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iPhone 4S officially announced!

Apple has finally unveiled its next-generation smartphone and, as expected in previous leaks, calls it the . It looks the same in the outside and all the new goodness are found inside.

The iPhone 4s features a faster Apple A5 chip that’s already found on the iPad 2, an 8MP autofocus camera with 1080p video recording capabilities and a dual-core graphics that promises up 7x better performance.

The most interesting part is that the iPhone 4S supports GSM (with SIM card) and CDMA (without SIM card) networks. No more separate versions for different networks.

Battery life is impressive too at 10 hours on video playback (just like the iPad).

It’s now also HSDPA capable (now up to 14.4Mbps) and EVDO-capable as well so it will definitely be able to maximize the HSPA+ networks of Globe and Smart (although I’m guessing it will still be exclusive to Globe again).

Apple iPhone 4s specs:
3.5″ display @ 960×640 pixels
Apple 1GHz A5 dual-core chip
16GB, 32GB & 64GB internal storage
HSDPA, EVDO 14.4Mbps
WiFi 802.11b/g/n
GPS w/ aGPS
Gyroscope
8MP camera with LED flash
1080p video recording
2nd front-facing camera
2 mics w/ noise-canceling
Bluetooth 4.0
iOS 5

As for the price — it’s $199PHP 11,678INR 16,865EUR 190CNY 1,448 for the 16GB, $299PHP 17,547INR 25,340EUR 285CNY 2,176 for the 32GB and $399PHP 23,416INR 33,815EUR 380CNY 2,904 for the 64GB — all comes with a 24-month contract with your carrier.

In the Philippines, expect the iPhone 4S to be priced the same as the iPhone 4 — around the Php37k (16GB) and Php42k (32GB) mark with the 64GB possibly hitting the Php47k range. Pre-order starts on October 7 and release is on October 14 but that’s for the US. It’s unknown when it will be for the Philippines but Singapore is getting it on October 28.

And sorry, there’s no iPhone 5.

Abe Olandres
Abe Olandres
Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.
  1. No iPhone 5 yet :(

  2. SOSO – Same old, same old…

  3. Just got off the Engadget live blog. Being a Galaxy S2 user, the only thing I’m jealous of is Siri which is kind of expected since it is the biggest feature. Shame it’s the same screen though, would’ve been better if they made it bigger at least. Kind of disappointed that it wasn’t the iPhone 5. Now we really have something to look forward to next year.

  4. nothing mindblowing…they cant even take a good potshot at sgs2…and iOS the biggest OS for mobile??? really???

  5. Epic fail for Apple… Just a few (lame) upgrades to the iPhone 4. I don’t think Siri will be a hit (think about it, everybody’s listening and knows what you are doing with your iPhone).

    Waiting for the Nexus Prime!

  6. How is it “same old same old”? I think you missed the point here. Also, really complaining about the screen size? If we’re really talking about the phone’s features and capabilities then I think iPhone 4S (despite not being called iPhone 5) is a MAJOR upgrade.

    The game-changing killer app here is SIRI. Which by the looks of it is unlike any feature in any phone in the market now.

    But I have to admit, it seems super creepy though!!

  7. iPhone 4S, a big disappointment!!! was expecting for a new design, bigger screen, and 4G LTE.. now im reconsidering of buying the phone.. :(

  8. Nothing new on iPhone4S except SIRI, which is creepy! :))

  9. yuga, ano ba ung scoop mo before from an editor of a newspaper comp???

  10. I think I won’t be needing a new one… Yung new specs, pang luho hindi necessity…

  11. the whole world waited 16 months for this???? what a disappointment!

  12. Anyone knows what marketing strategy means? lol. Kahit ano mangyari bibilhin yan ng consumers. :D Lagi lang pnagccrave ng Apple ang mga buyers. :D

  13. 10 hours of battery life…wow!

  14. i waited 16months for this phone, now im gonna have to buy the htc sensation

  15. A big disappointment! We waited for so long for the new iphone but the new specs does not look promising.. So expensive too.. :(

  16. Isipin nyo na lang, iPhone 5 yan…hihihihihi…

  17. apple users are burning my fb because of my undivided postings about the new iphone…bakit ba mahilig maghanap ng gulo ang mga users…at the end of the end the REAL technoheads are the ones who really know what is what…my opinion is that apple is selling more of the name and being arrogant of something that they do not have (in reality)…and android though a general open OS still sucks in terms of power management and interface (lets face it, htc sense is the nearest competition for iOS UI)…ang akin lang po, whatever one chooses, at the end of the day, phone pa din ang hanap natin…call…text…thats it…those should be the priority of mobile phones…

  18. when will it be available in the grey market? sana atleast first week ng december meron na.

