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Apple iPhone 5s






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CPU
Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based) -
RAM
1 GB LPDDR3 -
Storage
16/32/64 GB -
Display
LED-backlit IPS LCD, 4.0 inch -
Camera
8 mega pixels -
OS
iOS 7, upgradable to iOS 7.1.2
iPhone 5s
Product Brand: Apple
Editor's Rating:
3.8
3.8
Pros
- Compact design and easy to handle with one hand
- High-quality camera with improved low-light performance
- Fingerprint scanner for secure and quick access to the device
- Wide range of apps available on the App Store
- Good battery life for its size
- Affordable price point for an Apple product
Cons
- Small screen size compared to newer models
- Limited storage capacity without option for expandable memory
- No water resistance or dust protection rating
- No wireless charging capability
- May not support the latest version of iOS
iPhone 5s Specifications Summary
- Dimensions: 58.6 x 123.8 x 7.6 mm
- Weight: 112 g
- SoC: Apple A7 APL0698
- CPU: Apple Cyclone ARMv8, 1300 MHz, Cores: 2
- GPU: PowerVR G6430, 200 MHz, Cores: 4
- RAM: 1 GB
- Storage: 16 GB, 32 GB
- Display: 4 in, IPS, 640 x 1136 pixels, 24-bit
- Battery: 1560 mAh, Li-Polymer
- OS: iOS 7.0.3
- Camera: 8MP 3264 x 2448 pixels, 1.2MP 1920 x 1080 pixels, 30 fps
- SIM card: Nano-SIM
- Wi-Fi: a, b, g, n, Dual-band, Wi-Fi Hotspot
- USB: 2.0
- Bluetooth: 4.0
- Positioning: GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Wi-Fi, Cell ID
Full Technical Specifications
General
Device Type | Smart Phone |
Models |
A1457 (Middle East) A1518, A1528 (China) A1530 (Asia Pacific) A1533 (North America, China) A1453 (North America, Japan) |
Announced | 10 September, 2013 |
Released | 20 September, 2013 |
Status | Discontinued |
Predecessor | Apple iPhone 5 |
Successor | Apple iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus |
Slogan | Since April 2014: "You're more powerful than you think." Until April 2014: "Forward thinking" |
Generation | 7th |
Design
Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. | Bar |
Lenght | 123.8 mm or 4.87 inches |
Width |
58.6 mm (millimeters) 5.86 cm (centimeters) 0.192 ft (feet) 2.307 in (inches) |
Height |
123.8 mm (millimeters) 12.38 cm (centimeters) 0.406 ft (feet) 4.874 in (inches) |
Thickness |
7.6 mm (millimeters) 0.76 cm (centimeters) 0.025 ft (feet) 0.299 in (inches) |
Volume |
55.14 cm³ (cubic centimeters) 3.35 in³ (cubic inches) |
Weight |
112 g (grams) 0.25 lbs (pounds) 3.95 oz (ounces) |
Protection | Oleophobic coating |
Colors |
Space Gray White Silver Gold |
Network
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. | Nano SIM |
Number of SIM cards | 1 |
GSM |
GSM 850 MHz GSM 900 MHz GSM 1800 MHz GSM 1900 MHz |
CDMA |
CDMA 800 MHz CDMA 1700/2100 MHz CDMA 1900 MHz |
CDMA2000 |
1xEV-DO Rev. A 1xEV-DO Rev. B |
UMTS (3G) |
UMTS 850 MHz UMTS 900 MHz UMTS 1700/2100 MHz UMTS 1900 MHz UMTS 2100 MHz |
LTE (4G) |
LTE 700 MHz Class 13 LTE 700 MHz Class 17 LTE 800 MHz LTE 850 MHz LTE 900 MHz LTE 1700/2100 MHz LTE 1800 MHz LTE 1900 MHz LTE 2100 MHz |
Display
Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) | LED-backlit IPS LCD |
Size | 4.0 inch |
Resolution | 640 x 1136 pixels |
Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others. | 24 bit, 16M colors |
Aspect Ratio | 1.775:1 |
Display area | 61.05 % (percent) |
Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality. | 326 ppi pixel density |
Touch Screen | Capacitive touchscreen |
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind. | Corning Gorilla Glass |
Features |
Capacitive Multi-touch Scratch resistant Corning Gorilla Glass Retina display 800:1 contrast ratio 500 cd/m² Oleophobic (lipophobic) coating LED-backlit |
Media
Audio File Formats |
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) eAAC+ / aacPlus v2 / HE-AAC v2 M4A (MPEG-4 Audio, .m4a) MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer II, .mp3) WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave) Apple Lossless AAX+ AAX |
Video File Formats |
AVI (Audio Video Interleaved, .avi) H.263 H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 / AVC video QuickTime (.mov, .qt) MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v) |
Video Out | Yes |
FM Radio | No |
Alert Types | Vibration, ringtones |
Loudspeaker | Yes |
3.5mm Audio jack | 3.5mm Headphone Jack |
Audio Features |
Loudspeaker Earpiece |
Rear/Main Camera
Number of cameras | 1 |
Sensor type | CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) |
Main cameras |
Sony Exmor RS 8 MP |
Sensor size |
4.89 x 3.67 mm (millimeters) 0.24 in (inches) |
Pixel size |
1.498 µm (micrometers) 0.001498 mm (millimeters) |
Crop factor |
7.08 |
ISO | 32 - 2500 |
Aperture | f/2.2 |
Focal length and 35mm equivalent | 4.3 mm (millimeters) 30.43 mm (millimeters) *(35 mm / full frame) |
Number of lenses | 5 |
Flash type | Dual LED |
Image Resolution |
3264 x 2448 pixels 7.99 MP (megapixels) |
Video Resolution |
1920 x 1080 pixels 2.07 MP (megapixels) |
Video FPS | 30 fps (frames per second) |
Other features |
Autofocus Continuous shooting Digital zoom Digital image stabilization Geotagging Panorama HDR Touch focus Face detection Exposure compensation Self-timer IR filter Sapphire crystal glass lens cover 720p @ 120 fps |
Front/Selfie Camera
Number of cameras | 1 |
Main cameras |
1.2 MP |
Sensor type | CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) |
Aperture | f/2.4 |
Image Resolution |
1280 x 960 pixels 1.23 MP (megapixels) |
Video Resolution |
1280 x 720 pixels 0.92 MP (megapixels) |
