iPhone 5 - Not Quite
On October 4th millions of Apple fans waited for the announcement of the iPhone 5. However, to their disappointment, the new iPhone 4S was unveiled. Techie disgruntlement aside, the 4S has some interesting features including iOS 5, Siri, 8 MP Camera, iCloud and Twitter integration.
For Apple this disappointment will be very short-lived indeed as pre-orders have broken all records, exceeding 1m in the first 24 hrs of order availability.
iOS 5 delivers some new features including that Twitter integration, Notification Centre, iMessage (messaging for iOS 5 users), Newsstand, Photo-cropping and PC-free (without a PC, not a freebie!).
Siri is a brand new development. It is a voice-activated intelligent assistant that helps you get things done. It works out the right apps to use to answer the question. For example “Do I need an umbrella?” and it will answer you. Siri can also make calls, send messages, set up meetings and reminders and more!
The 4S does look very similar to the 4 and this may prevent some from upgrading, but with the iPhone 3G not being supported by iOS5 and 3GS customers coming to the end of their 2 year contracts it is a sure-thing that most of these Apple-committed customers will upgrade.
mkodo would also like to mention Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died on the 6th October 2011 after a long battle with cancer. He was only 56 and stepped down as CEO of Apple in January 2011. Over a 35 year period Steve Jobs helped Apple transform personal computing, the mobile industry and instrumental in creating blockbusting animation films. RIP Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011.
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