CNNMoney: Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 5s is the world’s most complete smartphone

13 years ago

“Out of the box, the iPhone 5S is an attractive, meticulously engineered phone,” Adrian Covert reports for CNNMoney. “It’s thin, it’s light, it’s quality. Mostly. The iPhone 5 was a magnet for nicks and scratches, and the iPhone 5S is no different.”

“Apple’s 1.3 GHz, dual-core A7 processor sounds boring compared to the quad-core chipsets appearing on Android phones. But the iPhone 5S still out-performs them all,” Covert reports. “Using the fingerprint sensor is almost always faster and easier than entering your pin or password. And it works incredibly well — the sensor rarely misfires. Using the sensor is natural, intuitive, and it doesn’t require you to think too hard about what you’re doing. One day, Touch ID could become a de facto digital signature. For now, it’s somewhat novel — but still great.”

iPhone 5s’ Touch ID ﬁngerprint identity sensor

“The iPhone 5S is still the most versatile and most complete smartphone available, with the best ecosystem of apps,” Covert reports. “Anyone who really doesn’t want an iPhone can find a good reason not to buy it. But for the vast majority of smartphone users, the sum of the iPhone’s parts is hard to beat.”

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