Siri
The biggest stir has been caused by Siri, the voice-powered assistant built into the iPhone 45. There's no doubt Siri is a window into the future. Siri's ability to understand natural language, and to remain contextually aware of the current conversation, is remarkable
The best iPhone camera ever
Almost as exciting as Siri - and potentially offering a larger practical benefit in real world situations - is the iPhone 4's heavily enhanced camera. It offers eight megapixels, coupled with the phone's ability to take in more light than the iPhone 4's camera could - and those two improvements alone would be plenty, But Apple says the iPhone 45's AS chip offers an image signal processor that rivals those in modern DSLRs, vastly improving colours and white balance, And the camera can now snap its first picture in barely more than a second.
The best video
The 4S shoots video at 1080p, compared with the iPhone 4's 720p. And the power of the A5 processor enables Apple to offer image stabilisation of video as you shoot it.
Video mirroring
The wireless AirPlay facility lets you stream 70p video from an app to a TV without having to mess around with cables. The video mirroring feature in the 4S has obvious and valuable applications for businesspeople doing presentations, for teachers, and for many others - and gamers are licking their lips too.
The biggest stir has been caused by Siri, the voice-powered assistant built into the iPhone 45. There's no doubt Siri is a window into the future. Siri's ability to understand natural language, and to remain contextually aware of the current conversation, is remarkable
The best iPhone camera ever
Almost as exciting as Siri - and potentially offering a larger practical benefit in real world situations - is the iPhone 4's heavily enhanced camera. It offers eight megapixels, coupled with the phone's ability to take in more light than the iPhone 4's camera could - and those two improvements alone would be plenty, But Apple says the iPhone 45's AS chip offers an image signal processor that rivals those in modern DSLRs, vastly improving colours and white balance, And the camera can now snap its first picture in barely more than a second.
The best video
The 4S shoots video at 1080p, compared with the iPhone 4's 720p. And the power of the A5 processor enables Apple to offer image stabilisation of video as you shoot it.
Video mirroring
The wireless AirPlay facility lets you stream 70p video from an app to a TV without having to mess around with cables. The video mirroring feature in the 4S has obvious and valuable applications for businesspeople doing presentations, for teachers, and for many others - and gamers are licking their lips too.