The I phone 5 shown above is the latest touch screen Smartphone brand produced by Apple inc. It was launched into the mainstream market on early September 2012. It has the latest features making it one of the most innovative brands of smart-phones ever produced by Apple Inc. I phone 5 is light and slim and has a high resolution of 8 megapixel HD camera. It also has a 4-inch wide screen that supports a 16.0 aspect ratio. It uses a customized ARMv7 processor known as Apple A6, a superior version compared to A5 which was used by its predecessor, the I phone 4S (Ochsenkuehn 33). I phone 5 has an ultrafast wireless internet technology making it reliable in terms of connectivity.
It has received positive reaction from critics on its introduction into the mainstream market, with the majority hailing it as the most innovative Smartphone ever in since the inception of the I phone series. On its initial launch, Apple sold I phone 5 pre-orders twenty times greater than any of the Smartphone’s in the I phone series true to its slogan “the biggest thing to have happened to I phone since I phone”.
I phone 5 sleek features makes it highly preferred by Apple inc. market which is mostly youthful. The customized features such as the user interface of its operating system make it easy and enjoyable to manipulate. It provides for interaction gestures such as swipe, slide, pinch, tap and reverse pinch that makes use of the I phone 5 a pleasurable experience. In some of its applications, shaking of the phone translates to the un-do command or at times vertical rotation results into change from landscape to portrait view mode.
On entertainment, iPhone 5 can play movies, music, videos, audio books, television shows and podcasts. It also classes its media library using artists, albums, playlists, genres, composers, podcasts and much more. This makes file accessibility an easy task as options are presented mostly in an alphabetic order. This smartphone has perfectly designed headphones that fit precisely into user’s ears thus lessening sound loss and discomfort. The iPhone 5 camera has advanced capability. It can take pictures while simultaneously recording videos. The pictures are of high quality as the cameras, both back and front, have a high resolution coupled with effects such as the sweep panorama. The videos too are in High Definition offering greater clarity and resolution. It has a great internal memory/storage capacity ranging between 16-64 Gigabytes depending on the model. Consequently, users can store thousands of files and applications.
Communication using the iPhone 5 is automated and creatively customized to suit its users. It can be run using voice commands and has a special feature called voice assistant that can change speech into text. This can comes in handy to busy users who do not have time text. Still on text messaging, this smartphone has a feature known as iMessaging that enables one to do unlimited texting with other iPhone users who have installed the application. It also supports inclusion of sound and images in text messages. Voice calls are supported by Bluetooth where one uses a Bluetooth device. This phone is fitted with a highly sensitive mouthpiece and earpiece that enhances clarity and proper capturing of voice communication.
The I phone 5 is also capable of retrieving papers such as coupons, tickets and much more using a Passbook application. This application promotes e-commerce and ease in day-to-day transactions as it is integrated with a mobile payment system. The application is efficient such that it detects a given store and gives notifications on which coupons to use. One can easily carry out business with paperless money which is a secure and efficient way.
Social network being a key factor in communication and an interaction platform for the youthful segment of the Apple inc. mainstream market, the I phone 5 has been custom tailored to cater for this. Facebook and Twitter are incorporated in the social media applications such as Safari browser that ensures fast browsing and ease in connectivity. The social media sites have been synchronized with the calendar and the Google maps applications.
In terms of hardware, the I phone 5 has a system on chip called A6 or Apple 6 that amplifies the performance levels. The I phone 5 operating memory is estimated to be about 1Gigabyte compared to I phone 4S, its forerunner which had 512 Megabytes. This enables the user to carry out many tasks without worrying about slow performance and hanging of applications. The battery life is also great with 225 hours standby and 8 hours talk time. Long battery life offers users time to carry out functions without worrying about the low battery issue. It has an aluminum casing that enhances durability and longevity unlike the previous I phone series models that had glass casing. It also has an improved charger which has been designed to a small dock connector charger known as ‘lightning’ which requires a small port taking up less space on the I phone 5. The iPhone supports 3D features in some of its applications such as Google maps enabling clear deciphering and good appeal of images and features. It uses a nano-sim card which is way too small compared to the mini-sim card. The nano-sim card uses lessER space creating room for more internal components for the I phone 5 smartphone. With all these innovative hardware features, I phone 5 looks more desirable and fashionable for college students users.
In conclusion, the I phone 5 is the Smartphone of our time. It is a masterpiece of technology embodying technological strides in the mobile phone world. Apple inc. has done much in making a custom-tailored device preferred by many who love technology and changes that come with it. With the introduction of such a smartphone that has highly efficient features, the communication world has been revolutionized. This has created a good platform in the industry to bring competition in innovation and creativity to counter the developments brought about by the inception of the iPhone 5 smartphone.
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