Your basic guide to the new Apple iPhone 4S

04.10.2011

There will be three models; with a two-year contract, the prices are:16 GB, $19932 GB, $299And for the first time, 64GB, for $399.

You will still be able to buy an 8GB iPhone 4, for $99. And the iPhone 3GS is now free, with a 2-year contract.

Should we care about iPhone 4S? A lot of people were expecting SuperPhone: 4G, some kind of new packaging, a big screen…

The iPhone 4s is a package that combines key improvements to the basic iPhone 4 design, the new iOS 5 version of the operating system (also available to many older iPhone models), and the new iCloud services, which are more ambitious than anything Apple has had before. All of these are tightly integrated within the Apple ecosystem.

At the same time, with the 4S, Apple creates a new depth to its product line. At the high-end, the 4S continues the basic design of a highly successful product and improves it by boosting performance and 3G networking speeds, without sacrificing battery life; offering a more competitive camera/video recorder, which relies on more than an increase in megapixels to improve images; and introduces what promises to be an expanding voice user interface to mobile devices and mobile services.