The iPhone 5 sports a 4-inch widescreen retina display, but the phone, held in portrait mode, is the same width.
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Iphone 4s coming in oct, will you buy one? [was "Iphone 5 coming in Sept"....}
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The iPhone 5 sports a 4-inch widescreen retina display, but the phone, held in portrait mode, is the same width.
Picture: EPA/CHRISTOPHER DERNBACH
The iPhone 5 is Apple's first smartphone capable of 4G, the super-fast mobile broadband technology that is due to begin in Britain within weeks. Earlier this week, mobile network EE announced plans to launch a 4G service imminently and the iPhone 5 is likely to be one of the handsets available to new customers. Britain's other mobile networks cannot begin offering their 4G services until next year, after an auction of extra radio spectrum.
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Instead of a glass back, the iPhone 5 back and sides are made from a single piece of aluminium.
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One change that will annoy many long-time customers is the removal of the dock connector that Apple has used in its devices since the 2003 iPod. The new connector is 80 per cent smaller but will not work with existing accessories... Picture: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
The smaller 'Lightning' connector means the iPhone 5 won't connect to any existing docks or accessories you may have. For those, Apple will sell you an adaptor at £25.
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Apple also demonstrated iOS 6, its latest mobile operating system. Upgrades to the software include voice navigation for driving, a feature already available on many Android smartphones, as well as Passbook for storing electronic boarding passes, sports tickets and gift cards. Picture: EPA/CHRISTOPHER DERNBACH
With the iPhone, Apple is shipping its new EarPods, designed after digitally scanning hundreds of ears
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The iPhone 5 ships on September 21 in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Britain. Apple predicts it will sell eight million iPhones in the fourth quarter of this year. Picture: REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach
The iPod touch gets the same increased screen size as the iPhone 5 and, for the first time, comes in a range of colours. The key market for the touch is children and teenagers who don't have a smartphone. There are plenty of adults who buy them too but Apple focuses the touch on maximum funness. The colours make sense in that context and the new iPod touch does look very nice. It has a better camera too and a new processor, which means it can run more powerful apps. Games, in particular, should benefit enormously from the upgrade. Picture: EPA/APPLE
The iPod nano has been redesigned yet again. Apple seems not to know what to do with this device, which has been large, small, rectangular and square. This year sees the demise of the old, square iPod nano and with it will go all those watch strap accessories that meant you could wear it on your wrist. Now the nano is rectangular again, with a larger touchscreen and seven different colours. Bluetooth is built-in for the first time, as is full support for Nike+, which will be a bonus for those who like to track their fitness progress. Picture: REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach
Apple's iPhone 5 bigger, faster but lacks "wow"
Wed, Sep 12 2012
By Poornima Gupta and Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:37am EDT
(Reuters) - Apple Inc's new iPhone goes on sale on Friday with a bigger screen and 4G wireless technology, as the company seeks to safeguard its edge over rivals like Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Google Inc.
The iPhone 5 fulfilled many of the expectations laid out by gadget geeks and technology analysts ahead of its Wednesday unveiling but offered few surprises to give Apple shares -- already near record highs -- another major kick.
"There is not a wow factor because everything you saw today is evolutionary. I do think they did enough to satisfy," said Michael Yoshikami, chief executive of wealth management company Destination Wealth Management.
Other industry analysts speculated about what else was in Apple's product pipeline ahead of the crucial year-end holiday season, especially since the company stayed mum about an oft-rumored TV device or a smaller iPad.
The consumer electronics giant that in 2010 popularized tablet computing with the iPad has given no hints on whether it plans a smaller version to match cheaper tablets from the likes of Google or Amazon.com Inc.
"We would really like to see the iPad Mini in the product offering for the all-important holiday quarter. They still have time," said Channing Smith, co-manager of the Capital Advisors Growth Fund. "As soon as we see that, we will have more conviction about the stock heading into the final quarter."
Apple shares ended the day up 1.4 percent at $669.79.
The latest iPhone comes as Apple faces competition beyond current key competitors Samsung and Google. Late entrant Microsoft Corp is now trying to push its Windows Phone 8 operating system as an alternative to Apple and Android, the most-used smartphone operating system in the world.
Analysts have forecast sales of 10 million to 12 million of the new iPhones in this month alone. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook kicked off the event in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center but it was marketing chief Phil Schiller who introduced the iPhone 5 and took the audience through the new phone's features.
The iPhone 5 sports a 4-inch "retina" display, can surf a high-speed 4G LTE wireless network, and is 20 percent lighter than the previous iPhone 4S.
CEDING A LEAD
It ships September 21 in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and Britain. It will hit 100 countries by year's end in the fastest international rollout for an iPhone so far.
The stakes are high with the iPhone, Apple's marque product, accounting for nearly half its revenue. The California company has sold more than 243 million iPhones since 2007, when the device ushered in the current applications ecosystem model.
But Samsung now leads the smartphone market with a 32.6 percent share followed by Apple with 17 percent, according to market research firm IDC. Both saw shipments rise compared to a year ago, with Samsung riding its flagship Galaxy S III phone.
