New Apple iPhone 4S

The New Apple iPhone 4S

Author: Mac Jones

The successor to the iPhone 4 has finally been revealed by Apple. Called the iPhone 4S and not iPhone 5 as was widely rumoured, sales are set to commence during October 2011. In this the first part of two articles we take a look at the improvements introduced in this new smartphone.
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First of all we turn to appearance. Always an important part of any Apple device, many expected the new Apple smartphone to sport an all new casing, but what we have got is more of the same. The iPhone4S doesn\'t change its appearance at all compared with the previous model. This isn't necessarily a bad thing as the current iPhone\'s is premium materials results in a great looking and feeling handset.

In fact the only external change is to the antennas, a previous problem for Apple when free iPhone 4 bumpers had to be issued to cure reception problems. The revised 4S antenna has been split into two separate pieces which can automatically switch between the two to enable better reception or to send and receive data at the same time without compromising speed.

The 3.5-inch 960 x 640 pixel retina display remains despite many rival handsets from the likes of HTC and Motorola featuring 4.3 inch screens. Even though they have larger screens they cannot match the overall resolution of the iPhone 4S and as a result don't appear quite as crisp when viewing text or high resolution images. A further advantage is that the smaller screen permits a smaller casing, a welcome plus point in a device you carry around all day.

Now we look at the improvements made under the skin where most of the changes are seen in the iPhone 4S.

The most significant upgrade is the introduction of the A5 dual core processor from the iPad 2. Apple's new CEO Tim Cook claimed that the new CPU is twice as fast as that of its forerunner with graphics performance now seven times greater. This important upgrade brings the iPhone in line with its major competitors such as the HTC Sensation, Samsung Galaxy S2 and Motorola Atrix, all of which sport dual-core processors.

The GSM and CDMA network technologies have been combined in the iPhone 4S (in previous phones Apple had chosen to produce two separate versions). This will streamline manufacturing and distribution for Apple as well as permitting owners to switch between network providers without the need to change phones.
As far as network technologies go, the only improvements are to the mobile broadband speeds which are probably brought about by using the HSPA standard. Despite no 4G technology being incorporated in the device, Apple claims the hardware improvements will double mobile data speeds to virtually match 4G speeds. Real world tests should hopefully verify this rather ambitious claim.

Thanks for looking at our iPhone 4S article. Please bear it in mind when you are comparing smartphone contract deals when looking to upgrade your current handset.

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