Here’s a quick run down of the iPhone features announced.
New iPhone 5 is probably what you’ve seen if you visit our website often. Anyway, the iPhone 5 is the thinnest iPhone yet. At 112 grams, its 20% lighter than the iPhone 4S. It has 4 inch Retina screen with 1136×640 resolution. All the first party apps have been optimised to use the widescreen that it is now. Rest of them will letter boxed for now and wide stretched when developers update it to support the new resolution. The iPhone now supports LTE as well. WiFi is dual channel and supports upto 150mbps. iPhone 5 uses the A6 processor which has twice graphics and CPU speed than the current one. Most apps launch twice as fast according to Apple. iPhone 5 has a better battery now. It gives you 8 hours of 3G talk time or browsing and 10 hours on WiFi.
The camera is still 8MP. It has a dynamic low light mode, f/2.4 aperture and a sapphire crystal cover. The new processor makes the photo capture 40% faster than iPhone 4S. The rear facing camera shoots videos at 1080p while front facing camera shoots videos at 720p. You can now also take photos while recording video and Panorama feature is finally available. How many of these features will make to previous iPhones ?
iPhone 5 also features the new 8 pin dock connector as opposed to the 30 pin connector now. Still comes in black and white. Price is the same as iPhone 4S on contract. Stay Tuned !!
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Update:
iPhone has been up for pre-order now in countries like US, UK, Canada, Germany, Australia and Singapore. The phone has been selling very well with first batch of devices getting sold out 20 times faster than the 4S. Shipping dates have slipped to 2-3 weeks in most countries already. I personally tried to order one from the Canadian store which showed me the estimated shipping date would be around October second week.
iPhone are currently unlocked in countries like UK, Canada, Australia and Singapore. iPhones are available on contract in the US. Unlocked phones are expected to be out by the end of this month or early next month. It looks like Apple is stocking them for countries where they are allowed to sell only unlocked units. At the moment, Indian launch is not known. We are expecting a launch around October mid week with the fourth batch of countries to receive the iPhone 5. As far as pricing is concerned, it would stay at the current price point which is Rs 44,500 for 16GB, Rs49,500 for 32GB and Rs54,500 for the 64GB.