Has there ever been a device that's been more hyped, more leaked, and more anticipated? Unlikely.
This is Apple's biggest product we're talking about. This is
post-Steve Jobs Apple we're talking about. This is the manifestation of
Dieter Rams' ten principles of good design. And like the iPhone 4S, it's
been met with a palpable mixture of wonder and disappointment.
But forget the expectations: put simply, the iPhone 5 is fantastic; it's the best iPhone by a long shot and a strong candidate for the mobile phone throne. But in a world filled with countless, diverse Android devices, and with a sleek batch of Windows Phone 8 phones on the horizon, is the iPhone 5 too safe? Is it too little too late?
The iPhone 5 can only seem like a "minor upgrade" until you hold it. It's not until the phone is in your hand that you realize just how much has really changed.
The iPhone 5 is astonishingly lightweight and thin. While Apple's
claims that the iPhone 5 is the thinnest smartphone is questionable (The
Droid Razr is .5mm thinner almost everywhere, except its 1.1mm camera
bump), at only 7.6mm, it's still one of the thinnest smartphones out
there.The iPhone 5 features a beautiful diamond-cut chamfered edge.
But forget the expectations: put simply, the iPhone 5 is fantastic; it's the best iPhone by a long shot and a strong candidate for the mobile phone throne. But in a world filled with countless, diverse Android devices, and with a sleek batch of Windows Phone 8 phones on the horizon, is the iPhone 5 too safe? Is it too little too late?
The iPhone 5 can only seem like a "minor upgrade" until you hold it. It's not until the phone is in your hand that you realize just how much has really changed.
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