Apple Announces iPhone 5 with 4-inch Display, Faster CPU and LTE
By Rob Scott
September 13, 2012
September 13, 2012
- Apple unveiled its new iPhone 5 and iOS 6 yesterday at a press event in San Francisco.
- “This is a glass and aluminum two-tone affair and, at 7.6mm it’s a full 18 percent thinner than the 4S,” reports Engadget. “It’s even 20 percent lighter at 112 grams, which is even less than the mostly plastic Galaxy S III.”
- The new phone touts a 4-inch in-cell display and 1136 x 640 Retina panel (closer to 16:9, but not quite there).
- “That new longer screen allows for an extra set of icons to be displayed on the home screen, and first party apps have already been tweaked to take advantage of the additional real estate,” notes the post. “The iWork suite, Garage Band and iMovie have all been updated.”
- Older apps will work, but will appear in letterbox format until an update arrives.
- “The most exciting news is likely the addition of LTE,” suggests the post. “There’s still HSPA+, EV-DO, EDGE and all that jazz on board, but it’s the true 4G that is really generating excitement. Sprint, Verizon and AT&T will all be able to take advantage of the single chip (data and voice) LTE solution inside.”
- The iPhone 5 features a 802.11 a/b/g/n antenna, but no NFC as previously speculated.
- Apple claims the new A6 CPU is two times faster than the previous chip and 22 percent smaller. The energy efficient CPU allows for 8 hours of talk time, according to Apple.
- The company also announced its new iOS 6, available September 19th. “The latest mobile system from Apple packs a boat load of exciting improvements, including tweaks to Siri and the new Passbook (which would have worked really well with that rumored, but ultimately non-existent NFC chip),” notes Engadget.
- The iPhone 5 will ship on September 21st ($199-$399), while pre-orders are slated to begin on the 14th.
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