Per CNN:
Apple on Tuesday unveiled the iPhone 4S, a faster version of its best-selling smartphone.The phone looks identical to a previous model of the phone, but contains an A5 processor that the company says is up to seven times faster at rendering graphics and twice as fast at processing data than older versions of the iPhone.
iPhone 4S is a "world phone," meaning it will be able to place calls more easily on wireless networks all over the world, not just in the United States. It will be available on AT&T and Verizon; so far the company has not mentioned making the phone available on Sprint, as was widely rumored in advance of the Tuesday event.
The phone also has "fantastic battery life," allowing people to talk for eight hours on the phone before needing to charge it again, said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice-president for product marketing.
It features an 8 megapixel camera with a better light sensor, making it as good or better than many point-and-shoot devices. It will shoot high-definition video -- and has a new image stabilization feature -- to make your YouTube videos less shaky.
A new voice-recognition feature called Siri will let iPhone users control their phones by talking to them."I've been in the AI (artificial intelligence) field a long time. This blows me away," Apple's Scott Forstall, a senior vice-president for iPhone software, said at the event.
In a demo, Forstall asked the phone to "find me a Greek restaurant in Palo Alto." The phone pulled up restaurants from the app Yelp. He asked it what the weather was like today, and the Siri service pulled up the latest weather data.That drew applause from the audience, according to a live blog on the site GDGT.
The announcement came at a press conference at Apple's company headquarters, which is ongoing.More details on the phone should be available soon.
Apple on Tuesday unveiled the iPhone 4S, a faster version of its best-selling smartphone.The phone looks identical to a previous model of the phone, but contains an A5 processor that the company says is up to seven times faster at rendering graphics and twice as fast at processing data than older versions of the iPhone.
iPhone 4S is a "world phone," meaning it will be able to place calls more easily on wireless networks all over the world, not just in the United States. It will be available on AT&T and Verizon; so far the company has not mentioned making the phone available on Sprint, as was widely rumored in advance of the Tuesday event.
The phone also has "fantastic battery life," allowing people to talk for eight hours on the phone before needing to charge it again, said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice-president for product marketing.
It features an 8 megapixel camera with a better light sensor, making it as good or better than many point-and-shoot devices. It will shoot high-definition video -- and has a new image stabilization feature -- to make your YouTube videos less shaky.
A new voice-recognition feature called Siri will let iPhone users control their phones by talking to them."I've been in the AI (artificial intelligence) field a long time. This blows me away," Apple's Scott Forstall, a senior vice-president for iPhone software, said at the event.
In a demo, Forstall asked the phone to "find me a Greek restaurant in Palo Alto." The phone pulled up restaurants from the app Yelp. He asked it what the weather was like today, and the Siri service pulled up the latest weather data.That drew applause from the audience, according to a live blog on the site GDGT.
The announcement came at a press conference at Apple's company headquarters, which is ongoing.More details on the phone should be available soon.
