Apple’s iPhone 5 Event
Posted By Scott ~ 12th September 2012
Apple much anticipated iPhone 5 announcement came today! The thinnest and lightest iPhone ever was completely redesigned and features the following:
- A four inch Retina display
- An Apple-designed A6 chip with improved performance
- Faster wireless technology with increased battery life
- Anodized aluminum shell that is 18 percent thinner and 20 percent lighter than iPhone 4S
With the iPhone 5 comes iOS 6 which boasts over 200 new features including:
- An all new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography and turn-by-turn navigation
- Facebook integration
- Passbook organization for payment, tickets
- Siri integration with Maps
- Panorama functionality in the Camera app
“iPhone 5 is the most beautiful consumer device that we’ve ever created,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “We’ve packed an amazing amount of innovation and advanced technology into a thin and light, jewel-like device with a stunning 4-inch Retina display, blazing fast A6 chip, ultrafast wireless, even longer battery life; and we think customers are going to love it.”
I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these to try it out for myself!