This week the iPhone 5 goes on sale. It will be next Friday, September 21, although in Spain we will have to wait another week, until September 28. Meanwhile, they talk about various sections of its technical profile, as well as the wrong commercial strategy for many that Apple has wielded with its new apple-phone, which at the European launch will have the highest price of the entire range. and 900 euros.
This fact, along with other points that have been the subject of controversy and criticism "" last week we reviewed five of them "", have served so that many have extracted from the iPhone 5 a certain aroma of disappointment. In spite of everything, to God what is God's and to Caesar what is Caesar's: the sixth generation of Apple phones also boasts some features that are worthy of praise. Today we review five of these benefits.
Design
Those from Cupertino can be criticized for many things, but it will rarely be for design reasons ”” although as we will see in another article, even this can be a matter of discussion. In the case of the iPhone, each of the six deliveries has been a reference for the elegant appearance of the terminal and the attractiveness of the materials used.
The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S were excellent devices at the design level, although perhaps not very functional: the use of glass in the case imposed a certain fragility in the face of shocks and accidents. That is why it has been such a good decision to bet on the same visual line in the iPhone 5, although opting this time for aluminum. The new colors are really nice, and it is also very thin and light.
Camera
While retaining the same resolution of eight megapixels, Apple continues to focus on fidelity capture with the camera of the iPhone 5. The idea is based on two points: first, the sensor is very bright, and the lenses are a excellent quality ”” based on sapphire crystal ””; secondly, improving the stabilizer, which especially appreciate when we go to shoot videos "" with a maximum resolution FullHD.
In addition, this time signing California has integrated a function that will allow us to make panoramic photos that, in practice, condense a canvas no less than 28 megapixels.
Bigger screen
Agree. It does not live up to the proposal, at least in size, wielded by other manufacturers, who make their high-end mobiles recognizable by betting on large-format panels. But something is something, and at least on this occasion, Apple has given its arm to twist and abandons the 3.5-inch standard for the new iPhone 5, making the screen grow to four inches. It also does so without losing an iota of its award-winning Retina quality, which is defined by a resolution that, in density, gives a result of 326 dots per inch. On this occasion, since the panel grows lengthwise, that is where pixels are added to yield a distribution of 1,136 x 640 pixels.
Wi-Fi connection improvements
The iPhone 5 has been criticized for the fact that the LTE sensor will not work in Spain "" not even now, that there is no commercial coverage, nor perhaps when this market opens in our country. However, in connectivity it includes a novelty that is very interesting for users who can access fiber connection points. And is that thanks to the presence of a sensor compatible with the dual-band 802.11n standard, the iPhone 5 could surf the Internet with download rates of up to 150 Mb / s. Yes, for thisWe will have to have, as we say, an access point that delivers that flow and be backed by a series of circumstances that make it possible to approach this speed.
More power, same autonomy
Although it seems that the iPhone 5 processor is still based on a dual-core architecture, the guys at Apple have managed to make this unit double the performance and speed results both in normal system routines and in graphical calculations, which will be especially interesting during web browsing and during days of use with especially powerful video games.
On the other hand, the size of the A6 chip is 22 percent smaller, also making it more efficient. This has resulted in battery consumption that has allowed the autonomy indexes not to fall, which are maintained compared to what was seen, according to official terms, in the previous generation: about eight hours of continuous use with the 3G sensor activated.
