S will be available in black and white. The device will be available in three versions - with 16, 32 and 64 gigabytes of internal memory.
In the U.S., the price of the machine operator with a two year contract will be from 199 to 399 dollars.
Orders for iPhone 4S in the U.S. starts October 7. In stores in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Britain, France and Germany, the unit will come on October 14. October 28 smartphone will be sold in 22 countries.
The company also introduced a new operating system and service iOS 5 iCloud, which will be available October 12.
worth noting that the name of the new smart phone shortly before the presentation was open to Japanese site Apple. They reported that sales of the device iPhone 4S will start on October 14. 10 minutes before the start of the presentation record of iPhone 4S disappeared from the resource.