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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
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Beautiful design, great camera and incredibly fast,
iOS looking dated and screen size could be bigger.
The iPhone 5 is the best iPhone to date. That was a given. The question is that does it still have what it takes to compete with the latest generation of Android handsets as well as Windows Phone 8 handsets. In short, yes. The construction quality of t...
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Published: 2012-12-12, Author: Carlo , review by: unbox.ph
So… should you get one? Well if you're an Apple fan, the answer is obvious. No matter what we say you'll end up getting it anyway. There seems to be a strong emotional connection between Apple and their fans that can't be affected by whatever form of logi...
Larger screen Going from a 3.5inch screen to a 4inch screen isn't that big a jump but the extra screen means more icons on the home screen, more navigation options in apps and HD movies shown without the black bar "letterbox" effect, Better battery life
iOS 6 on older iPhones Many of the amazing new features discussed by Apple — turnbyturn navigation, 3D maps, Passbook ticket and gift card system, sportsscorespouting Siri — come with free iOS upgrade for anyone with a 4S. If you're happy with iOS 6 on yo
The iPhone 5 is a significant improvement over the iPhone 4S in nearly every regard, and in those areas that didn't see an upgrade over its predecessor -- camera, storage capacity -- one could make a strong case that the iPhone 4S was already ahead of the...
Abstract: Horrible builtin mapping solution Lack of innovative features on the OSWith every new revision of Apple's iPhone that comes along, this has turned into an annual ritual for all of us. The general consensus with all reviews for Apple's flagship device ...
Bigger display, same high pixel density, Great camera, Thin and light, LTE support
Aluminum back panel prone to scratches, Inferior native Maps app, Expensive
At first glance, the iPhone 5 seems to be just a bigger taller iPhone 4S. Aside from the bigger screen, we could not find any strong feature that may compel us to upgrade from the iPhone 4S to the iPhone 5. For some, that improvement is reason enough thou...
Published: 2012-09-28, Author: Howard , review by: technoodling.net
Abstract: When the iPhone 5 was announced, some critics lambasted it as “boring” and not much of an improvement over the iPhone 4S. Apparently, these critics never got the memo as the iPhone 5 proceeded to become Apple's most successful iPhone to date, with 2 milli...
Beautiful and light body, Snappy and high-performing camera, Speedy performance
Lack of innovation in iOS 6, Maps app lacking, Chipping issues
The iPhone 5 is, without a question, a popular phone with the mass market. And its popularity is not without good reasons - the sixth-gen device has quite a fair bit to offer, even with the Android juggernauts (you know what we are talking about) and Wind...
Abstract: The iPhone 5 has been a much talked-about device in the techsphere even way before its official unveiling on the 12th (US time) this month . So what's the big deal about the latest iOS 6 device? We can't give you the details yet without first testing it a...
