Apple’s iPhone 5 (2012): A Full Review – Part 4

It’s odd at first going longer versus also adding width, and it means a shift away from the iPad’s more paperlike 4:3 display ratio. Pages of e-books could feel more stretched. In portrait mode, document text may not seem larger, but you’ll see more of it in a list.

In landscape mode, text actually seems bigger because page width stretches out (so, you can fit more words on a line). The virtual keyboard in landscape mode also ends up a bit more spread out, too, with a little extra space on the sides, which took some getting used to.

The screen difference isn’t always dramatic, especially compared with some ultra-expansive Android devices: the Samsung Galaxy S3 beats it both on overall screen size (4.8 inches) and pixel resolution (1,280×720). In the iOS 6 Mail app, with one line of preview text, I fit six and a half messages on the screen at the same time on the iPhone 5 versus five and a third on the iPhone 4 and 4S. Other apps toy with the layout more; I fit eight tasks on one screen in the new iOS 6 version of Reminders, versus five on the iPhone 4S with iOS 5.1.1.

The outside of the phone is another factor that deserves applause from the audience. The glass back goes and in comes metal with all its glory and adorns the back of the handset. It covers most part of the rear with a greyish silver touch in the white model and slate grey in black model.

That anodized aluminum — which Apple claims is the same as that on its MacBook laptops — feels exactly the same, and is even shaded the same on the white model. So far, it’s held up without scratches. I’d say it’ll do about as well as the aluminum finish on your 2008-and-later MacBook. That aluminum covers most of the back and also the sides, replacing the iPhone 4 and 4S steel band, and lending to its lighter weight. The front glass sits slightly above the aluminum, which is cut to a mirrored angled edge on the front and back, eliminating sharp corners.

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