iPhone 5

iPhone 5: 4" screen, "global LTE", thinner, same rectangle design as the iPhone 4/4S, just stretched. They will probably say they re-innovated "LTE".. :laugh2:

Unknowns: Processor (possibly A6(?)), NFC, and camera (13mp Sony Exmor RS? or will it stay with the current 8mp)?

 

Hard to say for now, some thinks it has NFC but others saying that part of the display/screen (upper corner) is not the NFC.. So we'll find out on Wednesday but NFC should be a standard on most if not all smartphones that is being released.

 

Announced.



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6.7mm thin, 18% thinner. The world's thinnest smartphone.

Weighs 112 grams, 20% lighter than the iPhone 4S.

"The challenge is to make it better and smaller."

4-inch display, 1136x640.

Five rows of icons, plus the shortcut row on the bottom.

Phone was made taller because the width is designed to fit the hand perfectly.

"As you carry your phone, it should fit beautifully in your hand."

"All our software has been updated." Keynote, Pages, Numbers, iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand.

"You can see a full, five day workweek."

Old apps run letterboxes, with pixel-perfect rendering. Black borders on either side so the display remains centered. A few developers received a sneak peek, and debs have said they can update their apps "very quickly."

Screen is nearly 16:9, with 44% better color saturation. Display is better, with touch integrated into the display, so it's thinner, sharper, and has less glare. "We couldn't be prouder of it."

Apple has added new wireless tech, including LTE and DC-HSDPA. Apple says it took "a lot of incredible engineering." Apple is using a single chip for voice and data, and a single radio chip.

In the US: Sprint, AT&T and Verizon will support LTE.

Canada: Rogers, Telus, Bell, Fido, Virgin.

After the event, Apple will publish a full list of supported carriers.

The iPhone 5 supports dual-channel 5GHz 802.11n, allowing for max performance up to 150Mbps.

The new A6 chip is 2x faster and has 2x the graphics performance compared to the A5. It's 22% smaller and more energy efficient.

EA Studios is coming out to demo Real Racing 3. The game is scheduled for release later this year.

Regarding battery life, Shiller says the iPhone 5 will exceed the battery life of the iPhone 5.

8 hours of LTE browsing, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music, 225 hours of standby, 8 hours 3G talk time.

"We've updated every aspect of iPhone 5."

 

If they kept the glass back, it will break easier like the iPhone 4/4S. And with glass, they probably couldn't make it into a one piece/unibody housing

 

+1 to that.... but the people that follow such trend just don't listen

 

Yay the specs are finally in par with 2 year old Android phones

 

^Unlocked version? Go to an Apple Store, tell them you are paying $649 (16gb) and give you the version you want (3 versions, each have different bands, so be sure to pick the right one).