Once a year, Apple would introduce the new model of their very popular iPhone. This year is a first as Apple introduced not one, but two, iPhone models — the iPhone 5c and the iPhone 5s. So we bought these 2 models to test and review. Check out our full review of the iPhone 5s below.
We’ve always had this dilemma every time we review an iteration (the S model) of a current iPhone since we first encountered the 3GS many years ago. This year is no exception.
The iPhone 5S looks and feels like the 12-month old iPhone 5. We suggest reading up on our iPhone 5 review here first before proceeding, so we don’t repeat ourselves from time to time.
Take note, some parts of this review will be shortened (like the design, display, etc) as we’ve already discussed them in the iPhone 5 link above.
Design and Construction.
If you’re a long-time iPhone 5 user, you’re not missing anything on the design department. It is the same small, thin and hefty device that Apple did not bother to further polish this year.
First is the slightly elongated dual-LED light at the back of the phone, just beside the camera and a small pin-hole for the noise-canceling mic.
Second is the fingerprint scanner embedded into the physical home button. The old one has a perfectly concave but shallow button with a small, squarish mark with rounded corners at the center; the new one has a ridge around the flat, depressed circular area where the Touch ID sensor is incorporated.
Then, there’s the color variants — the space gray which is slightly lighter then the old black one; the silver which is exactly the same as the white model from last year; and the coveted champagne gold which experience huge demand that it’s selling for twice the retail price (Php60k and higher).
Still, the iPhone 5S (like the iPhone 5) remains to be one of the best-looking and solidly built handset in the market. The combination of glass and aluminum alloy is just elegant and refined.
Display.
In the age of full HD displays, Apple’s marketing term — Retina Display — does not seem to count so much as before. While we agree that a pixel density of 326ppi is already enough for the naked eye, we could not deny we’ve been spoiled with a lot of 1080p displays pushing the pixel density to 441ppi and above.
Once you zoom into the display and look a little closer, you will see the difference. The pixels are more prominent and you appreciate the idea of having a higher pixel density.
Nevertheless, with a small 4-inch display, the 640×1136 pixel resolution (even if it’s even lower than a 720p resolution) will do just fine.
OS, UI and Apps.
Just before iPhone 5S and 5C were released to the market, Apple already seeded out iOS 7 to the older models like the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S. As such, we’re already familiar with the changes introduced with the new OS.
Since the very first iPhone was released, Apple has never strayed away from their original UI and design. After 6 years, it has finally changed significantly. Again, we cannot help but notice that a lot of the new gestures and layouts in the UI were inspired by Android.
Spotlight was moved from the farthest left of the window to the middle of the app list (shown by dragging any empty space in the middle of the screen).
Icons and windows are now flat and uses vectors instead of the old gradient colors. The Status window pulls down from the top while the shortcuts and quick menus are pull up from the bottom. Even the running Apps list was lifted from HTC’s Sense UI.
Don’t get us wrong — we actually liked the new UI of iOS 7. It’s very much closer to Android now and becomes easy to figure out.
We could spend more paragraphs explaining the new UI features of iOS 7, some of them really great refinements of Android and other UIs, but over-all we feel that Apple is making it more complicated to the average user than before.
Before, it was just the icon and the home button. It was so simple a 2-year old and an 80-year old can both figure it out in a matter of seconds. Now it’s swipe up, swipe down, swipe from the middle, left and right, plus the home button. It’s not as dead simple as before.
Multimedia and Camera.
Except for the improvements in the camera, we could have given the iPhone 5S a lower score in the multimedia department.
Compared to the iPhone 5 from a year ago, you don’t get a bigger screen, not even a full HD resolution for watching movies. There were also no improvements done on the audio quality of the speakers.
The feeling is like upgrading your old 32-inch LED TV from 2012 at home with a new 2013 model that has the same 720p resolution and same 32-inch size. On that this time, you can turn it on in just 0.5 seconds instead of a full second and then channel surf twice as fast from before.
