Apple Announces iPhone 5S With 64bit CPU, Fingerprint Scanner



The iPhone 5S is made of high-grade aluminum with chamfered edges and comes in three colors – Gold, Silver and Black.




It comes with faster Apple A7 processor which is first 64 bit chip to be used on a smartphone. The new iOS 7 uses 64 bit architecture including all Apple apps. The processor is said to be over twice as fast as A6 processor and Graphics are said to be up to 56x faster. The new GPU supports OpenGL ES 3.0 also.

Camera-



The 5S comes with a new iSight five-element Apple lens with f/2.2 aperture and 15% larger sensor. It uses 15micron pixel size for better image quality. While taking images, it takes multiple pictures and picks the sharpest of them.

The flash is dual-LED with two tones – cool white and warm amber, the camera combines both to balance the color tone when using flash.
The camera can also capture slow motion videos at 720p resolution and 120fps. It captures panorama pictures at up to 28MP resolution.

Touch ID -



As rumored, the iPhone 5S comes with a finger print reader and the feature is called Touch ID. The Touch ID sensor which is built into ring around home button senses at 500 ppi and even scans your sub-epidermal skin layers.



Touching the home button will unlock the phone, using the fingerprint scanner. The fingerprint is safe, not saved on Apple servers or available to other apps.

Pricing



The iPhone 5C will be priced at $199, $299 and $399 for the 16GB , 32GB and 64GB version respectively on a 2 year contract. It will go on pre-order on September 13th and on sale on September 20th in US, Australia, Canada, etc. Other countries will get it by December 2013.

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