Has Apple stated any meaning for the 'S' in the iPhone product designations '4S' or '3GS'? Does it mean the same thing in both product names?
IPhone – n official policy behind the ‘S’ in ‘iPhone 4S’ and ‘iPhone 3GS’
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Best Answer
As of October 2011 when this was first asked, there has been no official answer stated. With the 3GS, Apple officially stated "the S is for speed." There has been no comparable explanation given for the 4S.
HOWEVER, in an interview at the All Things D conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated, "some people might say it stands for Siri or speed. We were thinking of Siri when we did it."
So the official answer is that the S in iPhone 4S stands for...
Siri