Apple iPhone 5S: Phone of the Future

The iPhone 5S and low-cost iPhone model, the iPhone 5C, were unveiled by Apple keeping the same overall physical designs as previous generation iPhones but featuring several upgrades.

Apple has re-engineered all the built-in apps with a new chip. The new chip will make the iPhone reportedly five times faster than the iPhone 5 and 56 times than the original iPhone as reported by Apple. The A7 chip supports OpenGL 3.0/ES Version 3.0 for console-level 64-bit graphics.

Truly making it a phone of the future, the most talked about new addition is the hardware fingerprint sensor in the home button. The button enables a feature called TouchID. The iPhone 5S scans the fingertip of the person pressing the button, eliminating the need for a lock code. TouchID also means the end of the repeated ritual of entering your Apple ID password every time you download a new app. The fingerprint sensor can store multiple fingerprints and read them.

The iPhone 5S has virtually the exact same shape as the iPhone 5, at 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 inches, and it weighs 3.95 ounces and has improved its camera with new sensors that translate into bigger pixels. Equipped with image-processing software that automatically sets white balance and exposure level in a dynamic, local tone map of the image and a dual-LED flash the camera should over all take clearer more detailed photos and videos.

What may be most talked about with the iPhone 5S is the new champagne gold color selection, making a change from the previous limited choices of black and white.

Lastly, an improved battery rate which has previously been one of the biggest complaints from iPhone users has been re-factored. The battery life is rated as follows: 10 hours 3G talk, 8 hours 3G browsing, 10 hours LTE or Wi-Fi browsing, 10 hours video playback, 40 hours music playback and 250 hours standby.