IN PICTURES: iPhone5: Lighter, Faster, Bigger
The wait is over for millions of Apple fans. As the iPhone 5 was revealed with much fanfare, Arti Gupta takes your through the best features of the new iPhone.
September 13, 2012 11:19 by kippreport
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Wifi- This is the biggest reveal of the new iPhone 5. With 4G LTE capability, the iPhone 5 is capable of speed above 100mbps. Of course, customers need to have LTE connection from the broadband provider
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With a bigger screen at 4-inch "retina" display the phone is also 20 percent lighter than the previous iPhone 4S.
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Speed: Apple claims that iPhone 5 is 1.5 to 2 times faster to process most applications and has a much longer battery life.
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Siri – Apparently the personal assistant has become more intelligent. Could this be because Siri has told a few customers that the Nokia Lumina was the best phone? (!). Now, Siri can book you a table for 4 in any city as it is integrated with OpenTableapp.
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Microphone – Separate microphone when you are using the front or back of the camera. This along with noise cancellation should definitely lead to better voice quality.
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Passbook – This is a completely new addition which will collect all your e-tickets, boarding passes and loyalty card and organize them in one place. When you are done, passbook will e-shred your boarding passes. How cool is that?
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Gaming – iPhone 5 has the concept of time shift multiplayer, which means that you can actually play with your friends while they are not online—not quite sure how that will work out.
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Safari – Safari can open the same windows as are already open on your mac.
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Take pictures while recording a video –Android had this feature sometime back and now it is good to see that Apple has the same as well
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Panorama - 28 megapixel stitching together to form a panoramic image? One word: beautiful. Of course this is a feature common to the Samsung Galaxy S3 range and the new Nokia Lumia range.
