Looking at the iPhone 4S through 2011 lenses, we have a slightly different perspective. One thing Apple has managed to do with the iPhone 4S is create a piece of art as much as a piece of technology.

Apple is going into the App Store to make its latest M&A transaction, the purchase of image editor app Pixelmator.

Apple gave a $499 (£381 ... A fifth generation device, the iPhone 4S was released just over a year later - which introduced voice-assistant Siri for the very first time in October 2011.

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By revealing the iPhone 4S, Apple might have disappointed a few who were caught up in the tech press hype and, of course, the link-baiting. They and you may have expected a radical new design but ...