Apple’s iPhone 5 (2012): A Full Review – Part 6

The new iPhone 5’s display also has a layer removed from the screen, creating a display that acts as its own capacitive surface. I didn’t notice that difference using it; it feels as crisp and fast-responding as before. Apple promises 44 percent extra color saturation on this new display, much like the third-gen iPad’s improved color saturation. The difference wasn’t as dramatic in a side-by-side playback of a 1080p episode of “Planet Earth,” but the iPhone 5 seemed to have a slight edge. It was a little too close to call in game-playing, photo-viewing, and everyday experience with the phone, even held side-by-side with the iPhone 4S. The real difference, again, is the size. Autobrightness adjustments have also been tweaked a little, and I found on average that the iPhone 5 found more-appropriate brightness levels for the room I was in.

This seems like a good time to discuss thumbs. As in, your thumb size and the iPhone 5. Going back to the iPhone 4S, I realized that the phone’s design has been perfectly aligned to allow a comfortable bridge between thumbing the Home button and stretching all the way to the top icon on the iPhone’s 3.5-inch display. That’s not entirely the case, now. I could, with some positioning, still thumb the Home button and make my way around the taller screen, but the iPhone 5’s a little more of a two-hander. It might encourage more people and app developers to switch to landscape orientation, where the extra length and pixel space provide finger room on both sides without cramming the middle.

All in all, the new iPhone has what it takes to be in the top tier of the smartphones and it can well fight in arena where gladiators like Samsung Galaxy SIII and Motorola Razr Maxx rule the pitch. Its 4G is way better than a WiFi router, needless to say better than the previous  iterations of iPhone.

The prices are the same so switching to iPhone 5 or upgrading to it from older iPhones is a no brainer. Its first week sales are evident of it.

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