Very powerful and elegant smartphone !!

I bought this phone in May 2014..
Initially I had some doubts because of age but this "doubt" have eliminated quickly.
When unpacking, I noticed that as the packaging and the complete paperwork everything has now been adapted to iOS 7 ..
Because you could tell that Apple is not neglected the device)
The Apple A5 together with Ios is excellent and surpasses some newer Android counterparts, which alone is the launch of Apps notice .. Compared with the brand new Sony Xperia Z3 is her superior "ruckeltechnisch" a lot despite
Dual Core and less RAM ...
When Z3 is eg the camera application open a pure "Ruckelparade" ... despite ostentatious Snapdragon 801 ..
Here you realize that the interaction between hardware and software more plays a role as the only great hardware ..
The camera of the 4S does not have to hide from the competition! she's great! Makes you beautiful, high-contrast and sharp images ...
The films that are dissolve in Full HD very nice to look at ..
The only thing that is missing something, is an image stabilizer. But that's to complain about very high level :)
Now we come to the display. Again, Apple used its own unique technique called "retina display"
Many now think the 960 × 640 pixels on 3.5 "little had yet others use the in their flagship Full Hd screens ..
But at 3.5 inches Full HD? That would be totally unnecessary! Because by the rather small dimensions of the display's and the resulting compared high resolution, the display is, in my opinion, as good as that of a 5-inch Full Hd smartphones ..
While standing on the sheet that it has "just" 326 ppi.
And with about 500 cd / m2, it has an enormous brightness.
One should not always on what is on the sheet cramp when you have not even seen it at all, this is true for me at all, so when it comes to smart phones and tablet's.
For example, the display of the iPad. 4 Even with retina.
On the sheet there is only 164ppi, but it's the sharpest tablet screen on the market.

Now we come to the IOS operating system. 7
Silk IOS 6 has indeed changed a lot.
But to mention all that I had to fill three pages)
I can only say: The One like it and others do not.
It is in my view probably the best mobile phone operating system there is.
It is as simple and yet so professional. While it does not offer as much Schnick-Schnack as Android but I did not miss and believe me, I had quite a few Android devices in the house.
Despite the somewhat older A5 dual-core mobile phone is fast and fluid, and open the Apps without delays.
Even in gaming the 4S can score. Eg asphalt 8 passes through and through liquid and mordern Combat 4 runs pleasantly stable. However, the right side is quite warm which was not disturbing ..
Only sometimes when returning to the home screen there are minor delays but does not fall into bucking.

This is probably what most pleases me at the iPhone for ages update Garanite.
The mobile phone is almost, from the generation ago, 3 years old, but gets merrily updates.
In the fall I now expect IOS 8 determines bomb;)

To look I need not say much;
Pleasant, very high quality in hand and extremely stable ..
The glass on the back is very nice and the aluminum frame, the coronation but again it's a matter of taste;)

Wireless and network:
The iPhone has the wireless standard 802.11b / g / n.
The same as the iPhone 5 in the iPad mini and fourth
The internet is fast and flowing, although not quite as fast as the current 5s but that's really understandable.
View Mobile Communications UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA / EDGE GSM and serve.
The maximum data transfer is 14.4 Mbit / s ie 3G +

Conclusion: Despite the age, it is still a great and powerful smartphone!
About the system and the equipment can, however, argue for me it is still a strong buy recommendation.
As Android alternative I would pick up the same relative price (320) for LG G2 ..
I think that is the einzigst mature Android smartphone.

I hope I could help them with the purchase :)