subject: The Iphone 4 Vs The Iphone 4s What Are The Differences? [print this page] Never judge a book by its cover; this proverb holds true for the iPhone 4S which though looks exactly the same as the iPhone 4 but has far more advanced features inside. Features like Siri, the voice automated assistant, the new 8 mega pixel camera and iCloud make this phone even more powerful than it was before.
Pleased with the response iPhone 4 got in the looks department, Apple decided to retain the same physical features in the iPhone 4s as well. Both have the same height, width and thickness but the iPhone 4s is heavier by approximately 3 grams as compared to iPhone 4. Both phones also share the same 3.5 inch pixel packed (960 x 640 p) retina glass display. So what are the main differences between the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S?
Cameras have become an important criterion of judging the performance of smartphones. If fact cell phone cameras are now taking quality photos as good as digital SLR cameras. The iPhone 4 has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and 720p HD Video recording ability. This is quite an accomplishment being just a few years ago 5 mega pixels were the standard among professional digital cameras. The iPhone 4s on the other hand has an amazing 8 megapixel camera with LED flash and can now record video in 1080p HD. Both the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S feature backside illuminated sensors which allow more light and produce outstandingly sharp and clear images. The performance of both cameras is excellent under low light conditions as well. The iPhone 4s however has an edge over the iPhone 4 as it has the auto focus feature and the speed of the shutter adjusts automatically to capture clean, crisp photos.
The iPhone 4 uses the 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor whereas Apple decided to go with the Dual Core 1 GHz A5 processor with dual core graphics for the iPhone 4s. This is the same chip that the iPad 2 uses. Comparing the size of the iPhone and the iPad, this was a great accomplishment to make a chip of this size fit in a little phone. As a result switching between the apps and other applications is much faster with the iPhone 4s as is browsing the internet and gaming can be also be done more smoothly. The talk time on the iPhone 4s has been upped to 8 hours as compared to 6 hours offered by the iPhone 4. The time ratings for internet, audio and video remain the same for both iPhones.
The iPhone 4S also had a new assistant added just for you! The Siri Intelligent Assistant; Siri is a totally different and usual voice assistants not found on other phones. She doesnt have too sexy of a voice but she will definitely help you with your everyday tasks. She sets reminders, sends messages for you, makes calls and searches for information upon your request. Siri speaks in three different languages including French, German and English. Although Siri is quite an advanced application, we would hope they incorporate the Spanish language soon.
iPhone 4S takes the lead when it comes to connectivity as both CDMA as well as GSM connectivity is available making it now a world phone. The HSPA connectivity speed has been doubled on the iPhone 4s as well and it gets a Bluetooth v4.0 receiver while the iPhone 4 had Bluetooth v2.1. iPhone 4s now has Sprint as a carrier in addition to Verizon and AT&T.
Another significant difference between iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s is that of Siri. Siri is a speech recognition personal assistant available on the iPhone 4S whom you can talk to and who responds to you intelligently.