Then we move on to the camera. Of all the new features of the iPhone 5S, we think this is the one where it made a good lasting impression – the 720p @ 120fps video recording got the most nod from the people we showed it to. It’s basically a slow-mo feature incorporated in the camera app.
The sample video above shows a number of low-light and evening shots taken at full HD using the rear camera. The quality is quite good and has much less noise.
Here’s the slow-mo version of the video taken above.
The first video shows the recording played at 30fps while this second one is the original 720p @ 120fps. It was quite hard to just lift the slow-mo videos straight out of the phone. You can’t even share the slow-mo on Instagram. You will have to either share it via Email, YouTube, FB or Vimeo to preserve the capture.
Here are some sample photos taken with the iPhone 5S.
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With scenarios that there’s ample lighting, we could not spot any improvements compared to the old iPhone 5. Some of the photos above sure do look really great and even the macro shots are actually amazing.
Nonetheless, if it were not for the slow-mo feature, we might not really appreciate what Apple did to the camera of the iPhone 5S.
The two speakers at the bottom of the device is more prominent and the volume is more consistent and even (not too loud and tinny but not too soft either).
Fingerprint Sensor and Touch ID.
The idea of a fingerprint sensor on a smartphone isn’t an novel one. Motorola had the Atrix with fingerprint sensor back in 2011 and the idea did not even caught on to other handsets until the 5S.
The rationale was simple – add a biometric security feature to the iPhone so that users will have easier time unlocking their devices as well as make purchases in the iTunes Store.
The Touch ID was served as an alternative or supplement security feature. You still have the PIN code or the long password as the default measure. The fingerprint sensor comes in as a secondary measure.
Here are the several permutations we tried with the 5S:
1) Directly unlock the phone with a simple PIN code or password.
2) Directly unlock the phone with a finger print scan.
3) If you forgot your PIN code or password , or entered the wrong one 3 times, you can use still use the fingerprint scan to unlock.
4) Completely remove PIN code or password and finger print scan.
There’s actually no option to just use a fingerprint scan and no PIN code. There’s also no option to ask for both PIN code and scan your fingerprint to unlock.
This permutation means you can actually unlock the phone either with a finger print scan or with a PIN code. The same is true with purchasing content directly from iTunes Store – use your account password or run a scan.
We tried to figure out the different scenarios where this biometric scan actually makes practical sense and here’s what we could come up so far:
* Making a long press (around 3 seconds) on the home button to simultaneously wake up the iPhone and auto-unlock it via Touch ID.
* Provide biometric access to the device for up to 5 people without sharing the PIN code or password. The Touch ID feature can store up to 5 different fingerprints. No need to give the password as you can just add their finger prints.
* Eliminate the “Forgot Password” feature and replace it with a biometric scan.
The scanner is very accurate, way better than those biometric login scanners you’ll find in the office’s main door. Based on our repeated tests, we only get about 3 errors in 20 attempts to scan a print.
It’s a nice feature to have but we still think it’s a classic case of a “solution waiting for a problem“. We’d rather that Apple find a work-around to that issue of LTE connectivity getting cut off when receiving or making calls. Or maybe some really cool power-saving feature to extend battery life.
Performance and Benchmarks.
Apple was never the type that would boast the number of CPU cores or crank up the frequency of the chip to insane numbers. So, we won’t delve into the fact that they still use a 1.3GHz dual-core processor.
Instead, we’ll focus on the surprising fact that they’ve developed the first 64-bit mobile OS. We’ve covered this part quite a bit here but in our opinion, it’s an improvement that will never be really felt even by an experienced iPhone user.
The most appreciable explanation we can offer as to the benefits that a 64-bit platform provide over the current 32-bit platform is the ability of the system to handle memory (RAM) beyond the 4GB limit.
This was a huge issue before with desktop computers and laptops – where even if you upgrade the RAM to 4GB or 8GB, the operating system will only recognize 3.5GB.
