For several months there was lots of leaks, rumors and predictions about Apple’s next iPhone. Apple is always good at making news as well as phones. Finally they released the new device with the name “iPhone 5” on 12th September in San Francisco. Lots of Apple fans were sitting in front of computers and plugged in to social media and live blogs to know what’s new in next iPhone.
Few months ago I was talking about possible shape of forthcoming iPhone 5. As usual I was trying to filter out rumors, predict what could be there adding my own expectations as well.
Surprisingly iPhone 5 was pretty similar as explained by leaks, rumors and predictions. Let’s take a closer look at its attractions and disappointments.
Attractions
Major attraction in iPhone 5 is its built quality. It was common to whole iPhone line since 2007. This time they have taken it to the next level. It’s having fully aluminum body and glass front. It’s thinner, only 7.6mm, taller yet same width as previous one. They have reduced the volume of iPhone 5 by 20% and reduced the weight to 122g.
Finally Apple has increased the display size to 4 inches and resolution is 1136 x 640 px which will give it 326 ppi of pixel density. Retina display continues. It’s brighter, 500 cd/m2 and having better color saturation and contrast than before. Camera specification is same as before, but camera software has been upgraded. Now you can capture panoramic images and record 720p video with front facing face time camera.
Chip is upgraded to Apple A6 and Storage options are same as before, it’s 16/32/64 GB. But they have increased RAM to 1GB, a wise move. A new connector is there named Lightning instead of previous 30 pin connector.
Though it’s too late, they have included LTE radio in iPhone 5 and now you will be able to enjoy super speedy connectivity in all major carriers. The whole hardware system is powered with Apple’s latest iOS 6. According to specification they have improved the battery life as well.
Disappointments
Most of the competitors introduced Smartphone with 720p displays, but still Apple could not come up with such. Even in new iPhone 5, display is still nearly HD ready. Adding another line of icons is not what users need. They need high resolution displays. This could be one major minus point to iPhone in the market. Further it doesn’t have NFC, a popular trend. So iPhone 5 users will miss the fun of tap to transfer.
Wrapping Up
iPhone 5 is manly competing with Android Smartphone in market. When it comes to built quality almost all of Android phones are way behind. Further iPhone 5’s software and hardware systems developed under one hood, so they are highly optimized and compatible. But when it comes to features, it’s not the case. Most of the new features in iOS 6 and iPhone 5 were there in Android Smartphone for years. So there’s going to be tough competition.
Top of all, Apple has managed to build up loyal customer base for years. So there are millions of people out there willing to buy their products. Most of the Android Smartphone manufactures doen’t have this advantage. Proving this the first batch of iPhone 5 which were open for pre order were sold out within record breaking one hour.
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