Apple Finally Announces the Release Dates for iPhone 5S, 5C and iOS 7

Apple finally announces the release dates for its latest iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C and iOS 7 at the press conference held at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. For the first time Apple is coming out with two different phones, one with much lowered cost.

Tim Cook started the conference by saying "last year when we introduced the new iPhone, we lowered the price of the older version, but this time its not going to happen", instead Apple launched a new low-cost iPhone 5C alongwith iPhone 5S, Apple's standard version. The new iPhone 5C will be available in 5 different colors: green, white, blue, pink and yellow, it will be made-up of plastic with hard-coated polycarbonate design on the outer side alongwith multi-band antenna. iPhone 5C will have a 4 inch display screen costing $99 for a 16 GB model or $199 for 32 GB model with contracts and will be available on sale from 20^th September. The preorders will commence from 13^th September.

iPhone 5C Official Video

 

iPhone 5S, the flagship phone of Apple will come in three different colors gold, silver and grey with a 4 inch display screen, upgraded to A7 chip. It is going to be the first smartphone that will be 64 bits and according to the Phil Schiller, the vice president of Apple, the CPU of iPhone 5S will be 40 times faster than the original iPhone. iPhone 5S will also have a brand new chip called M7 to measure the motion data and it will have a support for accelerometer, gyroscope and compass.

iPhone 5S will have a long and improved battery life with 10 hours of LTE and Wifi usage, 40 hours of music listening, and 250 hours of standby time. The camera has also been enhanced by increasing the pixels to 1.5u to capture more clear pictures in dim light. The camera also includes features such as autodetect, burst mode, true tone flash, image stabilizer and slow-motion video. Just like the rumors flew, iPhone 5S will also have Touch ID – fingerprint sensor which is built into the home button. The sensor possesses a 360-degree scanning ability that scans the sub-epidermal skin layers. The fingerprint sensor can be used to unlock the iPhone.

iPhone 5S Official Video

iPhone 5S will cost $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32 GB, $399 for 16 GB, alongwith a contract and will be available on sale on 20^th September.

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