iPhone 4S Release: Recap of Apple's 'Let's talk iPhone' Event, Product Features (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Apple announced the iPhone 4S and not the iPhone 5 at its "Let's talk iPhone" at the Cupertino, Calif., headquarters Tuesday. In the one-hour long media event, Apple Inc. unveiled its new "world phone," iPhone 4S, and a new iPod.

The new device will be available in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the UK, France, Germany and Japan from Oct. 14, followed by 22 additional countries from Oct. 28, at the price of $199 for the 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB model and $399 for the 64GB model. The device will be available from Apple's Web site and retail stores; carriers are AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless.

The "coolest feature" of the newly launched iPhone 4S is its Siri voice recognition and detection. "Siri is a whole new way of interacting with your iPhone, using just your voice," said Philip Schiller, Apple's Senior Vice-President.

Check out the video of how Siri works and all the details of Apple's much-talked-about media event, which happened on Tuesday.

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Check out the details and specifications of Apple's newly launched iPhone 4S

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in front of an image of an iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in front of an image of an iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks in front of an image of an iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.
He says "iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet."

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about the HD video on the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.
iPhone 4S video camera can take 1080p HD video with real-time video image stabilization with temporal noise reduction.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about voice recognition on the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about new features on the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.
He said iPhone 4S has same as the iPhone 4, but “inside, it is all new.” Talking about the features he explains that it has an A5 processor, an Apple-designed chip, dual core processor, dual core graphics up to 7 times faster than the previous iPhone etc.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.
The new iPhone 4S has both GSM and CDMA.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about iPhones, including the iPhone 4S, at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.
The iPhone 4S will be avilable in black and white costing16 GB for $199, 32 GB for $300, $64 GB for $400, with a two-year contract.
The 3GS will now be available for free, and an 8 GB iPhone 4 will now be available for $99.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about the release date for the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.
iPhone 4S can pre-order them from Oct.7. It will be launched in the U.S., Canada, Australia, UK, France, Germany and Japan on Oct. 14 and on Friday, October 28 in 22 additional countries.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about Siri voice recognition and detection on the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.
“Siri is a whole new way of interacting with your iPhone, using just your voice.”
“What we really want to do is talk to our device, and get a response. We don’t want to be told how to talk to it; we want to talk to it however we like,” Philip says. This feature is called Siri, which is the "coolest feature" of the new iPhone 4S, said Philip.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about Siri voice recognition and detection on the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.
Siri will support English, French and German.

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about Siri voice recognition and detection on the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.

Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iPhone Software at Apple, speaks about the new app "Cards" at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.

Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iPhone Software at Apple, speaks about iOS5 at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.

Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iPhone Software at Apple, speaks about the new app "Cards" at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.

Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iPhone Software at Apple, speaks about iOS5 at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California October 4, 2011.