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Cricket, C Spire, GCI, Bluegrass Cellular and Appalachian Wireless landing the iPhone 5 on September 28

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

Regional United States carriers C Spire and prepaid wireless operator Cricket Wireless will begin offering Apple's latest iPhone 5 on Friday, September 28, it has been confirmed. Additionally, Alaska's GCI, Bluegrass Cellular and Appalachian Wireless announced September 28 availability of the iPhone 5, a week after the device becomes available on AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint in the United States...

The iPhone 5 keynote in 4 minutes

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 13, 2012

Still haven't seen the iPhone 5 Keynote? Strapped for time? We took the liberty to cut out all of the fluff, and other non-iPhone 5 hardware announcements from yesterday's keynote. By doing so, we were able to cut it down to just a hair over 4 minutes, while still maintaining the vast majority of the important hardware details.

If you haven't yet seen the keynote, and you're solely interested in the iPhone 5 hardware, then this is for you.

You gotta see Apple’s awesome ad for new iPods

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 13, 2012

Apple yesterday refreshed the iPod lineup alongside the new iPhone 5 (here's your keynote) and boy do these colorful iPod touches look sexy. The company also revamped the popular iPod nano, making it taller and giving it a widescreen display with multitouch user interface, Bluetooth (we envision interesting accessories for the new nano).

Yes, the new touch comes in a bunch of attractive colors as well. The entry-level iPod shuffle also saw a slight redesign. But how do you go about advertising the updated iPods in a memorable, attractive and easy-going manner? Here's how...

The iPhone 5 keynote now available as high-def iTunes download

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 13, 2012

If you wanted to watch Tim Cook and his team the iPhone 5, iOS 6, iTunes and new iPods but don't want to stream, you can now download the entire iPhone 5 keynote as iTunes video podcast, free of charge. Though Apple did not provide a live stream of yesterday's event, just a few hours later the company made available a streaming video of the presentation through its web site. If history is indication, following the Apple.com stream and iTunes podcast it shouldn't be too long until the keynote pops up on Apple's YouTube channel...

Sharp, others steal iPhone 5 display biz from Samsung

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated November 20, 2017

There has been much speculation concerning who will be supplying screens for Apple's just announced iPhone 5. The mystery is solved, if you believe a new Wall Street Journal report that named LG Display, Japan Display and Sharp as suppliers of four-inch in-cell display panels for the device. Surprisingly, the newspaper made no mention of Samsung, which supplies Retina display for the third-generation iPad and previous iOS devices...

Verizon says yes to FaceTime, but no to unlimited data

Cody Lee ∙ September 13, 2012

AT&T kickstarted some controversy last month when it announced that customers would have to switch to one of its Shared data plans to utilize iOS 6's new FaceTime over Cellular feature.

But it looks like if this is a deal-breaker for you, you can head over to Verizon. The carrier has just confirmed that FaceTime over Cellular will work with any of its available data plans...

CollegeHumor does its version of the iPhone 5 event

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

Apple's media events, like the one for the iPhone 5 yesterday, have long been a source of fodder for parodies. They're both distinct and recognizable, which always makes for easy mockery material.

CollegeHumor is the latest contributor to the category, as it recently posted a new video called "Apple Coasting Keynote." In it, a Tim Cook-like character takes the stage and announces...nothing.

Watch...

RedSn0w updated with support for iOS 6 GM

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 25, 2013

Apple seeded the final beta of its new mobile operating system to developers yesterday, iOS 6 GM. The update included a new Panorama mode for the iPhone 4S, and the standard bug fixes.

And like clockwork, the Dev Team has posted a new version of RedSn0w to support the release. So for all of you folks out there with A4 devices running iOS 6 GM, you can now jailbreak...

Yes, the iPhone 5 is the thinner than the Droid RAZR

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 27, 2017

I've been hearing a lot of chatter about the comments from Apple's keynote about the iPhone 5 being the world's thinnest smartphone. The Motorola Droid RAZR fans have come out of the woodwork stating that this is not true.

Let's set the record straight here, shall we?

Everything you need to know about today’s iPhone 5 event

Ed Sutherland ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

The iPhone 5 is finally here.

After Apple in 2011 unveiled the iPhone 4S -- when everyone and his mother expected the iPhone 5 -- the wizards of Cupertino introduced a smartphone for everyone. Want something smaller? Check. How about a big screen? Got you covered. Need power? No problem. Although this was the first post-Steve Jobs iPhone rollout, there was enough technology and geekitude on display today that even the Man in Black would have had a tough time fitting in just one more thing.

Most of the rumors about the iPhone were confirmed. The iPhone 5 sports a 4-inch (1136 x 640) display enclosed in an aluminum and glass shell. That larger display is becoming defacto on smartphones. Not to be outdone designwise by Android, Apple pushed suppliers to use an in-cell manufacturing technique that embeds the technology used in an edge-to-edge touchscreen, eliminating the need for a separate layer.

A concise iPhone 5 hardware overview

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 12, 2012

We've already brought you a truck load of coverage from today's iPhone 5 event, so how about a concise wrap-up of the iPhone 5's hardware features as a night cap?

What do you think? Are you satisfied with Apple's hardware offerings for the iPhone 5?

Apple’s new A6 chip runs two ARM Cortex A15 cores, quad-core GPU

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 12, 2012

Surprisingly enough, the iPhone 5 comes with Apple's in-house A6 chip (labeled "S5L8950X") rather than a souped up version of the A5X chip, as previously thought. Apple's Tech Specs page for the iPhone 5 doesn't even mention the A6 (a norm for Cupertino). The Compare iPhones page names the chip, however without divulging an iota about its architectural underpinnings.

Likewise, Apple executives at today's presser shied away from going into the technicalities like core counts and clock speeds and would only mention a twofold jump in CPU and GPU performance. It would nonetheless appear Apple has beaten the likes of Samsung and Texas Instruments in delivering the world's first phone powered by ARM's Cortex A15 CPU platform...