For the iPhone 5S, we could not find any practical or noticeable improvements because of this shift. Developers will also find it confusing that they’ll have to deal with 2 current models, one running 32-bit (iPhone 5C) while the other is 64-bit (iPhone 5S).
At least Apple gets to brag about having the very first 64-bit mobile OS in the world.
Nevertheless, we had to do some sort of benchmark to see some numerical differences between the A6 chip of the iPhone 5 and the A7 of the iPhone 5S.
PassMark Performance Mobile Test:
CPU: 36,024 (iPhone 5S) vs. 17,568 (iPhone 5)
Memory: 4,146 (iPhone 5S) vs. 2,788 (iPhone 5)
Disk: 13,266 (iPhone 5S) vs.10,213 (iPhone 5)
2D: 2,462 (iPhone 5S) vs. 875 (iPhone 5)
3D: 1,929 (iPhone 5S) vs. 1,647 (iPhone 5)
Overall: 5,069 (iPhone 5S) vs. 2,800 (iPhone 5)
So yes, the numbers clearly show the iPhone 5S got at least twice the performance boost as the iPhone 5.
Call Quality, Connectivity and Battery Life.
The iPhone 5 has been pretty consistent with signal reception when it comes to making or accepting phone calls. Audio is quite good, loud and crisp although we seldom encounter instances when one party could not hear the other despite the line being clear.
We’ve also noticed that when placed side by side the iPhone 5C, the 5S gets a slightly weaker signal and there were even times it could not find an LTE signal when the 5C just beside it hooks up to the network just fine.
As for connectivity, it’s got everything you’d expect for a flagship phone except for NFC. LTE speed is also great and we’re getting results in the north of 15Mbps downlink and 6Mbps uplink.
As for battery life, we’re still a bit disappointed that Apple didn’t improve it on the iPhone 5S. Been using the iPhone 5 alongside the iPhone 5S for a week now and I don’t see any improvements in battery life.
Conclusion.
The iPhone 5S is sill a solid phone but this is mostly because of the advantages derived from the simplicity and robustness of the OS. Apple no longer has monopoly over good design or even impressive hardware.
With the updates introduced to the iPhone 5S, it seems line Apple is ignoring the big strides a lot of the Android handset makers are doing — bigger and better hardware, more computing power, better displays and longer battery life. The iPhone 5S seems to be lagging behind.
It will, no doubt, sell really well. But once you see people willing to pay twice the price for a gold color, then it’s all about status symbol and blind loyalty; not excellent craftsmanship and superiority.
The Apple iPhone 5S is not yet officially released in the Philippines but the schedule has been set sometime in December of 2013. No official price has been set although regional stores in Singapore and Hong Kong puts the starting price at around Php32,000 and above.
Apple iPhone 5S specs:
4.0-inch IPS LCD display @ 640×1136 pixels, 326ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Apple A7 1.3GHz dual-core processor
PowerVR SGX544MP4 quad-core graphics
16GB, 32GB, 64GB internal storage
1GB RAM
DC-HSDPA 42Mbps, LTE 100Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band
Bluetooth 4.0
8MP iSight camera, LED flash
1080p video recording
1.2MP HD front-facing camera, 720p @ 30fps
GPS w/ aGPS support, GLONASS
iOS 7.0.2
112 grams (weight)
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm (dimensions)
What we liked about it:
* Great performance
* Impressive camera
* LTE support
What we did not like:
* Very expensive
* Same old design
* Gimmicky Touch ID
* Same poor battery life
* Small screen and low resolution
Disclosure: We spent Php45,000 to purchase this 32GB model of the iPhone 5S in Hong Kong.
Para sakin mas secured ang 4-6 digit PIN compared to fingerprint scanner. Why?
-During daytime, pag nasa office or bahay ka and gising, ano mas secured?
*BOTH
di naman nahuhulaan ang PIN, except of course kung birthdate gamit mo. Di din magagamit fingerprint mo kasi nga gising ka.
-During nighttime, ano mas secured?
