Display and Build:The iPhone 5 has a solid metal body and sticks to Apple’s industrial design common to the iPhone 5 and 5S. The phone is very thin at 7.6mm and is one of the lightest flagships ever seen despite using a metal body. The display is a LED-backlit IPS LCD of 1136*640 resolution and a size of 4 inches.
Internal Specifications and Operating SystemThe phone uses Apple’s latest A6 chipset utilising a Dual Core ARM v8 based processor clocked at 1.3GHz and a triple core graphics processor. Storage is clocked at 16GB coupled with 1GB RAM. The phone has multiple sensors like Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass and barometer. The phone is powered by a 1440 mAh battery.
The iPhone 5 is upgradeable to the latest iOS8 from Apple mobiles.
CameraThe camera is 8MP with autofocus with a Sapphire lens and it is coupled with dual-LED flash. Other features include geo-tagging, simultaneous HD video and image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection and HDR (photo/panorama). The front camera is of 1.2MP resolution which can record videos at 720p.
ConnectivityThe iPhone 5 has quad band GSM, 3G/HSDPA and LTE. It has Wifi, A-GPS, GLONASS, Bluetooth v4.0 .The phone also has support for TV out and USB OTG and USB Host. The phone also has Airdrop file sharing for transfers.
ReviewThe iPhone 5 reviews have been quite good and is a class phone with the price of iPhone 5 being at an all time low and being quite affordable currently it is definitely worth getting despite the age. The iPhone 5 specs are quite good and still holds its ground as a compact smartphone in the premium segment with the great user experience and Apple’s great support.