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As expected, @Apple has
unveiled two new iPhones today, the #iPhone 5S and #iPhone 5C.
The widely-leaked phones
speak to two different markets, with the more expensive 5S maintaining the same
premium build, internal specs and price as the former iPhone 5, while the 5C
enters the market as a so-called lower-cost variant.
First, the iPhone 5C. It
will be available in green, yellow, blue, white and red.Apple claims
that there are no seams or joints in the device — it is made with a single
piece of “hard-coated” polycarbonat
It has a 4-inch display
with the same 1136×640 pixel resolution as the iPhone 5. It also has the same
A6 chip and 1GB of RAM of the iPhone 5. There’s a new HD FaceTime camera on the
front and an 8MP iSight camera on the back with BSI, IR filter and 5-element
lens. Looks to be the same one as the iPhone 5, too.
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It will also have full
LTE connectivity and dual-band WiFi along with Bluetooth 4.0.
The company is touting
the iPhone 5C as an introductory phone for many users, and the device will come
with a variety of cases for $29 each.
The second phone on the
docket today is the iPhone 5S.
The iPhone 5S has a 4-inch
1136×640 pixel IPS display, identical in size and resolution to the current
iPhone 5. What’s different is tantamount to the typical evolution of an iPhone:
a faster processor, improved camera, colour additions and, yes, a fingerprint
scanner.
According to Apple, it’s
the “most forward-thinking phone we’ve ever created.” It comes in a new gold
colour, in addition to the existing white and slate.
Probably the most
important improvement is the A7 chip, a 64-bit SoC that’s “the first ever of
its kind in a smartphone.” It has over one billion transistors and a modern
instruction set — this is truly a computer, just shrunk to a 102mm squared die
size.
While apps will have to
be re-engineered to support the new instruction sets, it opens up a number of
possibilities for mobile computing (can’t wait to see what the A7X is capable
of in the new ipad this fall).
To the layman, it means
that the A7 CPU and GPU are twice as fast as the iPhone 5?s A6. The new GPU
supports OpenGL 3.0, which is one of the newest programming frameworks for 3D
games (which also came recently to Android 4.3).
There’s also something
called the M7, a chip that works alongside the A7 to measure motion data,
accelerometer, gyroscope and compass. It works with the newest generation of
health and fitness apps such as Nike+ Move, to track all of your movement. This
works instead of a Fitbit.
The iPhone 5S promises
10 hours of battery life from LTE browsing and 3G talk time, along with 40
hours of music playback and a staggering 250 hours of standby. Similar to last
year’s model.
The new camera is also
improved over the former model, with a wider f/2.2 aperture and bigger pixels
despite the 8MP resolution. This lets in more light — a 15% larger active
sensor area — which automatically makes better photos from the same lighting scenarios.
There’s also a digital form of image stabilization, and a new burst mode at up
to 10fps. The software analyzes multi-photo series and chooses the best one.
This is similar to Best Shot from the HTC One and #GALAXY S4. It also has
dual flash.
The camera support
120fps slow motion (slo-mo) as well at 720p, and the built-in editor can speed
up or slow down certain parts of the video for a great effect.
Perhaps the most
important addition to the device is a digital fingerprint scanner. That ring
around the mechanical home button indicates when it’s being used. Called Touch
ID, “it reads your fingerprint at an entirely new level,” with 500ppi
resolution and 360 degree readability.
The use cases are many,
and Apple says Touch ID has been deeply integrated into #ios 7.
It allows you to authenticate purchases using just a slight depression of the
home button. There is a sapphire crystal lens that takes a photo of a user’s
fingerprint and analyzes it for consistency.
In Apple tradition,
Touch ID can be used by multiple people, and sensitive information is not
stored on Apple’s servers at all. All data is encrypted, too.
Indian pricing has not
been revealed yet but the US price points are the same as the iPhone 5 before
it. Pre-order for the iPhone 5C will begin on the 13th while the iPhone 5S can
be booked starting from the 20th.
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