Reviewing the iP hone 5S

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Just because the new iPhone 5S is available in gold doesn’t make it precious. The latest version of the popular smartphone that was launched by Apple Inc. may call out to countless people, but the fact is that this new device is a good and definitely not a stellar upgrade to be made from the previous model. Like every year, the company launches a new model of the iPhone. Then it eventually launches the S model, which is basically a minor improvement of the previous device. The iPhone still boasts the same 4-inch screen, the same case and the same mono-speaker. The only difference is in one new and noticeable feature.

The fingerprint scanner is the most-talked about and biggest addition that has been made to the iPhone 5S and has been placed on the ‘home’ button of the phone in a wise move. With this feature, people are forgoing the four digit code that they had to input every time they accessed the device and will now need to place their thumb or finger on the home button for opening the phone. For a device, this is an excellent idea and not to mention that it works almost flawlessly on it. The phone will ask the user in the setup process to place their thumb or finger on the scanner for about a dozen times in order to ensure that the prints are picked up by it.

Once the setup has been completed, the device will be able to detect the print, regardless of the direction in which it’s placed. The phone can be trained for detecting around five different fingerprints. In addition, this feature is quite quick. The phone will be unlocked when the button is held just for an extra second. Someone else’s finger cannot be used for unlocking the device. However, there is one downside. A long press is not enough to raise the phone from its sleeping state.

Instead, when this is one, the voice-enabled assistant called Siri starts up. The button has to be pressed twice as the first press will get it out of sleep mode and the phone will be unlocked in the second press. An option to switching should have been provided for unlocking the phone in a single long press. Apart from that, when people wish to purchase movies and music from the App Store or iTunes, the fingerprint scanner will also be useful in this regard. This is because people only have to place their finger on the sensor for making a purchase instead of having to put in their password every single time.

The camera is another improvement made to the device. It’s still 8 mega-pixel but its sensor has been enhanced. People can take better low-light photos as more light is allowed by the larger aperture and new sensor. This doesn’t make it better than the S4 and HTC One. Another big improvement is the new OS i.e. the iOS 7, which offers a brighter color scheme. However, all of these features do not make the iPhone 5S worth the upgrade.

What Are You Doing iPhone 5?

Looking at the stories that are unfolding over time about iPhone 5, iOS 6 and many other applications and features of the phone, it seems that something’s going wrong. Many people including the experts and iPhone users are asking – what are you doing iPhone 5? There’s no harm in expressing your disbelief in your beloved brand and product when it is not even coming close to what you expected of it. Recently, the iPhone 5 was launched and there were some mixed expectations from the users about iPhone 5. It could be safely said that the response was not as palpable about iPhone 5 from the users as it has been for its previous models.

However, the response wasn’t disappointing too so we can’t say that iPhone 5 was a fiasco. But there have been some recent issues and problems with iPhone 5, especially the applications that came along which have infused doubts in the minds of people who were saving money to buy this smart phone for months. People have become more knowledgeable than they used to be in the past because they can get any type of information on the internet at any hour of the day. Not only US and UK but all around the world people have become doubtful about the performance of iPhone 5 in the users.

First, there was of course not chance for Apple to be innovative with iPhone 5 because this gadget is itself an innovation and adding more features and specifications into it won’t count as innovation. Secondly, another problem came up with the Apple maps applications which really became a source of embarrassment for the company. Now we have another news unfolding that’s making matters worse for Apple. This new problem is the purple flare that is showing in most of the pictures taken with iPhone 5. The most appalling part of all the news is that Apple is admitting whatever is being brought up.

Imagine Apple refusing to accept the point raised about the outburst of purple light in the photographs taken from the iPhone, the story could have been different in that scenario. However, there was no way Apple could refuse to accept this “another bad news” because within a few days of purchasing, millions of users from around the world have raised the same question. Many blogs have had users uploading pictures from iPhone 4S and 5 side by side for better comparison. The glare in color purple is obvious in photos taken from iPhone 5.

The Sapphire crystal camera lens is being held responsible for this problem and many users have even talked to the support team of Apple regarding the issue. It seems that Apple does not have a specific and satisfying answer to the question from its users but it will surely add another question mark to the mammoth image of Apple all around the world. Apple iPhone 5 hasn’t even been around for more than 2 months right now and there are already many stories about its poor performance in many areas. Let’s see if there’s a silver lining in this cloud.


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