Apple’s iPhone 5s: Unbridled futurism in the palm of your hand

13 years ago

“iPhone 5s delivers four major enhancements over Apple’s bestselling iPhone 5 (which was already both the world’s top selling iPhone and top selling smartphone): the new Touch ID for security and convenience; new camera-related features in hardware and software; an advanced new multiple-processors architecture that combines the speedy new A7 and background-task efficient M7; and new radio baseband components providing broader LTE carrier coverage and compatibility,” Daniel Eran Dilger writes for AppleInsider.

“There’s really no reason apart from Tim Cooks’ gentlemanly southern humility for this advanced portfolio of industry-disrupting technology not to claim the status of iPhone 6, or even iPhone 7 for that matter,” Dilger writes. “If you need the latest and greatest, you don’t need to be told that iPhone 5s is the bees’ knees. If you passed on iPhone 5 waiting for a more serious SKU to sweep you off your feet, the 5s sweetens the pot with a fancier camera, a handy new way to enhance your mobile security without the regular annoyance of tapping in your credentials, and the future-proofing of a world-leading 64-bit miracle in mobile technology.”

Dilger writes, “And gold: it comes in a finish that whispers affluence and plugged-in, fashionable techno-chic, with a dazzling metallic ring that begs for a demonstration of the unbridled futurism you wield in the palm of your hand. You got the iPhone 5s.”

Read much more in the full review here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]