Apple iPhone 5s review: Step by step

27 September 2013
It’s that time of year again and Apple’s in the usual record-breaking mood at the box-office. This is an S year in the Cupertino calendar but different enough – it may be that two phones instead of one account for almost...

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  • NonyAsip
  • 0Bs
  • 11 Dec 2013

I don't know what grudge the GSMArena people have with Apple. Its laughable every time they ask for more screen resolution. Really I can't understand what they are up to.
The current screen resolution is very fine but let's assume for GSMArena sake Apple increases the resolution but what 'd be the trade off. Fragmentation. Another screen size for developers.
Another grudging argument that Apple is charging more and delivering less.
I only can laugh on this absurd view. I think they need to read Adam Smith(Economist). They 'd understand the very concepts of free economy. Their argument is like why Gucci or Versace or Lamborghini charges more. Apple can sell ship load of iDevices(how many they can make) at this exorbitant price clearly nullifies their argument. It's the market who decide the price. If Apple couldn't sell at these prices than definitely they'll revise their price structure. But just put yourself in the shoes of Apple. Why'd you lower the price when every year you can set a new record of sales. Business and Charity are entirely two different things but most people don't understand this.

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    • apple lover
    • w9L
    • 07 Dec 2013

    wow 5s is just awesome,the screen should be 4inches for a mobile pone,,or its ok if its 4.3,,bt iphone 5s is just the dream phone for many.way to go apple

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      • qadir
      • KSu
      • 27 Nov 2013

      AnonD-58556, 24 Oct 2013iphone is a joke phone, I've seen 4 years old phone do thin... morei agree with you

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        • Anonymous
        • 0U4
        • 24 Nov 2013

        AnonD-58556, 24 Oct 2013iphone is a joke phone, I've seen 4 years old phone do thin... moreAgree, my former phone (a Nokia E72) can do even now a lot of things that no iPhone has ever been able to do, like properly multitask, copy/paste files and folders, connect via Bluetooth to almost anything, work for 4 days without charging the battery etc. etc.
        Even a featurephone has a file manager and iOS-like multitasking without costing much more than anything else on the market. And if GSMArena calls Ashas featurephones, why call pre-iOS 7 iPhones smartphones?

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          • Anonymous
          • 0U4
          • 24 Nov 2013

          AnonD-88993, 17 Nov 2013Hi I'm confused between iPhone 5s and blackberry z30 which ... moreThe BlackBerry Y30 is better overall.

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            • Anonymous
            • niy
            • 17 Nov 2013

            "The other WP phones are not nearly as interesting, but they don't have that camera hump either, which is 1020's biggest downside."

            Actually, if you compare every relevant spec, Lumia 925 is better than the 1020.

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              • AnonD-88993
              • Hkq
              • 17 Nov 2013

              Hi I'm confused between iPhone 5s and blackberry z30 which will be a grt buy ???

              which phone is useful in real life which is productive in features???

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                • AnonD-205988
                • 3Yf
                • 13 Nov 2013

                not worth to upgrade!!!! ( iphone 5)

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                  • AnonD-1034
                  • t7J
                  • 03 Nov 2013

                  And in addition,the camera of iphone is really really crap!
                  On the phone its nice to see,but when you see it in computer(which is standard)
                  You will see the big difference..its all crap!
                  Super bad quality! And it also reveal its true quality when you print it...
                  My W995 was 10x better than this

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                    • wait
                    • MjE
                    • 29 Oct 2013

                    AnonD-61611, 24 Oct 2013For iphone lovers iPhone 5S: 4in 1136x640, 326ppi Retina d... moreYou assume that people want screens larger than 4"?
                    That people want resolutions greater than 300 ppi?

                    Lots of people would actually prefer a phone that fits nicely in your pocket, and any resolution greater than 300 ppi is pointless (haha, get it?). The human eye cannot see the difference.

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                      • naeem khan
                      • 9Bc
                      • 25 Oct 2013

                      nice future........

