The most awaited iPhone 5 is finally launched. The new iPhone 5 is the most radical redesign of Apple‘s flagship product since its inception, sporting a larger screen, a different shape, more features and even new accessories in the box. As I played around with the iPhone 5 on Wednesday, I wondered what the late Steve Jobs would have thought about the latest twist on Apple's best-selling device.
iPhone 5 comes with more advanced technology and new stunning features, and it's clear Apple has come up with another product that will compel hordes of people to line up outside its stores before its Sept. 21 release in the U.S., Japan, Britain, Germany, France and four other countries. The mad dash to buy the iPhone 5 will be repeated again on Sept. 28 when it goes on sale in 22 other countries. All the models of the iPhone 5 will sell for the same prices as its predecessor, starting at $199 with a two-year data and calling plan.
The most noticeable change in the new iPhone is its larger, 4-inch screen. The display actually isn't any wider than the previous one, but instead extends length-wise to a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. Its resolution is 1,136 x 640 pixels -- that's not quite high-def, but it still has the same pixel density -- what Apple calls a retina display. The taller screen allows for five rows of apps (plus the permanent row on the bottom), and Apple says its colors are better, too.
The iPhone 5 sports a new processor, the ARM-based Apple A6. Apple claims that it's twice as fast as the A5 chip in the iPhone 4S. The iPhone 5 is the first iPhone with LTE connectivity, and it's going to work on the networks of AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, as well as many others across the globe. Bringing LTE to the iPhone 5 means that Apple will be releasing not one, but three versions of the handset. LTE networks vary throughout the world. If Apple wants the iPhone to be LTE everywhere, it has to create devices specifically to run different regions and carriers.
The iPhone 5's three models are as follows:
The new iPhone also is easy on the eyes, thanks to a larger screen and its "Retina Display," the high-definition technology that Apple introduced in previous models. Video and photos look even more lush on the iPhone 5's bigger and better screen.
iPhone 5 comes with more advanced technology and new stunning features, and it's clear Apple has come up with another product that will compel hordes of people to line up outside its stores before its Sept. 21 release in the U.S., Japan, Britain, Germany, France and four other countries. The mad dash to buy the iPhone 5 will be repeated again on Sept. 28 when it goes on sale in 22 other countries. All the models of the iPhone 5 will sell for the same prices as its predecessor, starting at $199 with a two-year data and calling plan.
The most noticeable change in the new iPhone is its larger, 4-inch screen. The display actually isn't any wider than the previous one, but instead extends length-wise to a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. Its resolution is 1,136 x 640 pixels -- that's not quite high-def, but it still has the same pixel density -- what Apple calls a retina display. The taller screen allows for five rows of apps (plus the permanent row on the bottom), and Apple says its colors are better, too.
The iPhone 5 has more camera abilities, too. The rear iSight camera is still 8 megapixels, but now there's a built-in panorama mode that can combine many photos into a single 28MP image.
The iPhone 5 sports a new processor, the ARM-based Apple A6. Apple claims that it's twice as fast as the A5 chip in the iPhone 4S. The iPhone 5 is the first iPhone with LTE connectivity, and it's going to work on the networks of AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, as well as many others across the globe. Bringing LTE to the iPhone 5 means that Apple will be releasing not one, but three versions of the handset. LTE networks vary throughout the world. If Apple wants the iPhone to be LTE everywhere, it has to create devices specifically to run different regions and carriers.
The iPhone 5's three models are as follows:
- GSM model A1428*: UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz); LTE (Bands 4 and 17)
- CDMA model A1429*: CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900, 2100 MHz); UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz); LTE (Bands 1, 3, 5, 13, 25)
- GSM model A1429*: UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz); LTE (Bands 1, 3, 5)
The new iPhone also is easy on the eyes, thanks to a larger screen and its "Retina Display," the high-definition technology that Apple introduced in previous models. Video and photos look even more lush on the iPhone 5's bigger and better screen.
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