iPhone 4S

A bit of both. There's a good reason why Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) chose to demonstrate a handful of simple tasks when unveiling Siri, the voice-activated “intelligent assistant.” Those tasks just happen to be the very things Siri was designed to accomplish. Thus, when you ask about the weather or...

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) shares are spiking lower, down 11.5% after a blog reported that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not using its chip to power the camera in the new iPhone 4S. The chip is instead a Sony (NYSE: SNE) chip. Benzinga had reported the possibility of being cut out of...

You know the six reasons to buy an iPhone 4S. But what are the reasons you should stay away? 5. Contrary to Popular(!?) Belief, You Don't Need an iPhone 4S to get iOS 5 Despite Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) promotional campaign – which has made it fairly clear that iPhone 3 and 4 users can run iOS 5 –...

The iPhone 4S is finally available. Here are six reasons to take the plunge and upgrade right now. 6. Take Better Photos I'm not going to lie; I personally have no desire to use a phone as my primary camera. But I say this as someone who loves photography – from film and digital to dark rooms and...

How bad do YOU want a new iPhone 4S? If you want it so bad that you're willing to shell out $1,600, you most certainly can – thanks to the kind everyday folks who waited in line this morning to get an iPhone 4S with the sole purpose of re-selling them through an online auction site. eBay (NASDAQ...

One million pre-orders are just the tip of the iceberg as devoted Apple users line up to get the latest iteration of the iPhone. It was 10:30 p.m. Thursday night when the first two customers arrived at the Apple Store at the Somerset Collection mall in Troy, MI. They, like everyone else waiting in...

iFixit has gotten their hands on an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4S, and as usual, has tore the phone apart to see which parts are on the inside. Inside the phone are chips by Avago Technologies (NASDAQ: AVGO), Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS). A full breakdown of the...

The nation's largest electronics retailer is gearing up for the launch of what could be Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) biggest phone yet. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) has launched a special product page for the iPhone 4S, no doubt hoping to cash in on the handful of consumers who aren't heading straight to the...

This morning we got perhaps the first good news out of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) since the untimely passing of Steve Jobs. Apple announced that it had pre-orders of over 1 million iPhone 4S in the first 24 hours the phone was available, setting a record by over 400,000 phones. J.P. Morgan was very...

Don't let the critical disappointment fool you – millions of Americans can't wait to get their hands on the latest iPhone. Last week, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) received an endless list of complaints for unveiling a rehashed version of its current iPhone instead of an entirely new device. Some investors...

Apple announced this morning that pre-orders for its new iPhone 4S surpassed one million in 24 hours, breaking the previous 600,000 pre-order record that was held by the iPhone 4. The device went on pre-order last Friday, October 7, 2011 and according to early reports, Apple and Sprint have...

Is Samsung running from the iPhone 4S? That's what it would appear now that the company has decided to postpone the unveiling of the new phone. According to TechCrunch, Samsung released a joint statement with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) that claimed, “We agree that it is just not the right time to...

Contrary to popular belief, greed isn't the primary factor. After this week's lackluster unveiling, many have accused Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) of milking the system. This is the easy thing to do whenever a company rehashes an existing product. But while Apple announced the iPhone 4S knowing that...

Innovation-seeking consumers aren't the only ones disappointed with Apple's unremarkable rehash. It turns out that Samsung, the maker of the hugely popular Galaxy S II, is equally unhappy with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) – but for different reasons. According to TechWorld, Samsung is attacking the...

Apparently a few billion dollars, but does it really matter? Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) wrapped up its "big" iPhone press conference yesterday, and actually failed to live up to expectations for the first time, in what seems like forever. Or did it? Apple announced the iPhone 4S, not the iPhone 5, as...