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CUPERTINO, California—October 4, 2011—Apple® today
announced iPhone® 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with
incredible new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for blazing
fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced
optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri™, an
intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.
With the launch of iPhone 4S also comes the launch of iOS 5, the world’s
most advanced mobile operating system with over 200 new features; and
iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free cloud services that work with your
iPhone, iPad®, iPod touch®, Mac® or PC to automatically and wirelessly
store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices.
“iPhone 4S plus iOS 5 plus iCloud is a breakthrough combination that
makes the iPhone 4S the best iPhone ever,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s
senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “While our
competitors try to imitate iPhone with a checklist of features, only
iPhone can deliver these breakthrough innovations that work seamlessly
together.”
iPhone 4S comes with iOS 5, the world’s most advanced mobile operating
system, which includes over 200 new features including Notification
Center, an innovative way to easily view and manage notifications in one
place without interruption and iMessage™, a new messaging service that
lets you easily send text messages, photos and videos between all iOS 5
users. iOS 5 will also be available as a free software update for iPhone
4 and iPhone 3GS customers allowing them to experience these amazing
new features.*
iPhone 4S also introduces Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you
get things done just by asking. Siri understands context allowing you to
speak naturally when you ask it questions, for example, if you ask
“Will I need an umbrella this weekend?” it understands you are looking
for a weather forecast. Siri is also smart about using the personal
information you allow it to access, for example, if you tell Siri
“Remind me to call Mom when I get home” it can find “Mom” in your
address book, or ask Siri “What’s the traffic like around here?” and it
can figure out where “here” is based on your current location. Siri
helps you make calls, send text messages or email, schedule meetings and
reminders, make notes, search the Internet, find local businesses, get
directions and more. You can also get answers, find facts and even
perform complex calculations just by asking.
iCloud is a breakthrough set of free cloud services, including iTunes®
in the Cloud, Photo Stream and Documents in the Cloud, that work
seamlessly with your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to
automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to
all your devices. When content changes on one device, all your other
devices are updated automatically and wirelessly.
iPhone 4S includes an all new camera with the most advanced optics of
any phone. The 8 megapixel sensor has 60 percent more pixels so you can
take amazing high quality photos with more detail than ever. iPhone 4S
includes a new custom lens, a larger f/2.4 aperture and an advanced
hybrid IR filter that produce sharper, brighter and more accurate
images. The Apple-designed image signal processor in the A5 dual-core
chip is built for performance, and coupled with the features built into
iOS 5, makes the camera one of the fastest on any phone. With iPhone 4S,
the Camera app launches much faster and the shot to shot capability is
twice as fast, so you'll never miss another shot.
New features in the Camera and Photos apps give you instant access to
the camera right from the lock screen, and you can also use the
volume-up button to quickly snap a photo. Optional grid lines help line
up your shot and a simple tap locks focus and exposure on one subject;
and the new Photos app lets you crop, rotate, enhance and remove
red-eye, and organize your photos into albums right on your device to
share them on the go. New iOS 5 features include built-in Twitter
integration and iMessage, so you can instantly share your photos via
Twitter directly from the Photos app and send photos via iMessage to
individuals or groups. And with iCloud's innovative new Photo Stream
service, a photo you take on your iPhone is sent to iCloud and
automatically pushed to your iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC. You can even
view your Photo Stream album on your Apple TV®.
iPhone 4S can also now record video in full 1080p HD resolution and with
the new video image stabilization feature, you can take richer,
smoother videos. Other iPhone 4S video camera improvements include
increased sensitivity, sharpness and an increased ability to capture
video in low light conditions. With the new iMessage service in iOS 5,
you can now instantly share videos with family and friends.
iPhone 4S has the same beautifully thin glass and stainless steel design
that millions of customers around the world love, while being
completely redesigned on the inside. Apple's dual-core A5 chip delivers
up to twice the processing power and up to seven times faster graphics
than iPhone 4, all while maintaining incredible battery life—now up to 8
hours of 3G talk time.
Improving on the innovative stainless steel external, dual-antenna
design of iPhone 4, iPhone 4S is the first phone to intelligently switch
between two antennas to send and receive. iPhone 4S now supports twice
the download speed with HSDPA of up to 14.4 Mbps and iPhone 4S is a
world phone, so both CDMA and GSM customers can now roam internationally
on GSM networks.**
Pricing & Availability
iPhone 4S comes in either black or white and will be available in the US
for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 16GB model and $299
(US) for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the new 64GB model.*** iPhone
4S will be available from the Apple Online Store, Apple’s retail stores
and through AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless and select Apple
Authorized Resellers. iPhone 4S will be available in the US, Australia,
Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK on Friday, October 14 and
customers can pre-order their iPhone 4S beginning Friday, October 7.
iPhone 4 will also be available for just $99 (US) and iPhone 3GS will be
available for free with a two year contract. Siri will be available in
beta on iPhone 4S in English (localized for US, UK and Australia),
French and German. iOS 5 software will be available on October 12 as a
free software update via iTunes 10.5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
customers.
iPhone 4S will roll out worldwide to 22 more countries by the end of
October including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
*Some features may not be available on all products.
**Carrier roaming policies apply. HSDPA availability and network speeds are dependent on carrier networks.
***Qualified customers only. Requires a new two year rate plan, sold separately.
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