ABJ - October 5 - Apple yesterday announced iPhone 4S, “the most amazing iPhone yet”, packed with incredible new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics, an all new camera with advanced optics, full 1080p HD resolution video recording, and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.

With the launch of iPhone 4S also comes the launch of iOS 5, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system with over 200 new features, as well as iCloud, a breakthrough set of free cloud services that work with your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices.

“iPhone 4S plus iOS 5 plus iCloud is a breakthrough combination that makes the iPhone 4S the best iPhone ever,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Product Marketing. “While our competitors try to imitate iPhone with a checklist of features, only iPhone can deliver these breakthrough innovations that work seamlessly together.”

iPhone 4S comes with iOS 5, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, which includes over 200 new features including Notification Center, an innovative way to easily view and manage notifications in one place without interruption and iMessage, a new messaging service that lets you easily send text messages, photos and videos between all iOS 5 users. iOS 5 will also be available as a free software update for iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS customers allowing them to experience these amazing new features. iCloud is a breakthrough set of free cloud services, including iTunes in the Cloud, Photo Stream and Documents in the Cloud.

iPhone 4S comes in either black or white and will be available in the United States for a suggested retail price of US$199 for the 16GB model, US$299 for the 32GB model, and US$399 for the new 64GB model.

iPhone 4S will be available in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK on October 14, while customers can also preorder the iPhone 4S beginning October 7.