(san francisco, 12 september 2012) - apple is today launching an iphone 5, lighter and thinner brand-new design with a 4-inch retinatm display; apple's design of a 6-chips gives a high-speed performance and super fast wireless network technology*, while providing longer cell usage. ** iphone 5 with the world's most advanced mobile operating system ios 6, with more than 200 completely new features, including maps designed using apple and a completely new map application that provides a navigational shift to ****, sina weibo integration, passbook, and more siri® functionality and supporting languages。
“iphone 5 is the best consumer electronic device we've ever created”, philip schiller, senior vice president of the global product markets, says, “we have integrated a great deal of innovation and advanced technology into this light, jewellery-like device, equipped with amazing 4-inch retina display screens, amazing a6 chips, super-fast wireless network connections, and longer battery use times. We believe that it will keep the consumer alive.”
The iphone 5 is a superbly thin smartphone with a new 7. 6 mm aluminium oxide body 18% thin and 20% light compared to the iphone 4s. With unprecedented precision design, iphone 5 combines the arctic electroplating aluminum body with cutting edges and glass mosaics with diamond knives, creating truly incredible quality and beauty。
The iphone 5 brand-new 4 inch retina display has more pixels than iphone 4s, making the incredible retina screen even better. The screen of iphone 5 increases only in length, and its width remains the same, so you can still use it easy by hand, gently, enter, roll, everything is the same. You have more content than ever before, including excellent applications that are optimized for a larger retina screen, wide screen hd high-resolution videos, full content for five days of the calendar, and more web content。
Iphone 5 supports ultra-wire network formats such as lte* and dc-hsdpa, allowing you to browse, download and transmit content more quickly. In support of the latest lte* technology, apple has pioneered a unique single-frequency lte* solution that creates an amazing speed while integrating it into a completely new super thin design. Iphone 5 is also supported with double frequency 802. 11n wlan to provide up to 150 mbps for wireless network experience. ***
The brand-new a6 chip is designed by apple to provide better performance and improve the efficiency of power use, thus providing support for the outstanding iphone 5 brand-new functionality, with batteries being used longer while supporting the amazing brand-new 4-inch retina screen. The cpu of iphone 5 is running and processing twice as fast as it used to be, whether it is to start an application, to load a web page, or to download an e-mail attachment, everything you do on iphone 5 will be amazing。
The popular 8 million pixel isight camera around the world performed even better on iphone 5. The whole new camera has been redesigned, and the optical performance has improved dramatically and is 25 percent smaller than the iphone 4s camera, which is incredible. The new isight camera of iphone 5 is equipped with a sapphire crystal cap, which is thinner, more durable and clearer than the standard glass lens. The whole new panorama mode allows you to just smooth the lens and take a panorama picture of up to 28 million pixels. The completely new video features include enhanced vibrating features and video face tests that recognize up to 10 faces, and are capable of taking static photographs while filming. A brand-new facetime hd pre-cleared camera allows facetime video calls to be amazingly clear and can also be used for self-capturing and filming 720p hd. Using iphone 5, you can also share photos with family and friends via iclaud's shared photo stream。
Iphone 5 with a brand-new apple lightning interface, which is smaller, smarter, more durable than the previous generation interface and has a full-digit, eight signal design and can be used on both sides, and can be connected to the fittings immediately, regardless of insertion. Apple lightning to 30-pin converters can also be used to connect iphone 5 to existing 30-pin accessories. ****
Iphone 5 has a completely new, upgraded audio function, including a completely new beam to form a directed microphone system that provides a better sound quality. At the same time, new noise abatement technologies can help reduce background noise. Iphone 5 is now supporting broadband audio**** to make voice clearer and more natural. When the product is released, more than 20 operators worldwide will support broadband audio. Iphone 5 with a brand-new apple earpodstm, a groundbreaking design that makes it more naturally comfortable, more durable and capable of delivering high-quality sound effects that are usually enjoyed with high-end headphones。
Iphone 5 with the world's most advanced mobile operating system ios 6, which provides over 200 new features, including: a brand-new map application, with maps designed by apple, and a shift to navigation**; integration of a new wave of microblogging with a mailing book and calendar; passbook, which enables you to consolidate all your passes in one place in the simplest possible way; a brand-new siri functionality, which supports more languages and provides easy access to sports matches and restaurant recommendations; ** *** functions such as supporting photographs of applications such as siri and new wave weibo, safari and maps; and sharing photo streams through iclaud®。
Price and listing time
The iphone 5 has options for black with carbon and white with silver. In the united states, retail prices are proposed at us$ 199 for 16gb (united states), us$ 299 for 32gb (united states) and us$ 399 for 64gb (united states). At that time, iphone 5 will be sold at apple store's online store and apple store's retail store, as well as through at&t, spring, verizon wireless and designated apple distributors. The iphone 5 will be officially listed in the united states, australia, canada, france, germany, hong kong, japan, singapore and the united kingdom on friday, september 21st. Through a two-year contract, iphone 4s was sold for only $99 (united states) and iphone 4 was free of charge. *** ios 6 software has been upgraded free of charge since wednesday, 19 september。
Iphone 5 will be listed on 28 september in 22 other countries globally, including austria, belgium, czech republic, denmark, estonia, finland, hungary, ireland, italy, liechtenstein, lithuania, luxembourg, netherlands, new zealand, norway, poland, portugal, slovakia, slovenia, spain, sweden and switzerland。
Lte and dc-hsdpa are provided through specific operators. The speed of network connection depends on the operator's network status。
** battery time depends on equipment set-up, usage and other factors. Actual results may differ。
*** based on theoretical speed, actual speed may vary。
**** to be purchased separately。
**** some functions may not apply to all countries。
**** the supply situation varies according to the operator。
