The iPhone 4S is a touchscreen smartphone developed by Apple Inc. It is the fourth generation of the iPhone and succeeds the [[iPhone 4]] as the latest model of the iPhone. It will be released on October 14, 2011, in the United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan after being announced on October 4, 2011 at Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event at the Town Hall, 4 Infinite Loop.