Available for pre-order on Friday starting from $199 with a data plan, the iPhone 5 comes with Apple's newest "A6" processor, which executives said runs twice as fast as the previous generation. It will pack three microphones -- enhancing built-in voice assistant Siri -- and an 8 megapixel camera that can take panoramic views.
It will hitch a ride on the three largest U.S. carriers: Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc, and Sprint. One popular enhancement was improved battery endurance -- the iPhone 5 can support eight hours of 4G Web browsing, the company said.
While Apple played catch-up on many of the new phone's features -- Samsung and Google's Motorola already have larger and 4G-ready phones -- analysts say the device's attraction is the way its software and hardware work in tandem.
"Where they are pushing the envelope, and where they remain the one to beat, is on the experience those features bring to the consumer," said Carolina Milanesi, Gartner Research analyst. "While other vendors continue to focus just on the hardware -- delivering the speeds and feeds and bigger batteries -- Apple focuses on pulling the operating system, the hardware and what you can consume on the hardware."
FOO FIGHTERS ROCK
Cook began the event by giving updated metrics on the company's products and then quickly gave up the stage for Schiller to introduce the iPhone 5.
The team then moved on to a new lineup of iPods, a redesigned iTunes store and ended with a surprise performance by rock band Foo Fighters. Apple executives in the front row could be seen rocking their heads to "Times Like These" and other hits.
For the iPhone 5, Apple has done away with the connectors used on previous devices and replaced them with a smaller and more efficient "Lightning" connector.
With the iPhone, it is shipping new "EarPods" audiophones, designed after digitally scanning hundreds of ears. Shares in Skullcandy, which specializes in stylized earphones, fell 4.5 percent on Wednesday.
Beyond hardware, Apple telegraphed many of the software changes to expect in iPhone 5 when it debuted iOS 6, its latest mobile operating system, in June.
Upgrades to the software include voice navigation for driving, a feature already available on many Android smartphones, as well as "Passbook" for storing electronic boarding passes, sports tickets and gift cards.
Siri has been improved. In an onstage demonstration, Siri was able to answer questions about the result of a recent pro football game and recite a list of movies playing around town, along with ratings.
Earlier, Cook told the audience that its apps store now has more than 700,000 on tap -- the industry's largest library.
"When you look at each of these, they are incredible industry-leading innovations by themselves. But what sets them apart, and what places Apple way out in front of the competition, is how they work so well together," Cook said toward the end of the two-hour presentation.
(Additional reporting by Jennifer Saba in New York, Alexei Oreskovic and Alistair Barr in San Francisco and Bill Rigby in Seattle; Writing by Edwin Chan; Editing by Leslie Gevirtz and Phil Berlowitz)
iPhone 5 may not work on all 4G LTE networks
By Ian Calcutt
13 September 2012
The iPhone 5 splashed down this week with support for 4G LTE fast mobile broadband data connections as one of its main new features, just ahead of planned launch of the UK’s first 4G network from EE (Everything Everywhere).
The iPhone 5 handsets will be compatible with most of the commonly used 4G LTE frequency bands but, crucially, they won’t yet work with all of them.
Apple got into regulatory trouble for touting this year’s iPad as 4G compatible and then marketing it in territories such as Australia where it wouldn’t work on local 4G networks.
The company has been better prepared with the iPhone 5 and carefully explains what the different hardware variations of the handset are capable of in terms of LTE reception.
On the iPhone 5’s tech specs page next to Cellular and Wireless, Apple currently lists three variations: the A1428 is a GSM model, while A1429 is available as a GSM or CDMA version. The first is also compatible with LTE bands 4 and 17, while the others cover LTE bands 1, 3, 5, 13 and 25.
Buried down the bottom of the page is a link to this handy page, which explains in more plain English what works where.
The Next Web has pored over these details. The good news is that between them, the iPhone 5 models support a number of LTE networks in the USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, the UK, Australia, Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The bad news is that LTE support in the next set countries due to get the iPhone 5 from the end of September is patchy at best. They include most of western Europe.
By Ian Calcutt
13 September 2012
The iPhone 5 splashed down this week with support for 4G LTE fast mobile broadband data connections as one of its main new features, just ahead of planned launch of the UK’s first 4G network from EE (Everything Everywhere).
The iPhone 5 handsets will be compatible with most of the commonly used 4G LTE frequency bands but, crucially, they won’t yet work with all of them.
Apple got into regulatory trouble for touting this year’s iPad as 4G compatible and then marketing it in territories such as Australia where it wouldn’t work on local 4G networks.
The company has been better prepared with the iPhone 5 and carefully explains what the different hardware variations of the handset are capable of in terms of LTE reception.
On the iPhone 5’s tech specs page next to Cellular and Wireless, Apple currently lists three variations: the A1428 is a GSM model, while A1429 is available as a GSM or CDMA version. The first is also compatible with LTE bands 4 and 17, while the others cover LTE bands 1, 3, 5, 13 and 25.
Buried down the bottom of the page is a link to this handy page, which explains in more plain English what works where.
The Next Web has pored over these details. The good news is that between them, the iPhone 5 models support a number of LTE networks in the USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, the UK, Australia, Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The bad news is that LTE support in the next set countries due to get the iPhone 5 from the end of September is patchy at best. They include most of western Europe.
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