Comparison Between the iPhone 5S & iPhone 5
Comparison Between the iPhone 5S & iPhone 5
Today's the time that the brand new iPhones have hit the shelves in the U.S. The pricier-and evidently more desired-iPhone 5S is not easy to uncover nowadays, however after managing to get my hands on one, here's a easy comparison among the new 5S model along with last year's iPhone 5.
First Impressions
The iPhone 5S, in the beginning, is the same to its forebear. However with a fancy new A7 64-bit chip, the M7 motion co-processor, Apple's clever Touch ID fingerprint sensor and some strong photography/video features, its internal parts bear little resemblance to the iPhone 5. The two phones boast a bright 326-ppi Retina touchscreen, obviously, as well as the new version maintains the dimensions of its predecessor, weighing in at the same 112 grams. In our first testing, we compared a black color 16GB iPhone 5S with a white Verizon iPhone 5.
Physical appearance
From the front side, you could possibly mistake the iPhone 5S for last year's iPhone 5 in the event that it weren't for the new home button. The iPhone 5S's home button has lost the iconic rounded square of past generations in exchange for its nifty new fingerprint sensor. Beyond that, on the backside of the product you'll note that the 5S has a new oblong-shaped dual flash to the right of the lens. The charging port, headphone jack placement, buttons and speaker arrangement remain unchanged. Over and above that, with regards to the only discernable big difference is that the iPhone logo has been Jony Ive-ified, featuring the printed "iPhone" logo in a thin font to match iOS 7's ubiquitous Helvetica Neue Extremely Light typeface.
Speed
As more detailed benchmarking comparisons would suggest, the iPhone 5S is significantly faster than many rivals, very easily doubling the speed of last year's model in a lot of tests. The iPhone 5 is definitely no slouch, however on activating my phone, a "space gray" 16GB iPhone 5S performing on AT&T's network, my first takeaway is whoa... this thing is fast. Of course, any kind of new phone is blazing fast right out of the gate, however the 5S opens apps, loads webpages and executes so fast it's hard to picture a phone really doing things faster than this. Next to an iPhone 5 over a shared Wi-Fi network, almost everything happens faster on the 5S. The digital camera was actually the most notable-it recovers in an instant with no lag at all.
Digital camera
So how exactly does the iPhone 5S and its juiced-up camera compare to the iPhone 5? Well, the iPhone 5S's shooter is significantly faster, like the phone is in most regards. The 5S, in our testing, appears to take photos quickly. Burst mode is a amazing trick, too-and one unique to the 5S, like the slow-motion video camera. Holding down the home button while shooting yields a great deal of photos really, definitely quickly, although the only use cases we can imagine are tricky-to-capture shots, just like maybe at a kid's football game when objects (and children) are moving, so that you can get an in-focus shot.
The sample shots below compare the camera's particular capabilities in a handful of capturing conditions, though we've got a more in-depth examination of the 5S's camera functions cooking too. In just about all of the pictures, we allowed autofocus to do its work rather than manually focusing with a tap like we make a behavior of normally.
You see that, the iPhone 5S executed a little better under duress in bright- and mixed-light conditions. The pictures are mostly pretty comparable, though we'll be testing the 5S digital camera and its improved flash in more settings to see where (and if) it shines. Bells and whistles like Slow-mo, burst mode and the True Tone flash may likely be its strongest qualities, so we anticipate playing with all of those further more.
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