Apple iPhone 4S vs iPhone 4 – A Comparison

By | October 4th, 2011



Few minutes ago Apple announced iPhone 4S (the successor to iPhone 4) with specification improvements and few advanced features. Unlike my previous comparisons, I will just put out the differences between the two devices straight forwardly:

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  • iOS 4 is now updated to iOS 5
  • A4 chip has been upgraded to A5 dual-core SoC
  • 7 hours of 3G talk time on battery is increased to 8 hours
  • 7x better graphics than iPhone 4 (games !!)
  • 5 megapixel camera is now 8 megapixel with improved sensor
  • Can record 1080p video (iPhone 4S) instead of just 720p (iPhone 4)
  • 14.4 Mbps of downlink capacity against 7.2Mbps in iPhone 4
  • 512 MB memory is improved to 1 GB !
  • iPhone 4S supports 4G network speed

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At the moment we are not certain about iPhone 4S’s weight (137g of iPhone 4) and the dimensions are apparently the same. Pre-orders starts October 7th, launches on October 14.

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