What's Up with the New iPhone 5?

In today's feature we will check out if the new iPhone 5 is the best iPhone yet. We will go around the specifications that Apple has added and improved over its predecessor, the iPhone 4S. So let's take a look shall we?

Based from the photo above, you will see that the iPhone 5's predecessors all have the similar round edged look  but without the silver outline of the original iPhone that's similar to the iPod Touch Generation. You will also notice that the iPhone 5 looks like a flattened version of the iPhone 4S that made the screen wider and the body thinner. What's better is that it only weighs a 112 grams compared to its Android counterpart, the Samsung Galaxy S3 which in turn weighs at 133 grams.

The iPhone 5 still inherits the other iPhones' fragile look which would make you buy a case as soon as you buy one, the back of the smartphone sports a new look with two glass strips on the top and bottom with an aluminum cover in the middle. The metal attracts dust though.

Some buttons and slots are still placed on their usual spots like the SIM card slot on the right which only supports the tiny "Nano SIM" cards which is a bit of a disappointment if you still want to use your current prepaid cards. The volume and mute keys are situated at the left side while the 3.5mm earphone jack has been moved to the base for easier pocketing. Lastly is the new "Lightning" as they call it, a smaller docking port in where you can jack in either way around.

The wider screen is now on 4 inches with 326 pixels-per-inch with great viewing angles, bright colors and excellent saturation. For the not too careful users out there, you may want to invest in a screen protector just in case.

The new and more powerful A6 chip now runs on dual cores that has speeds up to 1.3GHz and 2x faster GPUs compared to the previous A5 chip. You will feel the speed when using memory intensive apps like games which is a great improvement than the past version.

Unfortunately for the new iOS 6 which brings a lot of crashes, glitches and bugs especially the Maps App that I would not need to explain how bad it is, based from the negative feedback from users.

The usual 8-megapixel lens is also good on daylight shots but does not do too well on low-light environments like evening shots where the lens vibrates when you take a picture. Using flash is recommended to compensate for the graininess. A new feature is the panoramic view in where you can take landscape shots which is already being used in Android handsets like Samsung or HTC.

The earphones have also been improved to provide less leakiness.

Apple has announced that the rumored 4G LTE networks will soon be released in the UK which greatly improves download speeds. There's is no NFC support though.

So that's it. The new iPhone 5 is still the best version of iPhone out, YET. But still needs improvements like what the other iPhones still lack. Hopefully Apple will do something about it on their next releases of the iPhone. G'day!