{"id":59711,"date":"2012-09-12T19:33:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T17:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=59711"},"modified":"2012-09-13T08:16:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T06:16:48","slug":"iphone-5-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/59711-iphone-5-unveiled.html","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 5 unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a> announced the latest addition to its popular iPhone range of smartphones at an event in San Francisco today.<\/p>\n

The iPhone 5 boasts a thinner profile than the iPhone 4S, and at 7.6mm thick Apple claimed that new device is 18% thinner than its predecessor.\u00a0At 112 grams is is also 20% lighter than the iPhone 4S.<\/p>\n

Apple’s iPhone 5 features a larger 4-inch display running at a resolution of 1136×640, changing the aspect ratio of the display to 16:9.<\/p>\n

Applications such as Keynote, Pages, Numbers, all take advantage of the new display, Apple said, adding that iPhoto, iMovie, and Garageband have been updated as well.<\/p>\n

Mobile broadband technologies such as HSPA+, DC-HSDPA, and LTE<\/a> have also been added.<\/p>\n

The device will run on a new processor from Apple called the A6, with Apple saying that its CPU is twice as fast as the iPhone 4S and also offers twice the graphical performance.<\/p>\n

Pages will launch 2.1x faster, you’ll be able to save images from photo app 1.7x faster, and load the music app with songs 1.9x faster, Apple said.<\/p>\n

\"iPhone<\/a>

iPhone 5<\/p><\/div>\n

Improved camera, microphone, new connector<\/h3>\n

Although Apple didn’t announce a camera with higher megapixels (8MP, 3264×2448) for the iPhone 5, they did announce a number of improvements to the device’s main camera.<\/p>\n

The new iPhone will include backside illumination, hybrid IR filter, five-element lens, f\/2.4 aperture, dynamic low-light mode, precision lens alignment, and a sapphire crystal lens cover.<\/p>\n

Apple said that the camera will include a feature called “smart filter” that will look at the image before the imaging signal processor does its noise reduction and determines which areas need uniform colour.<\/p>\n

Photo capture is 40% faster with the new processor, Apple said, and the iPhone 5 camera will also boast a panorama mode.<\/p>\n

According to Apple, much had changed since they first introduced the iPhone and it is time for a new connector.<\/p>\n

Dubbed “Lightning” (in contrast to the “Thunderbolt” connector on Apple PCs), it boasts an all digital, 8-signal design; adaptive interface; improved durability; and can be plugged in with either side facing up (reversible).<\/p>\n

\"iPhone<\/a>

iPhone 5<\/p><\/div>\n

Pricing and availability<\/h3>\n

The iPhone 5 will be available for the same price as the iPhone 4S was on contract: $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB, and $399 for the 64GB model.<\/p>\n

Pre-orders will open for the first phase of the launch on 14 September, with the device shipping on 21 September 2012.<\/p>\n

It will then ships to more countries on the 28th, and to 100 countries across 240 carriers by December 2012, Apple announced.<\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/a>

Apple iPhone 5 white<\/p><\/div>\n

Related articles<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Apple\u2019s big lie about the iPhone 5<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Apple is \u201cmore in a defensive role\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s hit-list on Samsung<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Samsung crisis: from fast follower to leading innovator<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Apple targets Galaxy S III and other devices<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Apple not finished with Samsung yet<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple has unveiled its highly anticipated iPhone 5 which is thinner, lighter and bigger than the iPhone 4S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":59707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[605,35,1125],"class_list":["post-59711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-apple","tag-headline","tag-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59713,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59711\/revisions\/59713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}