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iPhone 5 review
TechRadar
is renowned for its detailed phone reviews where we look at every
aspect of a handset, and we'll be bringing you a full, in-depth iPhone 5
review when we get our hands on one.
So whether you're reading
our new iPhone 5 review or the more standard iPhone 5 review, you'll
know that you're getting a knowledgable and fair take on Apple's latest
device. If it's worth upgrading to we'll let you know, and we'll be
heavily comparing it to the best on the market... which just happen to
be from Apple's courtroom adversaries, HTC and Samsung.
iPhone 5 release date
Given the pattern of Apple's iPhone launches, we're expecting the new iPhone 5 release date to be mid to late 2012.
At Apple's WWDC 2012 event in early June we learnt a lot more about iOS 6, but there was no hardware (well, apart from new Macs). Check out the launch news as well as iOS 6: everything you need to know.
While
early reports pegged the new iPhone release date for October, landing
closely to last year's schedule, it seems we'll be seeing the phone in
September this year as Apple looks to take on Samsung's new phone sooner
rather than later, with multiple sources claiming we'll see Apple take to the stage on September 12, although claims we'll see it launch alongside the iPad Mini seem a bit outlandish.
iPhone 5 name
We reckon iPhone 5 is still the possible name of the new iPhone, but it could follow the new iPad and end up being called, simply, the new iPhone. We really hope not. One thing is for sure, Apple has already filed a complaint over the ownership of the iPhone5.com URL.
Apple is apparently testing two versions of the next iPhone, which are
known as "iPhone5,1" and "iPhone5,2" - so could handset number six for
Apple actually be called number five?
IPhone5 VS Iphone4
Interestingly,
someone who claimed to have seen a larger iPhone 5 prototype said in
2011 that Steve Jobs canned the new size and opted for the iPhone 4S. According to Business Insider, it was feared that a new size would create a two-tier iPhone ecosystem.
Beatweek also claimed in November 2011 that the 5-inch was scrapped "because Apple wouldn't be able to do it properly" this year. However, the Daily Mail
(make of that what you will) then suggested that a four-inch version
was likely and that Sony has already shipped top secret demo screens to
Apple.
Iphone5 Specification
We had expected some kind of help in terms of predicting the iPhone 5 CPU from the launch of the new iPad, but the announcement of a slightly tweaked A5X processor really didn't help things there.
According to a tip to 9to5Mac,
the CPU will be the S5L8950X. Again this could be a derivative of the
A5, but as 9to5Mac points out, Apple is probably working on a low-power
32nm version of the processor. As we could well have guessed, that
processor will be manufactured by Samsung but designed by Apple itself.
The same report suggests 1GB of RAM, which seems right to us.
Images
of a range of internal gubbins, all claiming to be parts of the iPhone
5, have made their way onto the internet - possibly revealing more about
Apple's sixth generation handset.
These are interesting for a
number of reasons: the battery size update is only 10mAh, which hints at
not much increase in processor power, nor screen size. However, it's
perfectly plausible Apple has managed to make a more efficient version
of its chipset ahead of a flagship phone launch.
The antennas
inside the motherboard are updated too, so once again signal performance
should be enhanced... and really does make it seem likely that we'll
see some sort of 4G support.
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