*PIN
mahuhulaan ba ng wife mo or girlfriend mo PIN mo? hindi! Pwede ba nila scan finger mo while you’re sleeping? Yes! So goodbye privacy!
-Party/Drinking sessions. Ano mas secured?
*PIN again
When you pass out, nado-drawingan ka nga sa mukha e. What makes you think na hindi gagamitin ng barkada mo phone mo? They can easily swipe your finger and ayun na. Pati Facebook and Twitter mo maoopen na. Bigla nlng may magpopost sa status mo ng “I’m gay”. Pwede pa nila i-like fan page ni Justin Bieber habang lasing ka.
Thanks Apple, secured na secured nga yung iPhone 5s.
People who like samsung and apple wont shut up……. Both brands have pros and cons. So deal with it…
abduljakul ayan yang note 3 mo haha http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/hardware/Samsung-caught-cheating-with-Galaxy-Note-3-benchmark-scores/articleshow/23416276.cms?
@ Mang Kanor: Your worthless comments do not add any value to the conversation.
napakabiased ni sir yuga.. Nasa payroll k din b ng shamesung?? wala man lang akong nabasang ecosystem ng Apple ung appstore.. ung 64 bit, ung m7 co-processor kung anu ung magiging future nito. “bigger and better hardware, more computing power, better displays and longer battery life.” Apple is known for superb performance per watts. Btw, you look ridiculous when having a phone call with a big phone, para kang nakikipag-usap sa brick. FUNCTIONALITY NOT SPECS… suggest ko sa iyo sir yuga. magbasa k din ng ibang forum or website na pagbabasehan mo ng review doon marami kang makukuhang idea..
kaw mag review.. dami mu reklamo..
So tell me, are there any apps in Apps Store that iPhone 5 is having a hard time running at the moment that releasing a 64-bit phone would be something iPhone fans will be happy to have? Like sir Yuga said, there are so many genius ways to improve iPhone 5. There are so many features a lot people are wanting to have on the new iPhone – full HD resolution, bigger screen, better battery, etc. And yet they added things that not everyone will appreciate this time.
hindi ako magrereklamo kung hindi bias ung review. gaya ng sabi ng iba kulang. maraming dahilan kc..
If you’ve been reading this blog for years, I am sure you also read my review of the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4, you will realize that I am actually an Apple fan. This is the very first time I review an iPhone that I was not thoroughly impressed.
Closing thread… ay pot! kala ko forum ito lol buti na lang ako happy sa android, ios at wp :)
ako sad kse ang mahal hahaha
Eto na lang para happy tayong lahat!!!
iPhone 5 running Android Jellybean! :D
http://hallohallomall.com/healthy-gadgets/iphone-5-android-jelly-bean-16gb/index.html
When you compare fingerprint scanner in the 5S to your average office biometric device, you forgot the fact one is used exclusively by an individual while the other is often shared by hundreds or thousands of other people. It is a bit unfair then to make a comparison. The failure in accuracy with those biometric scanners stem from the fact that other people have used it before you, leaving residue on the glass and not necessarily because they are crap.
When you compare fingerprint scanner in the 5S to your average office biometric device, you forgot the fact one is used exclusively by an individual while the other is often shared by hundreds or thousands of other people. It is a bit unfair then make a comparison. The failure in accuracy with those biometric scanners stem from the fact that other people have used it before you, leaving residue on the glass and not necessarily because they are crap.
We tested the iPhone 5S with 5 different fingerprints scanned all at the same time and they were still more accurate even after randomly running print scans.
To compare, we also took a typical office scanner and wiped them clean every time we ran a scan and check accuracy after several dozen attempts.
@Abe Olandres:
“The Touch ID was served as an alternative or supplement security feature. You still have the PIN code or the long password as the default measure. The fingerprint sensor comes in as a secondary measure.”