  19. lovin’ my S2 more….

  20. kaya pala kinakasuhan ni Apple si Samsung becasue of this lame upgrades. hahaha. tactics.

  21. kaya pala kinakasuhan ni Apple si Samsung becasue of this lame upgrades. hahaha. tactics.

  22. kaya pala kinakasuhan ni Apple si Samsung becasue of this low upgrades. tactics nga naman.

  23. I’m sticking to Nokia N9…
    The only thing that differs is it’s OS and Video reocrding capability… but who the hell cares on it and need it anyway… I’ll go for N9 because it has better & sexier aesthetics than iPhone 4S…

  24. SGS2 had voice command functionality when it launched. powered by vlingo.

  25. for those saying dis appointments…tignan nyo yung specs mabuti compared to iphone 4. yung from single core to dual core should be enough to have you go gaga (like sa other brands. basta dual core akala mo sobra na) it’s the same thing.

    yes nasa IPAD 2 na ung processor.. pero nasa iphone na ba before? (kung ganun kakitid utak mo) edi dapat na lalabas na phone bulok na … kasi nasa quad core etc etc na mga PC ngayon.

    stupid idiots

  26. Nexus Prime!
    (pangalan palang parang durog na iphone 4Same jk lang *trollmode*)

    -naisip ko lang pano ngayon ipag mamayabang ng mga early adopters na naka iphone 4S sila kung wala pinagkaiba sa itsura?

  27. If Apple released a new form factor, could it have been called the iPhone 5? Or not. :) I thought Apple was going to introduced a new cheaper iPhone device to cater emerging markets like the Philippines. Anyway, they lowered the price of the 3GS and 4, so I guess that’s their marketing plan.

  28. 1. So how much would be Globe’s new price for the original iPhone 4 and the old 3GS?

    2. What will happen to those guys I saw last month who bought iPhone 4, will Globe give them rebates?

  29. The question now is how much would the 3GS and iPhone4 cost here.

    My guestimate, iPhone4 8GB might be on the 25k-27k area. 3GS, 21k?

    I’ll buy it if it lowers to 17k, because that’s how I see it is worth it specswise.

  30. hmmm. That chart is wrong in several places. First, it’s rather deceptive about the display. Retina vs AMOLED, AMOLED in blue? That’s opinion, not a spec comparison. The iPhone’s resolution should be in blue. It’s obviously superior. What the heck is High Profile? They didn’t mention the iPhones stabilization feature, better optics, etc. Samsung is bigger, iPhone should be in blue. What is Samsung’s 3g talk time? What about other battery time for other tasks? Dedicated outer camera button? iPhone should be blue. Memory limitation? Samsung has a 32GB memory limitation, iPhone is twice that. iOS is superior to Android. That is subjective so both really should be in black. So the only thing the Galaxy II has on the iphone is the bigger screen. Other than that it’s just another mediocre android phone in a sea of mediocre android phones.

    Now here is the big question. Can the Galaxy I run Android 2.3? NOPE. Can the iphone two versions back run iOS 5? Yup! How about resale value? Samsung Gallaxy P7,000 max. iPhone 3GS? 12,000 – 15,000 (sulit.com.ph). And from the experience of my niece, good luck even selling a Galaxy I.

    So go ahead, buy your expensive paper weight that will be absolutely worthless in a year or so. In the mean time, I’ll jail break my iphone and do anything your android can do, but even better. SMS sucks on android, surfing sucks on android, syncing and listening to music sucks on android.

  31. iPhone 4, Iphone 4S, iPhone 4GS, iPhone 5, Iphone 5S, iPhone 5GS and so on and so forth….

  32. IMO, winner talaga iphone sa battery.

    @yuga: Can the Galaxy SII could do 10 hours of video playback? Does that mean the older iPhone 4 wasn’t capable of that? I was just waiting for Apples announcement on this before getting SGSII. Feedback kasi sa SGSII mabilis ma-drain battery.

  33. will anyone with iphone4 consider to upgrade to 4s? i dont think so. id rather wait. unlike when the iphone 4 came out, the 3gs users easily accepted the change.

    personally id rather wait for the i5 (kung meron). or shift to galaxy s2 (cheaper)

  34. siri astig… kaya lng pede kaya ito dito sa pinas.. magkanu ang price? lahat plan? hahahaha

  35. hi yuga, i wonder what is a better “alternative” to this so-so iphone 4s? HTC Sensation XE (i’m not into Beats fanboyism of XL) or SGS2? from the leaked specs, seems like SGS2 is still better than Nexus Prime, or am i wrong and better wait for the Prime?

