iPhone 4s Review

The iPhone 4s caught many by surprise, with Apple expected to release the iPhone 5. The iPhone 4s features a glut of top-end tech that is designed to put it on a par with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S2.



The camera of iPhone 4s has been upgraded to 8MP, the CPU is now the same dual-core A5 processor as seen in the iPad 2, and a seven time increase in graphical processing power. iPhone 4s is almost identical in outward design to the iPhone 4, which might irk those that like to show that they've got the most up to date device from Apple when out and about with friends.

Apple has slightly changed the design of the iPhone 4s somewhat though, by changing to a dual-band aerial design, making sure it doesn't encounter an embarrassing repeat of antenna-gate we had to endure with the iPhone 4. For all those that haven't seen the older version of the phone, we'll take you on a tour of the new handset: the top of the iPhone 4s houses the power/lock button, as well as the headphone jack, plus a microphone for noise cancellation.

The new system apes Android by using a drop down menu from pretty much anywhere in the phone to let you see all manner of updates, weather news and messages, plus new notifications will now ping across the top of the screen rather than plopping straight into the middle of the screen like before and disrupting whatever you were doing.

It's the most intuitive system on the market in our eyes - we're fans of the complexity of Android, but not everybody is a power user and for the person that wants a simple smartphone that's easy to pick up and start using, the iPhone 4s is one of the best.