(October 27, 2011) — On Oct. 15, Apple retailers opened their doors to the public for the release of the iPhone 4S. Along with the release where new upgrades like iCloud and iOS 5 for all Apple products. Apple announced earlier this month that pre-orders had topped over one million in just 24 hours. People waited in line for up to thirteen hours before the release on Friday. Photos of the new iPhone were released on Oct. 5. At first, many people were disappointed. The phone looked exactly the same, and no changes seemed to have been made. However, its hardware had changed in a revolutionary way. The camera for the new iPhone is eight mega pixels; the last iPhone had five. The iPhone also has a new chip, the dual-core A5, making it up to two times faster with better graphics. Sophomore Jiani Navarro received her new iPhone by surprise. “I was in Biology about to take a test, when my brother walks in and hands me the new iPhone!” says Navarro, “I was so excited, the iPhone is much better then my old phone.” According to an Apple Key Note session in Oct. 2011,the iPhone is doing well. iPhones hold 17% of the smart phone market share. In Oct. of 2011, the number of iPhone users reached over 85 million. The update brings in new features like a message center and iMessage for texting between iPhones with the latest software. iMessage allows users to receive all texts on any devices by Apple, with constant streaming, so conversations can be picked up where they were left off with any device. In addition, taking photos is now easier with the volume up button also acting as a camera button. Navarro also feels that the phone has an ease of use. “I love the new notifications center, app store, and Facebook app. The way the system is displayed allows me to access everything faster,” Navarro says. The latest and greatest addition seems to be Siri an advanced voice command option. With the iPhone 4s, it is possible to ask your “Humble Personal Assistant” Siri to do anything from tell the weather to send a text message to anyone. Senior Christine Dashemirians says that using Siri has made multitasking easier. “When I’m in the car, I just ask Siri to find directions to a place, and it responds immediately with step-by-step directions directly from maps to find the easiest way to get there,” Dashemirians says.