iPhone 5

iPhone 5 features thinner and improved iSight camera with sapphire crystal

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 12, 2012

Apple's SVP of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, is unveiling Apple's sixth-generation iPhone at a presser at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and he just took the wraps off the handset's camera subsystem. As suspected, Apple refined the existing camera unit by making it thinner while adding a bunch of software-based features aimed at further improving the quality of photos, especially in low-light conditions...

iPhone 5 features better battery life than iPhone 4S, even with LTE

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 12, 2012

Some impressive battery life statistics coming out of the iPhone 5 keynote right now. Battery life hasn't decreased with the addition of LTE, as some might image. In fact, it hasn't even stayed the same. No, Apple has exceeded the battery life levels present in the non-LTE enabled iPhone 4S.

With the iPhone 5, there's 8 hours of browsing or talk on either LTE or 3G, and 10 hours on WiFi browsing.

iPhone 5 features A6 processor with 2X faster CPU and 2x graphics

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 12, 2012

As expected, the iPhone 5 will be mated with a new A6 processor featuring 2X faster CPU and 2x graphics, when compared to the A5 processor featured in the iPhone 4S.

On top of the performance increases, the processor 22% smaller for more energy efficiency.

iPhone 5 has built-in LTE and Ultrafast Wireless

Cody Lee ∙ September 12, 2012

Apple's Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller is now on stage at the iPhone 5 event, and is starting to run down the specifics of the new handset.

Just as we expected, the phone features a 4-inch 1136 x 640 display, is extremely thin and is made of aluminum and glass. Oh, and it also supports LTE...

This is the iPhone 5

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

Apple's kicked off its high-profile media event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and. Just as Tim Cook blurbed out some interesting biz stats, he handed it over to worldwide marketing chief Phil Schiller who just announced the iPhone 5, Apple's sixth-generation iPhone. Developing...

Is this the final iPhone 5 design?

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 12, 2012

French website nowhereelse.fr appears to be at it again, this time leaking what is purportedly the final design for the iPhone 5.

The new updated design looks very similar to leaks we've seen in the past, except this version features a white band wrapping around the exterior of the device to fill in the gap between the screen, and the outer edges of the device's frame.

WSJ claims iOS 6 can block unwanted calls

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 12, 2012

As you know, iOS 6 comes with an improved stock Phone app which enables some interesting new call management features. For example, you can choose to reply to an incoming calls with a message or be reminded about it later.

When a call comes in that you can’t answer right away, users can just swipe up to reveal options. Surprisingly, the Wall Street Journal claimed yesterday that iOS 6 also, among other things, includes new features that allow people to block unwanted calls...

Report: iPod touch upgrade to include new colors, GPS and enhanced camera

Ed Sutherland ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

Not all of today's news centers on Apple's much-awaited next-gen iPhone. The iPod touch, seen as the 'gateway drug' for the iPhone, is also expected to debut with a wider palette of colors, global positioning and a better camera. Indeed, one analyst is calling the 2012 iPod touch the "biggest upgrade ever."

According to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the most noticeable change will be an expanded choice of colors beyond the current black or white.

Chronic claims the iPhone 5 has NFC chip

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated October 11, 2018

A well-known iOS developer with a strong track record of Apple reporting took to Twitter this morning to argue that prototypes of Apple's next iPhone do contain a Near-Field Communication (NFC) sensor inside. This shouldn't be deciphered as the definite proof of an NFC-enabled iPhone 5 as Apple and other handset makers often test several device prototypes before settling on one model.

Furthermore, even if the iPhone 5 has NFC, this should not be confused with an NFC-driven mobile payment system. We also know from Apple's marketing boss Phil Schiller's interview with the Wall Street Journal (Apple's unofficial mouthpiece) that digital wallet mobile-payment services are “all fighting over their piece of the pie", adding that "we aren’t doing that"...

Apple website confirms iPhone 5 name, LTE, iTunes 11, new iPod touch and iPod Nano

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

Who would believe that Apple's own website could be such a great source of information when it comes to finding out what we can expect from today's event?

As if there were any doubts that the new iPhone will indeed be called the "iPhone 5", a quick search on Apple's website gives us the confirmation we need...

Undercover Chinese journalist infiltrates iPhone 5 production line

Cody Lee ∙ September 12, 2012

Talk about timing. Just hours ahead of Apple's highly-anticpated iPhone event, a story has surfaced of a Chinese journalist who recently went undercover as a worker in one of Foxconn's factories.

The reporter, who works for the Shanghai Evening Post, got a job at the manufacturer's Tai Yuan plant in China's Shanxi province, and spent 10 days working on one of its iPhone 5 production lines...

Last minute details surface on new dock connector and headphones

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

Good news for all of you folks hoping to soak up some last minute rumors before tomorrow's event. We've come across some new details regarding Apple's expected announcements.

First off, among the many changes Apple is figured to introduce in the new iPhone, is a new, smaller 9-pin dock connector. And apparently, that connector has a name: Lightning...