    Well at least these three models are obvious overkill against the iphone4s IMO =P

  36. Tanga nyo naman kinukumpara nyo yung specs nde nyo alam ang ibig sabihin ng luho? kung ayaw nyo sa i phone bat nyo sinearch tong blog na to mga bobits.. LUHO YAN ALAM NAMEN NA MAS MARAMENG FUNCTIONS ANG IBANG PHONES DYAN. tanga amfff

  37. tanong lan po, wise choise bang antayin i-release locally si iphone4s or bumili na lang ng iphone 4 now?

    medyo tamad akong mag-compare ng specs eh hehe

    thanks! :)

  38. nokia padin ako. sa nokia tlga nagsisimula ang lahat ng new techs, so need pa magbayad ng ibang competitors like apple para sa mga patent ng nokia.eh alm nyo po ba ibigsabhin ng i sa iphone?
    kung di nyo alm eh isearch nyo po. Meaning yan, they only innovate. Meaning wala silang original na new technology na discover, kumukuha lang sila ng patent ng iba then innovate nila. icompare mo iphone 4 sa nokia n8 interms of new technology. May USB on the go ba ng iphone, may HDMI out ba ang iphone, may 12mp camera ba iphone and may NFC tech ba sila. Ang panget lang sa nokia is their OS. di cya ganun kagarbo pero user friendly pa din ang UI nila. So para sakin Nokia pa din ako.

  39. Damn the iphone here in the philippines is freakin expensive!!!I’ve rather buy an iphone in the US or singapore…XD

  40. No need to trashtalk if you do not like the product simply keep it to yourself.

    Apple has its ways of marketing a product just like any other smartphone manufacturer. All products have their ups and downs.

    Best keep discussions clean and friendly rather than trashing around.

  41. Dipende na sa user yan. Aanin ko ang phone na maraming features like android smart phones kung di ko naman kailangan ang lahat. May widgets ka nga pero affected naman battery life mo. And try buying a cheap android phone and you’ll see how it sucks!! low internal memory, slow and keeps on crashing! So you’ll end up thinking, sana nag galaxy s2 na lang ako, eh di naman cheap yun eh, konti lang naman lamang ni iphone sa price. And I don’t care about the display, I’m not gonna watch a movie with my smartphone, kaya nga may TV at PC di ba?! I prefer iphone kasi solid OS nya at specifically built for the hardware and the battery life is way much better. And now that i’ve upgraded to iOS 5 everything is faster and smoother… try upgrading your cheap adroid phones if you can.. android ecosystem is not unified, different hardware and proprietary UI and not to mention bloatware. Of course there is rooting… I won’t waste my time rooting if I am already satisfied with my android device, right? Not to brag but I have a galaxy ace and s2 and I also have a 3GS and 4G and I prefer the iphones than the samsung ones. My samsung’s sole purpose is for tethering and rooting experiment. My iphone is for daily use because I’m satisfied with it.

  42. ano po ang pros and cons pag bumili ako ng iphone 4 or 4s sa ibang bansa? and yung warranty ba ng phone i-honor dito satin?

    I’m just asking for opinions, sana walang mag react ng nega. thanks! ^_^

  43. @iNewbie

    It will be cheaper but chances are it will be under contract, however recent changes has been made, and apple is selling unlocked iphone 4S now, a bit cheaper than what you’ll be getting here. You’ll get an international warranty so it’ll be honored here.

  44. @Awwwww

    magkano po kaya price difference kung sa abroad bibili?

    and how much kaya yan kapag dito satin bibilin yung unlocked version?

  45. @iNewbie

    I’m not really quite sure kasi wala pa namang iphone 4S dito, judging from prices quoted ng mga gadget sellers, it’ll be around 45 to 50K or baka mas mataas pa. They usually take advantage lalo na kapag wala pang unit available locally. If you have relatives abroad coming home for christmas, especially in Canada you can have them buy the unit for you, it’ll cost you $649 CAD plus 13% tax on 16GB model, so mga around 31K with the current CAD to PH peso exchange rate. If you are willing to wait, siguro mga a few months from now, you’ll get the iphone 4s on roughly the same price.

  46. @Awwwww
    baka hintayin ko na lang magkaroon ng stock dito sa phil sir. wala pa naman pambili eh. hahaha… just inquiring about the price. kasi kung malaki talaga yung difference baka abroad na lang ako pabili. Pero kung konti lang, wait ko na lang dito satin.. most likely sa UAE ako papabili sabi kasi nila mura daw dun yung gadgets…

  47. Is iPhone 4s the last iPhone?

  48. @Awwwww Is iPhone 4s the last iPhone?

  49. What month do you think will they be releasing it?

  50. How much is this here in the philippines?

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