You admitted that the finger scan was very accurate. What problems do you foresee with the Touch ID? The Touch ID feature will definitely make it difficult for thieves of Iphone 5S to market the stolen device. I read in another Tech Review that even if this phone was wiped out and restored to factory default settings, the devise will still prompt for owner’s fingerprint scan before activation. So the phone is still owned and controlled by the owner. This was not covered in the review. Perhaps that is why some were calling the Yugatech review as Rushed.
This is a very valuable feature and by dismissing it as’ gimmickry’ and putting it in your ‘Cons’ list gives the appearance of being BIASED,even if you are not.
Thanks for shedding light with your methodology. While I still stand by original post I have to agree that the way TouchID takes an image of one’s fingerprint may be an advantage versus the office scanners. Only time will tell whether TouchID will be strong feature or liability to the IPhone.
@zarne — if you read the allegedly “rushed” review again, you will see that we mentioned that the PIN code (and not the finger print) is still the primary security.
Thus, if you wipe the phone along with the PIN code, even if the fingerprints are still there, you gain access to the iPhone with a new PIN code. Then delete the scans altogether. This makes the security of the fingerprint moot and obsolete.
@Berkanoshow — yes, only time will tell. It’s been 2 years that the Motorola Atrix had a finger print scanner like Touch ID yet we don’t see any leaning towards the use of that model as the most secure device.
Also, I think the reason why the iPhone 5S is more accurate is because of the number of scans it takes for sampling (almost 10 scans or more) compared to the office scanner which only makes 3 samples.
@zarne, isa kang tiga kweba kung inaakala mo na masasagip ka ng finger print scanner sa mga magnanakaw. ang mga scandal mo di safe ulels. hahaha
Kita talaga ung bias ni Sir Yuga dito. Gumamit sya ng “blind loyalty” na never nyang ginamit pag nagrereview ng android phone na ganun din naman minsan ang nilalabas ng OEMs – konti lang ang nabago. Alam din natin lahat na mahusay ang pagkakagawa ng apple sa mga products nila (pinuri nga nya ng maraming beses ang pagkakagawa nga mga products nga apple) kaya ung word na “Excellent craftsmanship” eh i think eh karapatdapat pa rin naman ipang describe sa iPhone 5s. Hindi madali maglagay ng fingerprint scanner sa isang handheld device na gagamitin mo lagi araw-araw. At mapagkasya sa maliit na katawan ng iphone ung mga piyesa. D pa ba matatawag na excellent craftsmanship un? Kung di pa antaas nga ng standard nyo. Minadali ang review na ito. Sana mag stick ang Yugatech sa mission nito na iinform ang tao sa mga features ng mga phones.
I respect your opinion. If you say that this was rushed, I have had 9 months of using 80% of the hardware and features of the iPhone 5S found on the iPhone 5. The other 20% is only in the last 2 weeks. If you think the 9 months is not enough, then I don’t know what.
Let me also quote you on this — “The idea of a fingerprint sensor on a smartphone isn’t an novel one. Motorola had the Atrix with fingerprint sensor back in 2011 and the idea did not even caught on to other handsets until the 5S”.
When I used the word “blind loyalty”, I referred to the fact that a change in color of a handset can command a twice the price of the SRP. If you can point me to a color variant of any handset, Android or WP or Symbian, that when released was priced at twice the regular price, then I will concede to you calling me biased. :)
If I had the predisposition to be biased against this device, I would not spend Php45,000 of my own money to buy this iPhone 5S.
@Anonymous Kaya nga may disclaimer si Sir Abe eh! “The iPhone 5S looks and feels like the 12-month old iPhone 5. We suggest reading up on our iPhone 5 review here first before proceeding, so we don’t repeat ourselves from time to time.” basa basa din kapag may time!
Sir Abe, I think you have dissuaded me from the iPhone 5s but I think the biometric scanner is not at all gimmicky as you coined it. It’s corny at start but I have friends who would have real world use for it. let me paint the scenarios, i have a friend working as a marketing related and another in the banking industry. I would encounter data on their phone thats supposed to be sensitive. They should put pin lock at least put are just too damn lazy to punch a four code pin. It’s annoying to punch a 4 number pin everytime you have to unlock the phone.
