iPhone 4s review: The 2011 iPhone that introduced Siri to the world.
The iPhone that gave the world Siri.
The iPhone 4s introduced Siri and an 8 MP camera. It is a historically significant device — and today, a collector’s item.
01Display
40/10040/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2011 — 23 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
36/10036/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2011 — 20 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
16/10016/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2011 — 35 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
34/10034/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2011 — 22 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
58/10058/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2011.
06Value
26/10026/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2011 — 20 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Introduced Siri — the first mainstream voice assistant.
- First 8 MP iPhone camera with 1080p video.
- Iconic glass-and-steel design.
- Sold in huge numbers.
- 3.5-inch low-resolution display.
- 512 MB RAM; 30-pin connector.
- No LTE; stuck on iOS 9.
- Discontinued — a vintage device.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 70-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .