Mobile Phone Manuals Reviews of Mobile Phones The Apple iPhone 4s was released in October 2011 and was one of the most popular phone from Apple. The phone had only 2G and 3G ability but for 2011 it was top of the line. Today there are other more updated options such as the Apple iPhone 6 Plus as well as the Apple iPhone 5s and 5c. Read those ones for a comparison as the comparison below will show how much has changed in 5 years with Apple iPhones.
Connectivity:
The Apple iPhone 4s has 2G connectivity (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) + (CDMA 800/1900) as well as 3G (HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100) + (CDMA2000 1xEV-DO). There is no 4G ability on this phone. The phone has a good connection speed at HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps. It also has GPRS as well as EDGE.
Size:
The size of the phone is 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm (4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in) which is pretty much the same size of the average iPhone. The phone at 140 gram makes the phone very light. The phone comes with a Micro-SIM and what has become the standard screen for iPhone being a LED-backlit IPS LCD with a capacitive touchscreen and 16M colors. The iPhone 4s also has a touchscreen with a resolution of 640 x 960 pixels. The screen to avoid scratches is also covered with Corning Gorilla Glass with oleophobic coating.
Platform:
Note that the iPhone 4s uses iOS 5 but it is upgradable to iOS 8.4. The phone uses a Apple A5 chipset and there is also a Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 and a PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU. There is no cardslot on this phone much like others and it internal memory options are 8/16/32/64 GB with 512 MB RAM as standard. If you are going to upgrade the iPhone to iOS 8.4 then you need to ensure that you have at least 16GB in the phone. The camera setup is still good as it is still used in 2015 being a 8 MegaPixel with a 3264 x 2448 pixel picture quality. The video playback is also good which can run at 1080p@30fps. Note that the second camera is not very good and very basic as it is a VGA at 480p@30fps.
| Apple iPhone 4s | Apple iPhone 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple iPhone 4s | Apple iPhone 6 | |
| Released: | 2011, October | 2014, September |
| CPU: | Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 | Dual-core 1.4 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8) |
| GPU: | PowerVR SGX543MP2 | PowerVR GX6450 (quad-core) |
| Memory: | 8/16/32/64 GB, 512 MB RAM | 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM |
| Camera: | 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels | 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels |
| Camera 2: | VGA, 480p@30fps | 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps |
| Networks: | 2G + 3G | 2G + 3G + 4G |
| Talktime: | 14 Hours | 10 Hours |
Other:
The iPhone 4s has no radio built much like other iPhones however comes with a loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack as well as Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth V4. The phone also has A-GPS, GLONASS. With a 14 hour talk time (1432 mAh battery) the phone is still an excellent buy.
Apple iPhone 4s Manual
