Apple iPhone 5S & iPhone 5C

Apple unveiled two new iPhones last night for the first time, including the flagship iPhone 5S and a colourful model iPhone 5C that is made of plastic. Both models will feature the new operating system, iOS7.



The cheaper iPhone 5C comes with candy colour of blue, green, red, yellow and white while there is a gold iPhone 5S in addition to the silver and space grey versions. The Home button of iPhone 5S is now made of sapphire crystal instead of just glass and equipped with Touch ID. It features a 500ppi resolution capacitive fingerprint sensor that recognizes an individual’s finger as it touches the Home button to unlock the iPhone.

iPhone 5C, on the other hand, is just an iPhone 5 in plastic. That's why iPhone 5 is retired and only iPhone 4S, iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S are available. iPhone 5C is intended for first-time smartphone buyers and developing countries such as China. However, the problem is that the iPhone 5C is still not so cheap if compared to other smartphones.

Let's take a glance at the spec of iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C:

Category	iPhone 5S	iPhone 5C
Processor	A7 chip (64 bit), M7 motion coprocessor	A6 chip
Dimension	Height: 123.8 mm Width: 58.6 mm Depth: 7.6 mm	Height: 124.4 mm Width: 59.2 mm Depth: 8.97 mm
Weight	112 g	132 g
Display	4-inch Retina display
Resolution	1136 * 640
Cellular & Wireless	GSM model: GSM/EDGE UMTS/HSPA+ DC-HSDPA CDMA model: CDMA EV-DO Rev. A & Rev. B LTE Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n; 802.11n on 2.4GHz and 5GHz) Bluetooth 4.0 GPS and GLONASS
SIM Card	Nano SIM
Back Camera	8 MP with 1.5µ pixels	8 MP
Front Camera	1.2MP photos (1280 by 960) 720p HD video recording               New backside illumination sensor
Video Recording	1080p HD video recording 30 fps True Tone flash Slo-mo video Improved video stabilization Take still photos while recording video Tap to focus Face detection 3x zoom Video geotagging	1080p HD video recording 30 fps LED flash - Video stabilization Take still photos while recording video Tap to focus Face detection 3x zoom Video geotagging
Headphones	Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic Storage and travel case
Connector	Lightning
Talk Time	Talk time: Up to 10 hours on 3G Browsing time: Up to 10 hours on LTE Up to 8 hours on 3G Up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi Standby time: Up to 250 hours
Price	16GB USD 720 32GB USD 823 64GB USD 926	16GB USD 604 32GB USD 720

iPhone 5S will be available starting 20th September in a number of countries including US, Australia, Canada, China, and Singapore.  According to Apple, iPhone 5S will be available in 100 countries from December 2013 which should include Malaysia. iPhone 5C is open for pre-order starting 13th September and it should be available about the same time as the iPhone 5S.

Apple iPhone 5

Apple has officially launched its iPhone 5 a few hours ago. The new features are exactly same as the rumours spreaded around the Internet earlier. It comes with bigger screen, thinner and lighter body, different types of connector, new processor and LTE network.

The back of iPhone 5 is now made from aluminum and the lens of back camera is made of sapphire crystal. This provides the solid feel, better durability and reliability. The thinner iPhone 5 has also changed to lightning connector and nano SIM. For the headphones, they are changed to earpods which are claimed to be more comfortable, durable & stable. Let's take a look at the comparison between iPhone 5 and its predecessor iPhone 4S.

No	Category	iPhone 5	iPhone 4S
1	Processor	A6 chip	A5 chip
2	Dimension	Height: 123.8 mm Width: 58.6 mm Depth: 7.6 mm	Height: 115.2 mm Width: 58.6 mm Depth: 9.3 mm
3	Weight	112 g	140 g
4	Display	4-inch Retina display	3.5-inch Retina display
5	Resolution	1136 * 640	960 * 640
6	Cellular & Wireless	GSM model: GSM/EDGE UMTS/HSPA+ DC-HSDPA CDMA model: CDMA EV-DO Rev. A & Rev. B LTE3 Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n; 802.11n on 2.4GHz and 5GHz) Bluetooth 4.0 GPS and GLONASS	GSM/EDGE UMTS/HSPA - CDMA EV-DO Rev. A2 - Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n; 802.11n on 2.4GHz) Bluetooth 4.0 GPS and GLONASS
7	SIM Card	Nano SIM (44% smaller than micro SIM)	Micro SIM
8	Back Camera	8 MP	8 MP
9	Front Camera	1.2MP photos 720p HD video Backside illumination sensor	VGA-resolution photos VGA-resolution video
10	Video Recording	1080p HD video recording 30 fps Tap to focus while recording LED light Improved video stabilization Take still photos while recording video Face detection	1080p HD video recording 30 fps Tap to focus while recording LED light Video stabilization - -
11	Headphones	Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic Storage and travel case	Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
12	Connector	Lightning	30-pin
13	Talk Time	Talk time: Up to 8 hours on 3G Browsing time: Up to 8 hours on LTE Up to 8 hours on 3G Up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi Standby time: Up to 225 hours	Talk time: Up to 8 hours on 3G Browsing time: - Up to 6 hours on 3G Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi Standby time: Up to 200 hours
14	Price	16GB RM2199 (Estimation) 32GB RM2499 (Estimation) 64GB RM2799 (Estimation)	16GB RM1799