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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
Has a great camera with the unique Panorama mode, Offers high quality display with a large screen, Has a great battery backup, Has a great design and stunning looks
Comes with the propriety connector, Apple maps feature is disappointing, Is highly expensive
This review intends to inform the readers about the various features and specifications of Apple iPhone 5. The iPhone 5 presents a great example of excellent engineering, which makes it the best Smartphone available in the market today. The price of Apple...
iPhone 5 is one of the best high end phones available in the market. Though it is going to be a year after its release, the iPhone 5 still sells in the top 3 of US markets. The finish and feel of this phone is beyond amazing. It is really sleek and sexy. ...
Finally to conclude the overall comparison, I would like to say that the photos taken with S4 and iPhone were good in terms on fine details but color reproduction seems better on Lumia 720 which is much cheaper than both iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S4 in ...
Though the iPhone 5 can do pretty much everything that the best smartphones can do, it still has the same issues that the older iPhone's did. No Bluetooth file transfers, no mass storage modes and no deep customisations. Newer features like ‘Passbook' won...
Very light and slim, good build quality, good performance, good display, nice camera, good audio quality
Smaller Nano SIM, no NFC, no external memory slot; No HD display
It is slimmer, lighter, has a great camera and offers a better and bigger display. Overall, an interesting smartphone, but definitely not as good as Galaxy S3 and Lumia 920....
The overall feel of the hardware & the software on iPhone 5 is aristocratic. The UI is well managed with similar shaped icons & the display quality is also great. Everything on this phone looks simple & beautiful, smart & intuitive. The superb graphics is
Not as customisable as Android. There are very few changes in the UI & the features available are much less compared to other leading phones in the market like Samsung Galaxy Note 2
Longer and larger screen, Supports 4G network, Good quality frontfacing camera, Slim and feather light, Ultrafast wireless
High price, Map seems to be a disaster, No NFC
Following the tradition of Apple, iPhone 5 has lived up to the expectations of the iGeneration techies. And with the launch of iPhone 5, the numbers of prospective buyers are sure to increase as most of the consumers will be shifting from 3GS, 4 and 4S se...
Great build, Great display, Quick charging, Fast processor
WiFi issues, Below expected camera quality, Heating issues
The iPhone 5 is a complete smartphone and definitely a very charming and resourceful one. Apple has made this device keeping minute details in mind. But as we said above, it has its disadvantages too. Also, if you are in India, you will certainly be irrit...
Stunning hardware design, Improved camera, New Ear pods ear phones, Above average battery life, 2G(GPRS,EDGE), 3G(HSPA,HSPA+) and 4G LTE data supported
Taller screen might be a bit uncomfortable for a few, iOS is starting to look dated, Maps and Navigation is of very poor quality outside the US, New nano SIM card is not available widely,
The iPhone 5 is a great piece of hardware accompanied by an operating system which has started to show it's age. Apple makes it easy for consumers by launching just one new phone per year while the competition launches hundreds of devices every year.If yo...
Fluid UI, Clean design, Impressive camera, Great sound quality, Long battery life, Excellent for gaming, Rich App Store.
Expensive, A few apps run letterboxed, Lacklustre maps, Limited codec support, Lacks FM Radio, Can't share files over Bluetooth, No mass storage mode
While there's no official word on this from Apple, the iPhone 5 uses a 1440 mAh Li-Po battery. In our 720p video loop test with brightness set to 60%, it lasted 10 hours and 30 minutes. This is impressive: For comparison, our Samsung GALAXY S III managed...
