Finally, the much awaited
and much hyped gadget, the Apple iPhone 5 has been launched. Unlike, its elder
siblings, the new iPhone has evolved in appearance and features. Apple has
gathered courage and personified the new baby with bigger display, perhaps due
to the rising challenge from Android clan.
As per the trend, iPhone
5 meets every criteria of being a smartest smartphone but wow factor. There is
no concrete reason to point why Apple iPhone 5 does not get the ‘wow’ from the
geeks and tech analyst. Probably, the hungry tech lovers were anticipating highly
in term of features and look.
When it comes to pricing,
Apple played well to give it the same price tags as that of iPhone 4S. It may attract
and users, who were expecting very fat budget for the newer generation. It will
be available in 16, 32 and 64 GB versions & in two colors - Slate/Black and White/Silver.
As per source, the
pre-orders for the iPhone 5 will commence on September 14, two days after the
rumored date, 12 September as per iMore blog report. Apple unveil that in initial
phase, iPhone 5 will hit the retails in US, UK, Canada, Germany, France,
Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore on September 21. Later, the retailers
of 22 more countries can start selling the device September 28 onward. As of now, Apple has not revealed its India
launch plans, but it is sourced that iPhone 5 is expected to arrive in India in
the first half of November 2012.
Also with the launch of iPhone 5, Apple also
planned to discontinue the sale of iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 8GB model will now be
the entry-level iPhone variant in US.
Lots of facts and
information has been shared associated with the launch of the device, it is
time to move to the features of the new Apple baby.
Apple iPhone 5 is thinner
than all previous Apple devices. It is only 7.66mm thick & weighs just 112
gram, which is 20% lighter the iPhone 4S. So, it is sexy in look with a slim
and light body tone. It dons a Retina display 1136x640 pixel resolution and 16:9
aspect ratios. On the board, there is a dual-core Cortex A6 processor based on
A-15 chips from ARM and iOS 6. If the makers are to be trusted, this dual core processor
will let the device run twice as fast as its predecessor without being quad-core.
So, if it is not a quad core, users need not consider giving it less point in
term of processor. It packs with a strong battery with 225 hours of standby
time, 8 hours of 3G, 4G LTE browsing and 3G talk time, 10 hours of Wi-Fi
browsing and video playback, and 40 hours of music play time. Sounds, the
battery is strong enough to make it an ace in smartphone category, when it
comes to power management.
The makers have made iPhone
5 with an 8MP HD camera. A huge disappointment for those who were expecting not
less than 12 megapixels camera in the new iphone:(. But assimilation
of just 8MP camera doesn’t make it a bad camera phone at all. It has many a
good features such as dynamic low light mode, sapphire crystal and precision
lens alignment to woo consumers.
This time, the front camera
for FaceTime also supports HD videos at 720p. There is three microphones - at
the bottom, top and rear for better sound during FaceTime calls. Also, iPhone 5
features a new beam-forming, directional microphone system, with background
noise cancellation technology to make the conversation crisp and clear.
One other important change,
iPhone 5 will not be compatible with existing SIM cards and buyers have to move
to new nano-SIM cards.
A new Maps app is there in the new iPhone. It
has Apple-designed cartography, turn-by-turn navigation, and Flyover view. Let’s
see the folk is going to savor the new Maps or they will miss the Google Maps
badly (@_@).
Facebook integration in
contacts and calendar apps along with the option to post directly from
Notification Center is really a good feature :). This
feature would go live with iOS 6 on September 19, said Apple. Also, iOS 6 brings in 200 new features than
the previous edition. Important among them to quote are more control over calls
and messages and Passbook, new Siri features, and Facebook and Siri-enabled
apps like Photos, Safari and Maps. The upgraded Siri promised to answer queries
related to movies, restaurants, sports scores in a better manner.
