Apple iPhone 5 32GB

Overview

Excuding Excellence in Every Step

By Natasha

Apple has its name and fame all over the world. The iPhone 5 is the another flagship device launched by the company. It is a slim and stylish phone which was announced in September, 2012. Let's check out this device in detail.

Design and Display

The device is well designed and its metallic look grabs the attention of masses almost everywhere. The iPhone 5 comes with a height of 123.8mm, width of 58.6mm and a thickness of 7.6mm as its dimensions along with a weight of 112grams. The smartphone flaunts a LED backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen of 4.0-inches which delivers an excellent resolution of 1136x640 pixels with 326ppi of pixel density. The display has the oleo-phobic coating and is protected by the corning gorilla glass.

User Interface and Comfort to use

The iPhone 5 runs on the iOS 6 which can be upgraded to iOS 7.1.1 operating system. Powering the device is a Dual-core, 1.3GHz Swift (ARM v7-based) processor with a Apple A6 chip-set and Power VR SGX 543MP3 (triple-core graphics) GPU. It has a DDR2 RAM of 1GB and an internal memory of 32GB.

Telephony and Messaging

The iPhone5 supports 2G (GSM 850/900/1800/1900- GSM A1428 & CDMA 800/1900/2100- CDMA A1429), 3G (HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100- GSM A1428 & CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - CDMA A1429) and 4G (LTE 700 MHz Class 17/1700/2100- GSM A1428, LTE 850/1800/2100- GSM A1429 & LTE 700/850/1800/1900/2100- CDMA A1429) network frequencies. One can store an unlimited number of contacts to the phonebook. The iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email and Push Email are the messaging and email facilities available for the device.

Camera and Image Quality

The smartphone boasts a primary camera of 8MP which provides a photo resolution of 3264x2448 pixels. It is featured with LED flash, auto-focus, 1/3.2 sensor, simultaneous HD video and image recording, touch focus, Geo-tagging, face detection, panorama and HDR photo. The secondary camera has a 1.2MP count and is featured with face detection and Face time. The camera delivers pictures of good quality in the day as well as night time.

Multimedia

The phone scores well even in the multimedia department. It has a superior quality sound system with an easy to use interface. The sound is loud and clear with the twin loudspeakers and even better with the supplied headphones. The phone handles HD content, be it games or movies, effortlessly. One can record 1080p full HD videos on to the device.

Connectivity, Apps and Battery

The connectivity attributes of the iPhone 5 includes 3G, 4G, Bluetooth v4.0, Wi-Fi, GPRS, EDGE, and micro USB v2.0. It has A-GPS support in order to facilitate navigation. The smartphone comes pre-loaded with icloud cloud service, Twitter, Facebook, Calender, Maps, TV out, Document viewer, Organizer, iBooks PDF reader, Image viewer or editor, all for users comfort. It packs a non-removable Li-Po 1440 mAh battery which delivers a talk-time up to 8 hours and a stand-by time up to 225 hours on 2G as well as 3G network.

Shades

The iPhone 5 is available in two decent and classy shades: Silver/White and Black/Slate.

Price

The price of this phone is set around Rs.52,359 approx.