Apple’s latest flagship in the world of smartphones
The release of Apple’s latest iPhone was surrounded by a great deal of excitement and anxiety, heightened even more by each leaked photo of the device. After the unimpressive changes from the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 4S, users expected Apple to introduce something new and eye-catching. So let’s see what they actually did.
Apple’s new iPhone itself is actually amazingly light (about 20% lighter than the 4S). It beats its competition by weighing just 112 grams. The chassis feels nice and solid and is obviously designed for strength. Compared to the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 5 is much taller (123.8mm), because it has to fit the 4-inch screen. It is also a little bit thinner than its predecessor.
Unlike the iPhone 4S, the display is extended to a resolution of 640x1136 pixels, although Apple has stuck with the regular 326 ppi. The Gorilla glass is nice too, as it prevents those annoying scratches on the screen if not using a protector. The overall quality and brightness are much better than those of the iPhone 4, although the picture doesn’t look so good from extreme angles, as in the HTC One X. Still, it is clearly the best Apple display for now.
The phone has a frontal 1.2 MP camera with face-detection. The main camera on the back is and 8 MP one, with much improved functions. It seems that Apple have managed to work out the kinks from the old system, and although the specs are the same, there are lots of new features. The biggest difference is that the iPhone 5 can take photos as much as 40% faster than its predecessor and the new dynamic low-light mode improves darker images a lot, although it somewhat reduces the pixel count.
Currently, the iPhone 5 comes with the new iOS 7 operating system from Apple, which will bring many new features. The processor inside the phone is an A6 chip, which, despite the fact that it is dual-core, packs quite a punch and it is much faster than the A5 chip inside the old 4S, with each core’s clock speed reaching about 1.1 to 1.3 GHz. The RAM is just 1 GB but it is more than enough for the current iOS.
The iPhone 5 is actually a huge improvement over the older models in terms of design, functions, and hardware specs. Obviously, Apple have done their homework and finally given us something new and exciting.
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