Video FPS | 30 fps (frames per second) |
Other features |
Face unlock HDR Exposure compensation |
Software
Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. | iOS 7, upgradable to iOS 7.1.2 |
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface. | iOS UI |
Hardware
Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. | Apple A7 APL0698, M7 motion coprocessor |
SoC Process Technology | 28 nm (nanometers) |
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. | Dual-core 64 bit 1.3 GHz Apple Cyclone (ARM v8-based) |
CPU bits | 64 bit |
CPU cores | 2 |
CPU frequency | 1300 MHz (megahertz) |
Level 1 cache memory (L1) |
64 KB + 64 KB (kilobytes) |
Level 2 cache memory (L2) |
1024 KB (kilobytes) 1 MB (megabytes) |
Level 3 cache memory (L3) |
4096 KB (kilobytes) 4 MB (megabytes) |
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. | PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) @450 MHz |
GPU cores | 4 |
GPU frequency | 450 MHz (megahertz) |
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. | 1 GB |
RAM Type | LPDDR2 |
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. | 16/32/64 GB |
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. | No |
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
Connectivity
Bluetooth Version | 4.0 |
Bluetooth Features Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. |
A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) LE (Low Energy) |
Infrared Infrared connectivity is an old wireless technology used to connect two electronic devices. It uses a beam of infrared light to transmit information and so requires direct line of sight and operates only at close range. | No |
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. |
802.11a (IEEE 802.11a-1999) 802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999) 802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003) 802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009) Dual band Wi-Fi Hotspot |
USB | Yes, v2.0 |
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. |
GPS A-GPS GLONASS Wi-Fi Cell ID |
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inch. | |
HDMI HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. | No |
Data
GPRS GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is a packet oriented mobile data service on the 2G and 3G cellular communication system's global system for mobile communications (GSM), Generally, GPRS is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection. | |
EDGE EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment) is a wireless network technology generally considered the next step in the 2G network offers data transfer rates up to four times faster than ordinary GSM networks, Generally, EDGE is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection. | |
Speed | DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps |
Web Browser Web Browser => a web browser is a software application used to locate, retrieve and display content on the World Wide Web, including Web pages, images, video and other files, The primary function of a web browser is to render HTML, the code used to design or markup webpages. | Yes, HTML (Safari) |
Messaging
SMS SMS (Short Messaging Service) is a text messaging service component of phone, Web, or mobile communication systems. It uses standardized communications protocols to allow mobile phone devices to exchange short text messages over the networks. | Yes (threaded view) |
MMS MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content (audio clips, video clips and images) to and from mobile phones over wireless networks using the WAP protocol. | |
Email Email (Electronic Mail) is a system for receiving, sending, and storing electronic messages, Similar to a letter, email is text messages that may contain files, images, or other attachments sent via the internet to a recipient by using applications and software prograps. An email address is required to receive email, and that address is unique to the user. | Yes |
IM IM (Instant Messaging) is an exchange of text messages through a software application, it enable you to create a kind of private chat room with another individual in order to communicate in real time over the Internet. | Yes |
Battery or Power
Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. | Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer) |
Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions. | 1560 mAh 5.92 Wh |
Placement | Fixed |
Standby Standby Time is the total amount of time that you can leave your is fully charged, turned on and ready to send and receive calls or data transmissions before completely discharging the battery. | Up to 205 hrs (2G) / Up to 250 hrs (3G) |
Talk Time Talk Time is the longest time that a single battery charge will last when you are constantly talking on the phone under perfect conditions, Ambient temperature and highly dependent on the cellular network environment such as the distance to the closest cell network tower. | Up to 10 hrs (2G) / Up to 10 hrs (3G) |
Music Play | Up to 40 hours |
Prices (Prices are estimated and varies by capacity)
Price in (USA) $ | $33 |
Price in (Bangladesh)৳ | ৳ 6,800 |
Price in (Canada) | CA$229.95 |
Price in (Dubai/UAE) د.إ | AED 259.99 |
Price in (India) ₹ | ₹ 5,499 |
Price in (Iraq) ع.د | 110 IQD |
Price in (Nigeria) ₦ | ₦170,280.00 |
Price in (Tanzania) TSh | TZS 250,000.00 |
Price in Australia | A$1,129 |
Price in France | €170 |
Disclaimer Note
We can not guarantee that the information on this page is 101% correct.