{"id":8586,"date":"2012-09-12T20:27:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T20:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=8586"},"modified":"2012-09-12T20:27:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T20:27:44","slug":"the-iphone-5-apple-finally-reveals-for-your-is-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/12\/the-iphone-5-apple-finally-reveals-for-your-is-only\/","title":{"rendered":"The iPhone 5: Apple Finally Reveals For Your i&#039;S Only"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd just like that, months and months of breathless speculation have finally come to an end. Apple\u2019s Phil Schiller has just officially announced the new iPhone 5 at the company\u2019s massive press event here in San Francisco, less than a year since its predecessor was unveiled.<br \/>\nSome of the news won\u2019t come as much of a shock considering the sheer volume of rumors and leaks lately (even<a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2012\/09\/12\/whoops-apple-search-engine-is-revealing-product-news-before-todays-event-iphone-5-new-ipods-new-itunes-confirmed\/\"> Apple let some details slip<\/a> earlier today) \u2014 I\u2019m going to resist the temptation to pontificate on every new feature as it\u2019s revealed (for now, anyway), so let\u2019s get right down to it.<\/p>\n<h4>The iPhone 5<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>We can finally put the debate to rest \u2014 Apple\u2019s newest mobile juggernaut is called the iPhone 5 (despite actually being the sixth iPhone to hit the market). It\u2019s 20% lighter than the iPhone 4S, 18% thinner, and crafted out of (what else?) glass and aluminum.<\/li>\n<li>Pre-orders for the iPhone 5 will begin on Friday, September 14, and the device will ship to lucky consumers <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2012\/09\/12\/iphone-5-pricing-and-availability-revealed-199-for-16gb-299-for-32gb-399-for-64gb\/\">starting on September 21<\/a>. As usual, the device will be available in 16, 32, and 64GB models, which will cost $199, $299, and $399 respectively with a two-year contract from AT&amp;T, Verizon, or Sprint.<\/li>\n<li>The long-rumored (and handsome) two-toned design is indeed legitimate, as is the new iPhone\u2019s larger<strong> 4-inch Retina Display.<\/strong> And yes, that 16:9 display runs at 1136 x 640 with five rows of icons. According to Schiller, it\u2019s \u201cthe most accurate display in the industry\u201d because the touch sensors are embedded in the display as well.<\/li>\n<li>As expected, Apple has also unveiled a brand new chipset for the iPhone 5:<strong> the A6<\/strong>, which Schiller says is a full two times faster than the A5 chip in the iPhone 4S<\/li>\n<li>The iPhone 4S\u2019s battery life wasn\u2019t anything to write home about, but the iPhone 5 seems equipped to do much better \u2014 8 hours of 3G talk time, as well as 8 hours of 3G and LTE web browsing to be precise.<\/li>\n<li>The iPhone\u2019s audio system has been bolstered with a smaller (but improved speaker). There are also now three microphones in the mix: one on the front, one on the back, and another on the bottom.<\/li>\n<li>That oft-rumored miniature Dock Connector is real: it\u2019s all-digital, has eight pins and it\u2019s called \u201cLightning.\u201d Yes, there\u2019s an adapter for it, but no word yet on exactly what it will cost you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Connectivity<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s hardly a surprise at this point, but the iPhone 5 packs support for Sprint, Verizon, and AT&amp;T\u2019s <strong>LTE networks<\/strong> here in the States. What\u2019s really impressive is that combined that LTE support with 2.4GHz and 5GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi onto a single<a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2012\/09\/12\/the-iphone-5-comes-with-ultra-fast-wireless-lte-around-the-world-and-802-11n-dual-channel-wi-fi\/\"> \u201cultra fast\u201d chip.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Despite what a handful of leaks pointed to in the weeks leading up to the event, there\u2019s been no mention of an integrated NFC chip yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/i5camera.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[648926] noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/i5camera.jpg?w=640&amp;h=426\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Camera<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Smartphone cameras are really starting to give their point-and-shoot brethren a run for their money (think Nokia\u2019s PureView and HTC\u2019s ImageSense tech), but instead of running up the megapixel count, Apple has stuck with an <strong>8-megapixel camera<\/strong>. That said, the backside-illuminated sensor is smaller, and features much better low-light performance (finally!).<\/li>\n<li>App developers may be bummed to know that the camera now also has a built-in panorama mode. The revamped camera also supports 1080p video capture, and users can now snap photos while recording video at the same time. I wonder how HTC feels about that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; And just like that, months and months of breathless speculation have finally come to an end. Apple\u2019s Phil Schiller has just officially announced the new iPhone 5 at the company\u2019s massive press event here in San Francisco, less than a year since its predecessor was unveiled. Some of the news won\u2019t come as much of a shock considering the sheer volume of rumors and leaks lately (even Apple let some details slip earlier today) \u2014 I\u2019m going to resist the temptation to pontificate on every new feature as it\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/12\/the-iphone-5-apple-finally-reveals-for-your-is-only\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}