If you say that the scan works almost all the time and unlock time is instantaneous. I think you have solution for something consumer don’t know yet. Isn’t that what marketing is all about, pushing out solutions for problems before they become a problem. The problem with old biometric scans is that the are wrong most of the time and it takes a while for recognition that the consumers tend to stay away from it.
@diorarat – I don’t discount that there will be really good case use for the finger print scanner. Some folks will find it essential even.
Where I am coming from is the fact that there are so many “genius” ways to improve on the iPhone 5 — bigger battery, bigger display, more storage up to 128GB — and these are pretty common problems majority of users will find very useful when improved. Instead, Apple chose to solve the problem of a *secondary* security lock. That problem is like number 38 in the list of things a common user would want in his iPhone.
Ah true. But I can’t blame them. It’s so hard to come up something innovative and people have high expectations not just for apple but even for Samsung. Sometimes I wonder if they are just buying some time until they come up with something revolutionary. The iPhone 3gs and iPhone 4 and galaxy s3 were amazing when they came out during their own times , I don’t think they can top off their own products.:))
“..status symbol and blind loyalty.”
’nuff said.
Alam mo na ngang gold plated lang yang iPhone 5S bibilhin mo pa sa halagang 70k? Eh may mabibili ka nang malaking singsing na yari sa tunay na ginto nyan. May pambili ka nga, tanga ka naman.
hayaan mo sila kung gusto nila. apektado ka masyado.
But once you see people willing to pay twice the price for agold color,then it’s all about status symbol and blind loyalty; not excellent craftsmanship and superiority.
Couldn’t have said it better, Sir Abe. :)
How about differences in app ecosystem? I develop apps on different platforms. Overall, I still like the quality of apps published in the Apple App Store more than any other variety out there. Although the apps in the App Store normally run well alongside the fairly recent Apple products, it’s a sad fact that Apple hardware normally lags behind the competition. Everyone could probably use an increase in computing power every now and then. :)
Very well said JP.
As for the color gold Iphone5S with outrageous costs, it has much to do with Status Symbol, and less with blind loyalty or craftmanship. Rich people who owned several high end mobile devices will buy this for the privilege of being the early owner of a rare commodity.
Let’s face it, Iphone 5S is rare for now.
If you think that Php 80,000 is too much, check the ebay auction where the gold color Iphone 5S was sold for Php 400,000 ($10,000). Average bid was PHP 160,000 or $ 4,000.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2430329/Gold-iPhone-5s-sells-10-000-eBay-Americans-scramble-rare-edition-costs-just-199-new.html
Woah.. so much money. Hehe sana bumili na lang sila real gold plated iPhone5, s4 or HTC one na lang sa price na yan, meron naman nagtitimda gold plated instead na gold painted:))
I’m not a big fan of iOS or Apple, even though my daugther has one of each. As much as it really pains me to accept it, Apple/iOS is the first to implement it, iOS 7 specifically, is using multi-path TCP!!! Damn! How the hell was Apple able to implement this ahead of Android!! Damn!
Look at all you children of a God loving country, quarreling and disrespecting one another over on who’s got better specs on their phones blah blah blah. Just like someones religion is better than others,my principles are better than yours, which unfortunately most certain leads to fighting and inevitably WAR !!! Grow up and learn to respect one another. These manufacturers could not give a rats ass if you start shooting each other, at the end of the day all they care about is your hard earnt money. PEACE !
Exactly, I don’t know why Samsung fans rant so much when an article bout Apple products are published. Makes me wonder what kind of people they are. :)
nakakatuwa naman.. are you really affected guys? are you an iphone to be hurt when you were rant or bashed? this is battle between 2 great os at this moment.. android and ios.. and those os conquer the smartphone technology.. of course in a battle you need to attack and defend.. but in case you guys can’t defend your beloved ios or iphone better keep your mouth shut.. if you get hurt in every words thrown to your ios or Iphone your insane.. hahahaha
so kat don’t comment when you can’t defend your device..you’re telling us why we keep on ranting and bashing your beloved apple ass..? coz android rocks!! hahaha
Pretty sure it was an ios user that started this flame war but saying android is “laggy”.
