Apple on Wednesday took the wraps off the iPhone 5, the thinnest-ever version of a smartphone that yields the majority of its profit and helped it become the world's most valuable corporation.
The latest iPhone comes as Apple tries to fend offcompetition that has reached fever-pitch. The iPhone 5 sports a larger 4-inch retina display, ability to surf a high-speed 4G LTE network, and is 20 percent lighter than the previous iPhone 4S.
Here are the top 10 features of the sixth generation of Apple's iPhone, called the iPhone 5:
1. The phone has a 4-inch Retina display with a resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels at 326 ppi.
2. The iPhone 5 weighs 112g, and is 20 per cent lighter than the iPhone 4S.
3. At 7.6 mm, the iPhone 5 is 18 per cent thinner than its predecessor.
4. Apple iPhone 5 runs iOS 6. iOS 6 software will be available on Wednesday, September 19 as a free software update.
5. The iPhone 5 comes with an 8 megapixel (3264x2448) camera. The lens is the same as the 4S, but thinner. The Apple iPhone5 comes with 4GLTE.
6. The iPhone 5 is made entirely of glass and aluminum said Tim Cook, CEO, Apple, at the iPhone 5 launch event, adding You see we're able to add a 5th row of icons.
7. Apple iPhone5 boasts of 40 per cent faster image capture than the iPhone 4S.
8. It is powered by the A6 chip - 2X faster CPU, 2X faster graphics, 22 per cent smaller.
9. Apple iPhone 5 gets panorama mode. Resultantimages are 28 megapixels huge. Apple iPhone 5 lets users take photos while recoding video.
10. Apple iPhone 5 gets a new connector - Lightning. It has all digital, 8-signal design, and is 80 per cent smaller than its predecessor.
Apple's iPhone 5 will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the UK on Friday, September 21, and customers can pre-order their iPhone 5 beginning Friday, September 14.
The iPhone 5 will roll out worldwide to 22 more countries on September 28, including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Now, iPhone 4S will also be available for just $99 (US) and iPhone 4 will be available for free with atwo-year contract.
Price:
Just like the iPhone 4S when it first launched, the iPhone 5 will cost $199 for a 16GB version of the phone, $299 for a 32GB version and $399 for a 64GB version. Those prices all apply to users purchasing phones together with a two-year contract with one of the iPhone's three U.S. carriers (ATnT, Sprint and Verizon).
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