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Testseek.co.uk have collected 773 expert reviews of the Apple iPhone 5 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple iPhone 5.
Award: Editor’s Choice May 2013
May 2013
 
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The editors liked

  • New taller 4-inch screen
  • Thinner
  • Lighter
  • Better battery life
  • IPhone 5S likely to have better camera and tech specs
  • IPhone 5S could have two new colour options
  • IPhone 5S could have fingerprint sensor.
  • New 4” screen – A first for the iPhone
  • Custom designed dual core A6 processor – faster and more efficient than the 4S
  • Latest version of iOS including improved Siri and new PassBook feature
  • First iPhone to have 4G capability for faster mobile internet
  • It's quite hard to dislike an iPhone
  • No matter whether you love or disdain Apple's ethos. It's just so simple
  • With a quality screen and a real effort made into the design
  • And it's fair to say
  • Rather obviously
  • That this is the best iPhone ever made. T
  • The iPhone 5 adds everything we wanted in the iPhone 4S
  • 4G LTE
  • A longer
  • Larger screen
  • Free turn-by-turn navigation
  • And a faster A6 processor. Plus
  • Its top-to-bottom redesign is sharp
  • Slim
  • And feather-light
  • Sleek Apple design
  • 4G support to come
  • Larger
  • Vibrant display
  • Powerful performance
  • Nearly the same great snapper as on the 4S
  • Siri proves her worth now.
  • Thin and light design
  • Larger 16
  • 9 high-quality display
  • 4G support
  • Few competitors will better it in the smartphone category
  • “always on”
  • Fast to load
  • Thin and light
  • AF/AE lock
  • Great design
  • Quality camera
  • Design
  • Screen
  • 4G
  • Features
  • Amazing build quality
  • Perfectly executed design
  • Blazingly fast CPU
  • Excellent gaming
  • Vastly superior camera and video ——a solid all-rounder
  • Smarter design
  • Lightning fast interface and web browsing
  • Superb sound
  • Bigger pictures
  • Feather weight
  • Finishing
  • High quality display
  • Exemplary responsiveness
  • Intuitive interface
  • Photo rendering
  • Sound quality
  • Yes
  • The iPhone 5 looks eerily like its predecessors
  • But trust us when we say you haven’t seen it until you’ve held it. The iPhone 5 is a phenomenal feat of hardware
  • It’s just 7.6mm thick
  • And at just 112g
  • Incredibly light.Gone are the raised glass edges
  • Replaced by smooth chamfers
  • But the rock solid
  • Premium build remains. The metal back that replaces the glass coating of the iPhone 4 and 4
  • Slickest smartphone out there
  • Gorgeous 16
  • 9 Retina screen
  • Disconcertingly thin and light
  • Stunning design and build
  • Taller
  • More colourful display
  • 4G connectivity and superfast processor
  • Bigger
  • Better screen
  • Very elegantly built phone
  • Incredibly light and thin
  • Fast new customdesigned CPU

The editors didn't like

  • New Lightning dock connector means you'll need connector for all your old accessories
  • IPhone 5 and iPhone 5S could look essentially the same
  • IPhone 6 likely to bring lots more new features next year.
  • New 8 pin Lightning dock connector requires adaptors to work with existing accessories
  • 4” screen is still smaller than most rival flagship handsets
  • New iOS 6 features like PassBook and Maps don't feel finished
  • Seem rushed
  • IPhone 5 design
  • The iPhone 5
  • The iPhone 5 isn't without its faults though – it's a handset that suffers from an ageing OS that doesn't look overly different from when it was launched five and a half years ago
  • There are so many tweaks Apple could make to its OS to turn it into more o
  • Apple Maps feels unfinished and buggy
  • Sprint and Verizon models can't use voice and data simultaneously. The smaller connector renders current accessories unusable without an adapter. There's no NFC
  • And the screen size pales in comparison to jumbo Andro
  • Steep price
  • OS looks dated
  • Maps limited and suffer from bugs
  • Most apps have ugly borders
  • Lack of memory card slot
  • Fragile feel.
  • Google Maps removal
  • No wow factor
  • No zoom
  • No image stabilisation
  • Panorama issues
  • Hard to hold and keep stable
  • No manual controls
  • Lacks innovation like the PureView 808
  • LED flash should be brighter
  • High price
  • Poor maps
  • Ageing OS
  • Will scuff
  • IOS 6 plays it too safe
  • A lot of applications aren't yet optimised for the 4-inch display and Maps isn't up to scratch
  • Apple Maps is too much of a work in progress
  • Adapter issue is a pain
  • Interface now lacks wow factor
  • Expensive
  • Maps
  • Battery life
  • Few options for customising the interface
  • No NFC
  • High SAR
  • It’s hard to fault the iPhone 5 hardware
  • It may not be dazzlingly new
  • But it’s refined
  • Beautiful and packed with bleeding edge tech. Some people might grumble at the new Lightning port
  • But Apple had to draw a line in the sand at some point to keep making the iPhone thinner
  • Apple's AirPlay wireless streaming set up should more than make up for any docks you own now rendered redundant.If we ha
  • Old accessories will need an adapter
  • You'll want to upgrade the Earpods
  • Apple Maps can get lost
  • Scratchprone chassis
  • New Maps app is a step backwards
  • Lacks NFC
  • New Maps app needs a lot of work
  • Letterboxed thirdparty apps

