iPhone 5 Features, Specs & Prices

Philip W. Schiller (Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing) shows off the iPhone 5 yesterday for the first time at the Apple Event in California. The new iPhone 5 is reported to be 20 percent lighter than iphone 4s. According to Schiller, “The Most Beautiful Thing We’ve Ever Made.”

iPhone 5 Specifications

GENERAL
 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GSM A1428 CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - CDMA A1429.
3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - GSM A1428 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - CDMA A1429
4G Network: LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - GSM A1428 or LTE 850 / 1800 / 2100 - GSM A1429 LTE 700 / 850 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - CDMA A1429

BODY
Dimensions: 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
Weight: 112 g

DISPLAY
Type: LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size: 640 x 1136 pixels, 4.0 inches (~326 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch: Yes
Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating

SOUND
Alert types: Vibration, propriety ringtones
Loudspeaker: Yes
3.5mm jack: Yes

MEMORY
Card slot: No
Internal: 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM

DATA
GPRS: Yes
EDGE: Yes
Speed: DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular
Bluetooth: Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
USB: Yes, v2.0

CAMERA
Primary: 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features: Simultaneous HD video and image recording, touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video: Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging
Secondary: Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, videocalling over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G

FEATURES
OS: iOS 6
Chipset: Apple A6
Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging: iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser: HTML (Safari)
Radio: No
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java: No
Colors: Black/Slate, White/Silver
Other Features:
- nano-SIM card support only
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated dual mics
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- Twitter and Facebook integration
- TV-out
- Maps
- iBooks PDF reader
- Audio/video player and editor
- Image editor
- Voice memo/command/dial

BATTERY
Standard battery, Li-Po
Stand-by: Up to 225 h (2G) / Up to 225 h (3G)
Talk time: Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 8 h (3G)
Music play: Up to 40 h

iPhone 5 Prices

The iPhone 5 comes in three memory configurations with a 2-year contract: 16GB ($199 USD), 32GB ($299 USD), 64GB ($399 USD).
Without a contract, it’s $799 for the 16GB model, $899 for 32GB and $999 for 64GB.