i Phone 5

Introduction

The iPhone 5. As in five million units sold over the course of a … weekend. Can't say no to that. This is the latest installment in the smartphone series that changed the mobile phone industry and we can understand people couldn't wait. Now, what is it they couldn't wait for?
The Apple iPhone 5 brings the long anticipated larger screen and more capable internals that we already know are ready to trade blows with the most powerful chipsets out there.

There's also the new slender, slimmer body that no photos really do justice to. If all of Apple's claims are true then the iPhone 5 is a real engineering masterpiece - double the performance in a more compact package without sacrificing anything in terms of battery life.
They could've done worse. A lot worse. But this is Apple telling you to prepare to be wowed. So you have every right to play hard-to-please.

Key features

Quad-band GSM and quad-band 3G support with 14.4 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA

LTE support where carriers support it and CDMA support when sold by CDMA carriers

4" 16M-color LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen of 640 x 1136px resolution

Scratch-resistant screen glass, fingerprint-resistant coating

1.2GHz dual-core custom-designed CPU, PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU, 1GB of RAM,      Apple A6 SoC

iOS 6 and iCloud integration

8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and touch focus

1080p video recording at 30fps

1.2MP secondary front-facing camera

Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot

GPS with A-GPS connectivity; digital compass

16/32/64GB storage options

Accelerometer, proximity sensor and a three-axis gyro sensor

Active noise cancellation with a dedicated secondary microphone

Standard 3.5 mm audio jack, stereo Bluetooth v4.0

Excellent audio output quality (though worse than 4S)

Apple Maps with free voice-guided navigation in 56 countries

Voice recognition, Siri virtual assistant

Supports HD Voice (needs carrier support too)

FaceTime video calls over Wi-Fi and cellular

Impressively slim and light

Great battery life

Main disadvantages

Aluminum body looks cool but is easy to scratch

Proprietary connector, incompatible with previous-gen accessories (needs adapter)

The new display is not proportionally bigger, but only taller

Unadapted apps run letterboxed due to the unusual resolution

nano-SIM support only

Apple Maps app not up to scratch

No USB Mass Storage mode

No FM radio

No stereo speakers

No microSD card slot

No NFC connectivity (though that may be nitpicking)

Stuck with iTunes for loading content

Mono audio recording in videos