If the phone was shaped a little differently, then you'd buy it?

The "iPhone 4S" is almost identical to the current iPhone 4, apart from the inclusion of the newer, faster processor. This is the page on iPhone 4S review. The iPhone 4S has the A5 dual-core processor from the iPad 2, dual core graphics (like iPad 2, Apple is also claiming a 7x increase in graphics capability), 8 megapixel camera and 1GB of memory - the existing iPhone 4 makes do with 512MB.Siri, a new way to interact with your iPhone using just your voice. Apple's new personal assistant feature, Siri, lets people simply talk to their iPhone 4S to get everyday tasks done.

An iPhone 4S offers a great new way to interact with a smartphone, but the potential is there. It would certainly be nice.

Siri's utility can be limited based on how you use your device, though. The promotional video show people talking to their phone while driving or jogging. But what if you're in a meeting or a waiting room? Or, say, sneaking a peak at sports scores while dining out? If a lot of your smartphone use involves text-based activities in areas where speaking aloud isn't appropriate -- ironic for a phone, perhaps, but possible for those of us who rarely use our smartphones as phones -- Siri would be less useful.

People may also be underestimating the impact of Siri. I think it looks far more revolutionary than Facetime. Really, I never saw much use for Facetime. Do I really need video calling on my mobile phone? I've got Skype at home for that. It's a nice feature, but not something that will alter our lives.

Siri, however, could change everything. From the presentation yesterday, it appears to be a genuine stab at artificial intelligence in a mobile device. This isn't just voice-activated commands and dictation. It's not just a search engine that spits out answers according to the words you use. This is a capability for your phone to process the words you are actually saying, to interpret the meaning of the phrase, and to respond accordingly. That's new.

The appeal of iCloud and automatic syncing shouldn't be discounted. Of course you can sign up for cloud services and sync files on any platform; but Apple is counting on the continued appeal of "It just works" mantra. I suspect there are a lot of users out there who will be happy to have that all taken care of for them. Maybe you can save iphone sms to mac for backup, if you like.

Apple has long been about 2 things: industrial design and ease of use. Many industry-watchers, including me, were expecting an iPhone 5 with an emphasis on a sleek new look. The fact that the emphasis turned out to be on ease of use doesn't mean the announcement was unimportant, despite the post-event criticism. A lot depends on how well Siri works for the average user and whether a large segment of the smartphone market values ease of use and portability. If I want an iPhone with a big screen, then I'll buy an iPad. I like its compact size. For example, I think the HTC EVO is a little too big for a pocket. You can sync iphone to ipad right now, you can change it if you wanna.

As far as battery life, you're looking at eight hours of talk over 3G, and 14 hours of 2G, while web browsing over 3G cuts off at six hours. Using WiFi you'll get a respectable nine hours of web, video playback tops out at 10 hours and music at 40 hours. The 4S will come in both black and white, starting at $199 for 16GB and $299 for the 32GB, but the big news is a new 64GB model coming in at a whopping $399. You'll be able to pre-order this friday, October 7th, and it'll start shipping on October 14th in the US, Canada, Australia, UK, France, Germany, and Japan.

Also, I was waiting for something greater - the iPhone 5.