iPhone 4s
The iPhone 4s[a] is a smartphone that was designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the fifth generation of the iPhone,[12] succeeding the iPhone 4 and preceding the iPhone 5. It was announced on October 4, 2011, at Apple's Cupertino campus, and was the final Apple product announced in the lifetime of former Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs, who died the following day.[13]
Brand
"The most amazing iPhone yet"[1]
5th
A1431 (GSM China Model)
A1387[2]
October 14, 2011
- Germany
- Canada
- France
- United States
- Japan
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- Egypt
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Saudi Arabia
- Sudan & Eritrea
- Albania
- Armenia
- Bulgaria
- El Salvador
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Hong Kong
- South Korea
- Malta
- Montenegro
- New Zealand
- Panama
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- United States (non-contract)
- Colombia
- Moldova
- India
- Croatia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Vietnam
- Kuwait
- Bahrain
- Israel
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands
- Cameroon
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- China
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guinea Conakry
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Mauritius
- Niger
- Senegal
- St. Vincent and The Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos
- Uganda
- Jordan
- Venezuela
- Lebanon
- Costa Rica
- Indonesia
September 20, 2012 (32, 64 GB)
September 10, 2013 (16 GB)
September 9, 2014 (8 GB)
February 17, 2016 (India)[3]
Four million in first three days of initial sales (October 14–17, 2011) 60+ million total[4]
115.2 mm (4.54 in) H
58.6 mm (2.31 in) W
9.3 mm (0.37 in) D
140 g (4.9 oz)
Dual-core Apple A5
1.0 GHz (Underclocked to 800 MHz) dual-core 32-bit ARM Cortex-A9
8, 16, 32, or 64 GB
3.7 V, 5.3 Whr (~1430 mAh) Lithium-ion battery[7]
3.5 in (89 mm) diagonal 3:2 aspect ratio widescreen
LED backlit IPS TFT LCD
960×640 Resolution at 326 ppi
800:1 contrast ratio (typical)
500 cd/m2 max. brightness (typical)
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front and back glass
Single loudspeaker
3.5 mm TRRS, 20 Hz to 20 kHz frequency response (internal, headset)
3.5mm audio jack
Microphone
Sony Exmor R IMX145[8] 8 MP back-side illuminated sensor[9]
HD video (1080p) at 30 frame/s
IR filter
Aperture f/2.4
5 element lens
Image signal processor (built-in A5)
Face detection (stills only)
image stabilization
0.3 MP VGA (480p)
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) (2.4 GHz only)
Bluetooth 4.0
Combined GSM/CDMA antenna: quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
(800 850 900 1,800 1,900 MHz)
Quad-band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA
(800 850 900 1,900 2,100 MHz) (800 MHz unannounced)
Dual-band CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A (800 1,900 MHz)
GLONASS, Global Positioning System (GPS)
Multi-touch touchscreen display
Dual microphone
3-axis gyroscope
3-axis accelerometer
Digital compass
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
Head: 1.18 W/kg
Body: 1.19 W/kg[10]
Apple – iPhone 4s – The most amazing iPhone yet. at the Wayback Machine (archived November 21, 2011)
Orders could be placed on October 7, 2011, and mainstream availability in retail stores began on October 14, 2011, in the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan. Sales peaked over its predecessor with more than a million sales in the first twenty-four hours of order availability and more than four million sales in the first four days of retail availability. Further worldwide rollout, including 22 additional countries on October 28, came during the next several months.[14]
This iPhone was named "4s" where the "s" stood for Siri,[b] an intelligent personal assistant that was initially exclusive to the 4s and later included in future Apple products. Retaining most of the external design of the iPhone 4, the 4s hosted major internal upgrades, including an upgrade to the Apple A5 chipset, and an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video recording. It debuted with iOS 5, the fifth major version of iOS, Apple's mobile operating system, that introduced features including iCloud, iMessage, Notification Center, Reminders, and Twitter integration.
Reception to the iPhone 4s was favorable. Reviewers noted Siri, the new camera, and processing speeds as significant advantages over the prior model.[17][18][19] It was succeeded by the iPhone 5 as Apple's flagship smartphone on September 12, 2012. The 16 GB iPhone 4s remained on sale at a reduced price point, with the 32 and 64 GB models discontinued.[20] The 16 GB 4s was also subsequently discontinued in September 2013 with the release of the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S and replaced with the 8 GB model which was offered free on contract in the United States.[21]
The 4s was officially discontinued on September 9, 2014, following the announcement of the iPhone 6, although production did continue for developing markets until February 17, 2016. During the course of its lifetime, the iPhone 4s was one of the best-selling iPhones ever produced and it is the first iPhone to support five major versions of iOS: iOS 5, iOS 6, iOS 7, iOS 8, and iOS 9 (the iPad 2 was supported from iOS 4 to iOS 9).
The 4s is the last iPhone to have Apple's proprietary 30 pin connector, as the succeeding iPhone 5 replaced it with the all digital Lightning connector.
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
Reception to the iPhone 4s was favorable. Reviewers noted Siri, the new camera, and processing speeds as significant advantages over the prior model.[17][18][19] Tim Stevens of Engadget said that the "iPhone 4s does everything better than the iPhone 4, but it simply doesn't do anything substantially different."[19] Joshua Topolsky of The Verge stated that "if this were to be a car, it would be a Mercedes" and that Siri is "probably one of the most novel applications Apple has ever produced."[17] Most reviewers thought that Siri was the most important feature on the iPhone 4s. Brian Chen of Wired said that "the fifth-generation iPhone's superb camera and speedy dual-core processor are classy additions. But Siri is the reason people should buy this phone."[18]
Retrevo surveyed more than 1,300 U.S. consumers and reported that 71 percent of all smartphone owners were not disappointed by the new iPhone 4s, but 47 percent or almost a half of current iPhone 4 owners were; 12 percent were hoping for a bigger display, 21 percent wanted a refreshed design, and 29 percent desired 4G.[62] Echoing technology pundits, Reuters suggested that the lack of a more radical departure from the iPhone 4 could open new market opportunities for rivals.[63] Analyst C. K. Lu of Gartner believed that Apple no longer had the leading edge and that the 4s would only sell due to brand loyalty, as fans had been expecting an iPhone 5 with a thinner profile, edge-to-edge screen, and stronger features.[63] These same fans had also wanted a cheaper, stripped-down iPhone 4.[29]
Gaming on the iPhone 4s has been likened to the PlayStation Vita,[64][65] that features the same SGX GPU only in a quad-core configuration, and the Nintendo 3DS handheld game consoles. Further, the iPhone 4s' ability to process 80 million polygons per second[66] has been compared to the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 home video game consoles that can process 275 million and 500 million polygons per second respectively.[51]
Computer and Video Games's (CVG) deputy editor Andy Robinson told TechRadar that the "4s is certainly laying down some serious credibility for the iPhone as a core gaming device. Not only is it now pushing out games that simply eclipse the 3DS visually, but features like cloud saving and TV streaming support are really exciting for gamers."[51] The senior gaming analyst at Jon Peddie Research, Ted Pollak, believes the biggest improvement to gaming on the iPhone 4s is the voice control features, noting that "one of the features that Nintendogs players loved was the ability to talk to it. There's no reason why a game like that couldn't be done on the iPhone 4s, and much more sophisticated given the voice control shown."[67]
In 2012, the iPhone 4s won the T3 "Work Gadget of the Year" award, beating RIM's Blackberry Bold 9900, rival Samsung's Galaxy Note amongst others.[68]