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  Published: 2012-09-28, Author: Jeff , review by: macobserver.com

  • 4inch Retina Display, comfortable to hold, thin design makes onehanded use easy, fast, LTE, new sync/charge connector, looks sharp.
  • Chamfered edges scratch easy for some users, no USB 3 syncing, Lightning connector means iPad owners get to carry two sync cables

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  Published: 2012-09-27, review by: phonearena.com

  • Abstract:  It’s the battle between the flagships! Two handsets enter, only one can leave claiming supremacy in the smartphone landscape. For a good while now, Samsung’s pride and joy in the Galaxy S III has been tearing up the scene, and when the Apple iPhone 5 ...

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  Published: 2012-09-27, review by: techspot.com

  • Super fast, larger display, thinner body, solid battery life, LTE, improved camera
  • Some apps still need to be updated for the larger screen, if you've invested in iPhone accessories you'll need a $30 Lightning adapter to use them, Apple Maps feels halfbaked though this is an iOS 6 feature and a Google Maps app is coming
  • When using the iPhone 5 as a phone (people still do that, right?), call quality was clear. I didn't experience any dropped calls even in areas when I only had one or two bars. Apple's AntennaGate seems to be a thing of the past. I didn't experience an...

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  Published: 2012-09-27, review by: phonedog.com

  • At the end of the day, the iPhone 5 is exactly what you would expect from Apple. It's just enough to keep existing iPhone users happy for another year and to bring in new users who are either brand new to smartphones or dissatisfied with their existing ph...

 
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  Published: 2012-09-27, Author: Hannah , review by: recombu.com

  • Gorgeous design, premium feel, Bigger screen, with improved colours, 4G, Improved camera with Panorama, Fast
  • Not as comfortable to hold, 4G only works on EE, Maps has a lot of errors, UI lacks features of rivals

 
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  Published: 2012-09-26, review by: phonearena.com

  • Abstract:  When the iPhone 4S was unveiled last year, feelings of disappointed started to engulf many people, as it turned out being nothing more than a revamped iPhone 4. Well, one year later, and the industry finally got what it wanted in the iPhone 5 – regard...

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  Published: 2012-09-26, Author: Kevin , review by: gottabemobile.com

  • Abstract:  iPhone 5 and Galaxy S III goe head to head in this feature comparison.I own both the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S III and love each phone. In the following iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy S III comparison I look at design, display, performance and other importan...

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  Published: 2012-09-26, review by: gearlive.com

  • Abstract:  Related Tags: a6, a6 processor, adslice, apple, apple iphone, apple iphone 5, apple maps, att, black and slate, facetime, facetime hd, icloud, ios, ios 6, iphone, iphone 5, iphone 5 camera, iphone 5 review, iphone 5s review, lightning, lightning conne...

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  Published: 2012-09-26, Author: Rene , review by: imore.com

  • The danger of being overly focused is that you lose sight of the periphery. The key is to be fixed but not fixated. It can be a razor-fine line, and one Apple often seems to cascade down with reckless abandon. Some say Apple is trapped by designs and idea...

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  Published: 2012-09-26, review by: wired.com

  • Apple has improved the frontfacing FaceTime camera enough so that MySpacestyle selfportraits are actually worth using. Video quality is now 720p, which makes for a dramatic improvement in FaceTime quality over the 4S. The rearfacing camera, while still 8m
  • Anodized aluminum rear plate, particularly in black, has a reported propensity for scratches. Video recording picks up a surprising amount of audio interference, even in a quiet room. Updates, while all worthwhile and technologically impressive, won't mak

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