Apple’s new iPhone 5c and 5s made its debut in stores last Friday, Sept.20, and customers were anticipated to get these phones as they sold out its first day at most major carriers.
As a owner of the iPhone 5c, the new apple software, iOS 7, takes these phones to a newer level, and has now made the iPhone 5 discontinued for further selling.
Meeting people that I’ve seen with the iPhone 5s, say that it is more secure, due to Apple’s Touch ID, which unlocks the phone with the touch of your thumbprint. New features include the swipe-up settings which is accessible both from the home and lock screens.
Most consumers also said that the battery life of the new iPhone’s last longer than its latest versions. Coverage for the newer phone’s has been updated as well, with ultrafast LTE wireless, which makes web browsing even faster. A new app switcher allows you to switch between applications, making the phone look three dimensional.
The starting prices for these phones, according to Apple, range from $99-$199. The 5s comes in silver, gold, and space gray, while the 5c ranges from many different colors with blue, yellow, pink, green, and white.
Although at it’s advertised price, at T-Mobile, I paid around $550 for the phone in store, because of a $200 security deposit and whatever other costs. This was a good investment due to the fact I’ll receive that deposit back within a year.
As a Journalist, I recommend this to others, especially school students, because it is good to have. Also, I have the ability to browse the web, research topics, and can turn in homework on time.
If you have the later versions of Apple, it would be wise to stick with what you have, because iOS 7 will be accessible to the iPhones 4 and later, iPad 2 and later, and the fifth generation iPod touch. The only difference with the 5s and 5c is the A6 and A7 chip, as well as an update with it’s camera megapixels.
An offer most carriers of the iPhone are advertising for the month of October, is that if you purchase it before the month is over, you will receive an extra four gigabytes of 4G data added unto your contract during its duration.