@simultaneous aka bajigjig aka chris: OMG, what a peanut brain. I can’t stand your reply. Your Android fans are the warfreaks. Kayo ang affected, the fact na panay tira pag may article regarding Apple. Kaming mga Apple fans, pag may Samsung article we only yawn and don’t give a fuck because it’s not worth it. Oh no, you’re perfection grammaring are affect me very big much. :)
Hahaha! Kakaloka. :)
looks like you really affected on how I construct my gramar.. hahahha
para kang bata.. hahaha
wa kakampe? wawa man.. tumbong natin ke itay. hahahahaha
don’t be a great pretender.. ayan napagtutulungan ka tuloy pati ung ibang username cnsbi iisang tao..
grow up kat.. yang mga palusot mu d na tatangkilikin yan.. hahahha
everytime na my ilalabas na article here in yuga you just yawn? dapat lang kasi mapapahiya ka sa sasabihin mu. you always rely on links and not your own thought. hahahaha
you are inconsistent and redundant.. hahahaha
spell LOSER? i’ll spell K.A.T. HAHAAHHA!!
I don’t even own a Samsung phone. Way to assume Kat.
“it’s all about status symbol and blind loyalty”
Tsk. Tinamaan tuloy si Kat.
nakakatawq yang si kat eh.. iisang tao lang daw tau.. hahaha..
isip bata..
puro kayabangan lang alam..
hahaha..
LOSER!!
https://srlabs.de/spoofing-fingerprints/
ung mga nagrereklamo na kulang sa detalye ung review,oo tama kayo pero sinabi na rin un sa intro nitong article na may parts na di na ilalagay o ung iba ay di na masyadong idedetalye dahil parehas lng naman ang masasabe tulad sa iphone 5…tska ung mga nagaaway tungkol sa iphone at samsung(sina kat at ung mga followers daw nya lol)be matured enough cellphone lang yan bilangin nyu man ng ilang beses ang mga features ng magkabilang phone,sa user experience pa rin yan babagsak aanhin mo ang touch id kung di ka naman naglolock ng phone mo…aanhin mo naman ang camera features ng samsung mo kung di ka naman talaga into photography at kung ginagamit mo man ito pangkuha ng litrato di ka naman mahilig magedit?nakakatawa kayo parehas kayong nagsasabihan ng bobo eh parepareho lng naman kayo.
Actually, iPhone 5s’ processor is topnotch, superior than any other smartphones like the G2, Note 3.
The design is still superb compared to S4 or G2.
A7 is manufactured by Samsung, but it’s designed & engineered by Apple.
Touch ID is not gimmicky, it’s very useful in so many ways as what I’ve read from most of the reviews I’ve seen.
The only thing down is the screen size I guess.
The reviewer here is ignorant compared to Anandtech’s or other professional reviewers.
Yes I’m an apple fan, but also an Android fan, I own Apple tablet/phone and android tablet/phone. Windows phone is the only os I don’t like.
