IPhone 5

The iPhone 5 is a touchscreen slate smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the sixth generation iPhone and successor to the iPhone 4S. The iPhone 5 was unveiled at Apple's iPhone 5 event on September 12, 2012 by Tim Cook (Apple CEO) in Apple's Headquarters (Cupertino, California).

Its features primarily consist of a new faster 1.3 Ghz Dual-core A6 Chip, a HD front-facing camera and a rear-facing camera with panorama mode. For US customers, it will be available for AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint. Canadian customers can get the iPhone 5 from Bell and other major carriers.

Features
The new features of the iPhone 5 are mainly internal and external changes regarding speed and new features including panorama mode. The upgrades were mainly hardware and the few software updates were not excessive unlock the iPhone 4S.

The iPhone 5 retains the shape of its predecessor, the iPhone 4S but is now taller. iPhone 5 comes in two flavors each with two colors. The previously white model has been renamed the White and Silver model, and the previously black model has been renamed Black and Slate. The back and side are now made of aluminum (slate, silver), glass. The front facing camera is now HD. The rear camera has the same 8 megapixels but with better optics. It now has a taller but not wider 4 inch (10.6cm) screen unlike past iPhones with 3.5" displays. This makes the screen at a desired 16:9 aspect ratio.

Processor, memory and storage
The iPhone 5 has a 1.3 GHz dual-core A6 processor that has better energy consumption, compared to the dual-core A5 processor used in the iPhone 4S. It has 1GB of RAM, the same as The New iPad 3. This makes the iPhone 5 twice as fast as its predecessor, scoring 1645 on geek benchmarks, faster than the iPhone 4s (653) and even The New iPad 3 (824)

Camera
The camera on the iPhone 5 is capable of shooting 8MP stills, up to 240º panoramic shots and record up to full 1080p HD at 30 frames per second with upgraded quality. The front facing camera has been upgraded from VGA quality to HD quality. You can also takes photos while video recording.