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                        • AnonD-61611
                        • Xua
                        • 24 Oct 2013

                        For iphone lovers
                        iPhone 5S: 4in 1136x640, 326ppi Retina display
                        Samsung Galaxy S4: 5in full HD super Amoled 1920x1080 display, 441ppi
                        My sister is using iphone 5s & myself user of galaxy s4..I compare both phones belive me guys s4 beat 5s in all dept..iam also huge fan of apple bt they nt producing good phones iam mean in size hardware camera...samsung sony lg far ahead in race & nw nokia also started to rising again wid there new lumia phablet. .apple if u want to jump on top u hav to improve ur devices & 1 more things apple devices only hits in us & china marketbt devices like samsung lg sony selling allbover d world...

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                          • AnonD-61611
                          • Xua
                          • 24 Oct 2013

                          For iphone lovers
                          iPhone 5S: 4in 1136x640, 326ppi Retina display
                          Samsung Galaxy S4: 5in full HD super Amoled 1920x1080 display, 441ppi
                          My sister is using iphone 5s & myself user of galaxy s4..I compare both phones belive me guys s4 beat 5s in all dept..iam also huge fan of apple bt they nt producing good phones iam mean in size hardware camera...samsung sony lg far ahead in race & nw nokia also started to rising again wid thrre new

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                            • AnonD-58556
                            • jI9
                            • 24 Oct 2013

                            AnonD-165511, 22 Oct 2013"The iPhone 5s is an amazing phone within its own nich... moreiphone is a joke phone, I've seen 4 years old phone do things iphones cant, example is connecting the phone to a computer and copying and pasting files. Cant browse the iphone's folders lol,battery is not user replaceable, memory not swappable or expandable, no third-party software, cannot download content for offline playback except through iTunes and a lot more. We are about to be in 2014 come on!!!

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                              • mvx
                              • 22 Oct 2013

                              "The iPhone 5s is an amazing phone within its own niche. The funny thing is that niche is only getting bigger - regardless of the fact that Apple keeps on falling behind Android flagships in the specs race and iOS hasn't been able to match the feature set of the Google platform for a while now."

                              I'm using Galaxy S4 as well as iphone5. But reading the above text made me pretty sad that you guys dont take the time to learn more about the products, have you done any testing on 5S? it beats the S4 or even note3 pretty hard. So how can it be far behind? sure its not octa core but it does what its suppose to very very well. Take the OS, on my S4 i have 9gig free out of 16gig, on iphone the OS takes less than 4gig! Also still up to day i do think iOS is far smoother. Sure its not as advance but its not the idea behind iOS neither. Only think i agree is that screen size which sucks, i need atleast 4.5'.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • tT@
                                • 21 Oct 2013

                                written by some Anti apple guy coz
                                since the first iphone until now they are talking about no card slots and no usb cables and smaller display size everyone knows it and everyone has choices about their mobile device sizes and no one watches videos all the time on the bigger display of note 3 and carrying it all the day onto your jeans ?
                                i have used samsung and apple phones and i would say every application on apple was smoother and every game was fantastic even if it is a iphone 4s , certainly because of apple has great os and samsung has doesnt thats why iphone 5s still beats note 3 or galaxy s4 in benchmarks (even if samsung is doping with all these benchmarks and makes fool).
                                after buying apple product and samsung or any android product after 1 year u can tell which is the best
                                and lastly about price, apple never compromises customer satisfaction. And with any minor error they will replace your phone and gives a whole new piece and no other company does it thats why the product worth it(i had issues with S2 and nexus 7 and iphone 5)

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                                  • nTS
                                  • 18 Oct 2013

                                  The iPhone 5s slow motion video might not be true 720p, experiment against the Note 3 shows.

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                                    • Chupacabra
                                    • kQx
                                    • 17 Oct 2013

                                    Is the delay of the iPhone 5s so that Apple can fix the flawed A7 that causes blue screen of death crashes?

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                                      • Seriously?
                                      • MVg
                                      • 16 Oct 2013

                                      Really?, 28 Sep 2013So to summarise: 1. Apple has created synthetic test mo... moreOozes quality in your hand. Step down of that high horse of yours buddy, your iPhone is a toy compared with Vertu. You ever heard of Vertu? Or It's consierge servive? You think your iPhone oozes quality? Get real.

                                      Evidently, The Vertu Ti is Android.

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                                        • vinu
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                                        • 14 Oct 2013

                                        nice wait for get