Apple unveils ‘iPhone 4S’
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the event introducing the new iPhone 4s at the company’s headquarters October 4, 2011 in Cupertino, California. The announcement marks the first time Cook introduces a new product since Apple co-founder Steve Jobs resigned in August. October 4, 2011 in Cupertino, California. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images/AFP
SAN FRANCISCO—Apple on Tuesday unveiled a more powerful iPhone with a built-in “personal assistant” that responds to voice commands.
The “iPhone 4S” was not the completely revamped next-generation iPhone 5 smartphone many Apple fans had hoped for but was expected to be a blockbuster seller in a market hungry for the California company’s gadgets.
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The iPhone 4S will be available in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Britain on October 14 with pre-orders commencing a week earlier.
In the United States, iPhone 4S prices will start at $199 for a 16 gigabyte model and top out at $399 for a model with 64 gigabytes of memory.
