The iPhone 5 is a touchscreen-based smartphone developed by Apple. It is the sixth iteration in the iPhone series succeeding the iPhone 4S. The phone is a slimmer, lighter model that introduces a higher-resolution, 4-inch screen to the series with 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio support. The phone also includes a custom-designed ARMv7 processor called the Apple A6, an update to Apple’s mobile operating system known as iOS 6, and support for LTE.
| Release Date | Sep 21, 2012 | |
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| Check It Out | At Apple |
| Display Specs | 4-inch, 1136 x 640 pixel display (326 ppi) | |
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| Display Type | Retina | |
| Operating System | iOS 6 | |
| Processor | Apple A6 | |
| RAM | 1 GB | |
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| External Storage | No | |
| Main Camera (Back) | 8-megapixel iSight camera, Video recording, HD (1080p) up to 30 frames per second with audio | |
| Secondary Camera (Front) | FaceTime HD camera with 1.2MP photos and HD video (720p) up to 30 frames per second | |
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| Wi-Fi | WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz and 5GHz) | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.0 | |
| Battery | 1500 mAh | |
| NFC | No | |
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| Height | 4.87 inches (12.37 cm) | |
| Width | 2.31 inches (58.7 mm) | |
| Depth | 0.3 inches (7.6 mm) | |
| Weight | 3.95 oz (112 g) | |
| Colors | Black, White | |
| Supported Audio Formats | AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV | |
| Supported Video Formats | H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format | |
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