to iOS users: please naman. tigilan niyo na ang pagmention ng “lag” sa mga android phones dahil sa Samsung. Samsung lang naman kasi ang manufacturer ng Android na nagsasanhi ng lag sa system. tignan niyo kaya ung Nexus 4 at Motorola Moto X, super bilis naman diba? sa lagay na un, ang Moto X ay parang iPhone 5S din na dual-core lang at pareho pa silang may 2 low-power cores. labas-labas din sa Apple Ecosystem niyo pag may time :) PEACE! :)
Pansin ko lng ang tlgang hot nga Android lovers, makalait sa iphone. Ala cguro kau pambili ng Apple products. Kung san kau masaya dun kau wag ng manira p or pansinin kung loyal lng b ang bibili ng mga ganun kmamahal. Sa totoo lng Android user ako dati pero nung ngswitched ako sa iphone I never go back to Android. It’s the experience and being user friendly ang d mbabayran jan e. Isa p, pg tungkol sa Iphone o ios ng Apple ganun n lng mka react o mkpanlait, mabuti p mga Apple users khit ilang bese mgupdate ang Android ng os o ng product cool lng kse d kmi naiinggit e ung mga android users??? Alam na tsk tsk. Isa p, ang mganda sa iphone khit iphone 3gs o iphone 4 till now gamit n gamit p rin, hindi feeling out of place e ung ksabayan ky ng iphone4 mgagamit p b ky ngaun?? Ky be wise sa pagbili din. Khit bumili ng mhal ok lng kse pangmtgalang gamit lalo n kung pwede p nmn. I can attest to that, yung iphone 4 n pinaglumaan ng sis ko ipinasa niya sa bunso nmin, walang mgsasabi n ‘ay lumang iphone’ hindi kse hindi mdaling mwala sa ksalukuyang style, carry lng. Yun din cguro ang pwede nming ipagpasalamat sa Apple kinoconsider p rin ung mga d mdalas mg upgrade sa pamamagitan ng d papalit palit n itsura taon taon. Mad mainam n ang paunti unting innovation pero tlgang ngddictate p rin ng market kesa labas ng labas ng mga bago gang sa wala ng maisip. Kya lng nmn galit n galit mga Android users kse solid ang Apple users tlgang matindi p rin sa market. Karamihan p sa mga mkpanglait jan for sure ni hindi p nkgamit ng iphone tsk tsk. Ako android ako dati pero d gusto flatform bukod sa d user friendly. Gusto ko lng sa Android ung pwede ibahin ung font. Yun lng but then again pwede din nmn ibahin font sa jail break n iphone. Payo ko lng, yung mga malakas mkpanlait jan, cguraduhin niyo munang nranasan niyo n iphone ha pr may K kau manlait, kung d p nmn e purong pagkainggit n lng yang nraramdaman niyo iligo niyo n lng.
I own both an Android device and iPhone. Android phone sa akin, iPhone 5 sa asawa ko. And having experienced both, I can safely say na ang bentaha lang talaga ng iPhone is iOS. Now don’t start with arguing which is better of the two, iOS vs. Android – you can’t compare apples to oranges. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages.
I would love it if iOS gets ported to other phones, because if we talk about other features of the iPhone, look elsewhere because you’ll find much better. Want good camera? Sony Xperia Z1. Waterproof? Xperia Z1 din. Premium and durable build? HTC One. Beautiful full HD resolution? Samsung Galaxy S4. Bigger screen? Almost every high-end Android phone out there are bigger than iPhone but if you want something that makes the most out of it, Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Ni walang NFC at bluetooth transfer and iPhone 5S. I always wonder why iPhone is priced much higher than these Android phones.
What about the iPhone 5S being the first 64-bit mobile OS? Gaya ng sabi ni sir Yuga, it’s not something that an average user can appreciate at this point in time, especially since 5S only has 1 GB RAM. Maybe in the future, when other OEMs have released their own 64-bit chip.
With that said, when I decide to upgrade a new smartphone, I would choose an Android phone again, unless Apple does something new and revolutionary with their iPhone. Napag-iiwanan na sila sa totoo lang. And unless they do something about it, nakakahinayang lang ang iOS, it’s doomed to fail.
“I would love it if iOS gets ported to other phones” – ;) :)
Napaka-ignorante naman ng mga iba dito, ginagamit pa rin yung ”LAG” as an arument sa mga Android handsets …. 2008 pa rin yata ngayon ah, lumabas-labas din nga kayo sa mga kuweba pag may time hahahahahaha
this time agree ako sayo Abu, Samsung lang ata ang alam na Android phone manufacturer ng mga iSheeps eh di ata natamaan ng innovation ang mga utak hahaha