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iPhone 5
new arrivals
6
Bigger screen than last one
Crystal clear display.
A6 Processor, very fast
A lot lighter than iPhone 4
The aluminium is not that resistant
The best smartphone just got better.
Apple's Phil Schiller took the stag at Apple's media event in San Francisco to offiicially unveil the iPhone 5, Apple's major upgrade iPhone family. As widely rumored, the iPhone 5 featureas a taller display to visualize more content, a thiner profile, and a new metal backplate, While similar in the overall aesthetic to the iPhone 4 and 4S, the changes made to the iPhone' 5's body construction, display, and glass design represent a major change from the industrial design first introduced in 2010.
Made entirely of glass and aluminium, Phill Schiller described iPhone 5 as the "most beautiful product Apple has ever made". iPhone 5 is 18% thinner than the previous generation with a proofile of just 7.6 mm in an anodized aluminium body and "diamond cut chamfered edges and glass inlays". It's 20% lighter than the iPhone 4S and Schiller says iPhone 5 also is the world's thinest smartphone.
AVAILABLE FROM
All good electrical retails or visit www.apple.com
PRICE
32 Gig $499
64 Gig $599
RATING
THE GOOD
It's very beautiful.
THE BAD
Almost nothing. Flawless.