Apple iPhone 5 Review: CPU, GPU, Battery, Wi-Fi, And Display Testing

[witcherx]

can it play crysis?

 

[sundragon]

[citation][nom]halcyon[/nom]That weak-@$$ soft alumiinum body should be tested too. That's a particularly sore spot for me. So much for Apple's nice build quality that the iPhone 4 had. "Handle with care." Everyone is not me so everyone doesn't handle their belongings with care.[/citation]

LOL, you think plastic is better than aluminum? Complain about the glass, yes but aluminum my dent but it won't shatter like plastic - I don't give a sh*t if my phone is dented - it's a utility device - I would rather have it work with a dent than have to replace it...

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]sundragon[/nom]LOL, you think plastic is better than aluminum? Complain about the glass, yes but aluminum my dent but it won't shatter like plastic - I don't give a sh*t if my phone is dented - it's a utility device - I would rather have it work with a dent than have to replace it...[/citation]

Good plastics usually don't shatter easily unless you do something much more than drop the phone, IE drop from very high distance or throw it down or worse. Regardless, most people care about the phone looking dented and/or missing paint. I'm not very particular about it, but I'm not really representative of the majority. I think that simply using harder aluminum or a different metal would be a good go-between if the paint issue could also be fixed.One concept that I've grown to like is a rubberized layer instead of just paint. Some of my devices have it and I like the look. For example, my Samsung Transform's whole backside is rubberized. It doesn't flake nor dent and it's not easily scratched (scratches are also generally very difficult to see unless you're specifically looking for them).

 

[willyroc]

Fucking apple always changing their fucking adapters and SIM-card sizes.

 

[psiboy]

Would love to see the Lumia 920 added to this article when you get one...

 

[Guest]

Where are the tests with the S3 quad-core for us european readers? Game performance is the only thing that would swing my buying decision. Nothing in Google either.. All in all a bit disappointed with your review, your 'comprehensive' article fails to test the best of the competition.

 

[alexthager]

[citation][nom]cinergy[/nom]I love how you ignore Lumia 920 totally in your reviews.[/citation]

Despite the advertising, it's not a popular phone yet. Since the S3 dethroned the 4S, it's the perfect competitor.

 

[dmojica2000]

I'm wondering if jellybean was used for this testing?

 

[TEAMSWITCHER]

[citation]No...the iPhone 5 is not the best ...[/citation]

I just got my new smartphone and after considering all the major players thought the iPhone 5 was the best - to each his own. The whole grid-of-icons complaint is near pointless. The quality of the apps are far more important than how you launch them. And for the Maps thing - I had to use Apple's new turn-by-turn directions to get somewhere in Atlanta, Georgia (I'm from Michigan) it worked perfectly.

Your mileage may vary, but so far, I love the iPhone 5. It's a damn nice smartphone.

 

[nikrusty]

[citation][nom]g-unit1111[/nom]Why can't everyone - Apple included - agree on a standardized power adapter like mini USB?? It would make not only our lives easier but the manufacturers who make these accessories able to have one device and on cord that works with everything.[/citation]

Because they are apple and like to control shit unnecessarily. Well I guess necessary for themselves of course!

 

[Guest]

What Iphone 5 are you using? I wonder beacuse it's a different clock on 16GB 1300MHz and 32/64GB 1200 MHz so is the 16GB faster and better then the others? There's also a lamp on the camera on 16GB but not on 32/64GB, why the difference?

 

[Guest]

Why write a long review when you can sum up this phone with one word?

That word is: FAIL

 

[Guest]

what about the HTC DNA? its the most powerful phone of 2012

 

[Guest]

to all those whining about Lightning vs. micro-USB: It’s about the connector, stupid.

Quite simply, micro-USB connectors are not really designed (or built) for more than several hundred insertion/removal cycles throughout their ENTIRE life. This is perfectly fine for a hard drive or other peripheral interface, but for something like charging the phone? Idiotic! Especially given how quick most Android phones are to drain their batteries - at the very least you’ll plug the micro-USB cable into that plug once a day… perhaps more. Now, check out any phone using micro-USB after it’s seen a year or so of use… more often than not, the owner will complain of a wiggly connector with intermittent reliability for charging - a situation that rapidly deteriorates (but until it fails, you’ll hear of all kinds of voodoo-like fixes - situating the phone/cord/charger ‘just so’ and other kludgy workarounds).

Now, please take a look at the lightening connector on the iPhone (or iPad mini, or iPad 4). Notice how the metal of the cable connector mates confidently with the port on the iDevice… and more importantly, notice how the metal housing of the connector is integrated with the metal structural frame of the phone - no plastic-ey housing around a port soldered onto the logic board, just waiting to come loose! The more advanced technology of the lightening cable/connector is just bonus, really - the killer feature is the robustness of the connection/housing!

 

[Guest]

Hands on review Apple iPhone 5C and full specification

Apple has recently launched the most awaited iPhone 5c this September. This is the latest product by Apple Corporation. This looks like the modified form of iPhone5. Now I’ll discuss about the review of the <a href="http://hightechbd.com/hands-on-review-apple-iphone-5c-and-full-specification/">latest iPhone 5c.</a>

 

[Someone Somewhere]

to all those whining about Lightning vs. micro-USB: It’s about the connector, stupid.

Quite simply, micro-USB connectors are not really designed (or built) for more than several hundred insertion/removal cycles throughout their ENTIRE life. This is perfectly fine for a hard drive or other peripheral interface, but for something like charging the phone? Idiotic! Especially given how quick most Android phones are to drain their batteries - at the very least you’ll plug the micro-USB cable into that plug once a day… perhaps more. Now, check out any phone using micro-USB after it’s seen a year or so of use… more often than not, the owner will complain of a wiggly connector with intermittent reliability for charging - a situation that rapidly deteriorates (but until it fails, you’ll hear of all kinds of voodoo-like fixes - situating the phone/cord/charger ‘just so’ and other kludgy workarounds).

Now, please take a look at the lightening connector on the iPhone (or iPad mini, or iPad 4). Notice how the metal of the cable connector mates confidently with the port on the iDevice… and more importantly, notice how the metal housing of the connector is integrated with the metal structural frame of the phone - no plastic-ey housing around a port soldered onto the logic board, just waiting to come loose! The more advanced technology of the lightening cable/connector is just bonus, really - the killer feature is the robustness of the connection/housing!

Really? My phone's had multiple plug/unplug cycles per day for the last two years (because I leave it on charge whenever I can; no point leaving it sitting on my desk a meter from the charger).

It's showing no signs of wear. Probably well over a thousand plug/unplug cycles. Same goes for multiple other devices in my household. In fact, the only phone connectors I've had trouble with are Nokia's old really thin plugs.

Also, µUSB is designed so that the holding mechanism (the bit that is most likely to break) is on the (cheap) cable, not the device. Something Apple has not done.

You may be mixing up the various USB standards. Probably USB B.