IPhone 5S who preferred the 4-inch screen size of iPhone 5S, which remained the second-most popular iPhone after the iPhone 6 and ahead of the iPhone 6S. Apple stated in their event that they sold 30 million 4-inch iPhones in 2015, even as that form factor was succeeded as the flagship iPhone by the redesigned larger display 4.7/5.5-inch iPhone 6 and 6 Plus back in September 2014. Furthermore, the 5/5S design was regarded as "long been the golden child of Apple phone design and a benchmark for phones in general" (with the 5S's gold finish adding a premium touch to the 5's
IPhone 4S announced, it was considered by some media to be a disappointment, due to the expected release of an iPhone 5. There were no external differences between the iPhone 4 CDMA model and the , with the exception of a SIM card slot on the . All changes were internal (slight external differences between the iPhone 4 GSM model and the exist, as said differences existed between the CDMA and GSM models of the iPhone 4). On September 10, 2013, the iPhone 4S name was re-stylised as iPhone 4s, using a lower case 's' to reflect the names of the newly