It finally went down today at Cupertino when Apple’s Tim Cook, unveiled two iPhones at one event – the iPhone 5S and the 5S. Together these models will replace the iPhone 5 in Apple’s lineup.
Well I wasn’t there 🙂 but here are videos about the two phones.
First the iPhone 5S
The phone includes Apple’s new A7 64-bit chip, and Apple describes the 5S as the “world’s first and only smartphone” with a 64-bit chip. Phil Schiller, the company’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, described the device’s CPU and graphics as twice as fast in speed as the iPhone 5. The chip also packs a series of other performance and graphics enhancements. In addition to the A7, the phone includes the M7 motion coprocessor. The M7 “continuously measures motion data,” and includes the phone’s accelerometer, gyroscope and compass.
The 5S will ship with the newest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 7. This latest iOS is notable for its abandonment of the company’s traditional “skeumorphic” design, which often utilized digital illustrations of real-life objects. The new operating system relies on a brand new “flat” user interface, giving the iPhone its first major visual overhaul since the device launched in 2007. The software has been re-engineered for the iPhone 5S’s 64-bit processor.
The device will come in three colors: silver, gold and a “new space gray.”
The camera on the 5S is an improvement over the iPhone 5 as well. It includes a new Apple-designed lens and has a “15% larger active sensor area.” The flash on the new phone has two LEDs which work together to improve photographic color balance. iOS 7 has been designed with multiple enhancements to take advantage of the improved optical system. As if that weren’t enough, the iPhone 5S can shoot 120 fps slow-motion video!
The iPhone 5C
The lower-cost iPhone 5C will be available in five colours — green, blue, yellow, pink and white. It has a 4-inch Retina display and is powered by Apple’s A6 chip. It also has an 8 megapixel camera, live photo filters and a rear cover that lights up.
The iPhone 5C will cost $99 for a 16 gigabyte model and $199 for a 32 gigabyte model with a two-year wireless contract in the U.S. Canadian pricing with a contract is not yet available but without a contract the phone starts at $599.
The phone is expected to help Apple boost sales in China and other areas where people don’t have as much money to spend on new gadgets as they do in the U.S. and Europe.
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