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Originally Posted by Zee
What's different between the 4 and 4S.
What is a major change between the 4 and 5, what's any sort of major difference between the 5 and 5S?
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iPhone 4: Apple A4 SoC (ARM Cortex-A8 single-core CPU, PowerVR SGX535 single-core GPU), 512MB RAM, 5MP camera, 3.5" screen.
iPhone 4S:
Apple A5 SoC (ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core CPU, PowerVR SGX543MP2 dual-core GPU), 512MB RAM,
8MP camera, 3.5" screen.
iPhone 5:
Apple A6 SoC (custom-designed "Swift" dual-core CPU, based upon the newer ARMv7 architecture, PowerVR SGX543MP3 triple-core GPU),
1GB RAM, 8MP camera (but with faster capture and better low-light performance),
4" screen (16:9 AR).
iPhone 5S:
Apple A7 SoC (custom-designed multi-core 64bit CPU, based upon the even newer ARMv8 architecture, GPU not yet known but speculation is that it's a PowerVR SGX543MP4 quad-core GPU or a PowerVR Series 6), 1GB RAM (unconfirmed), 8MP camera (but
f/2.2 instead of f/2.4), 4" screen (16:9 AR),
TouchID fingerprint sensor.
Yeah, "same old same old" with no major changes at all between versions
Also, don't forget, as I said before: The "off year" is always just an "S" version with a spec bump and the odd new feature. The alternating year when the model number goes up is when it gets much more of a re-design.
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Originally Posted by Zee
As for the 5C, charging people a premium price for a really low budget looking phone
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It's just a colour version of the 5, with cheaper build costs for Apple. It's aiming at a different market than before, with the 5S now being the top-end phone.