Friends, today I will share detailed operating experience of its main smartphone – iPhone 5s. He has more than a year, and use one device for so long I’m not used. Under the cut – all I think specifically about this model.

The fact that the iPhone 5s – the most trouble free smartphone of all that I had. He has no lack, no one even occur after long time use. Nothing is beginning to creak, peel off, climb round, and this, of course, very happy. To date, my iPhone 5s and a half years, and yet I do not plan to change it no matter what, though somehow I almost bought an iPhone 6 Plus.

Why not buy? There are several reasons. First – do not want to bend it by accident. Specifically recognize one of the owners, said, tried to bend – bend. Naturally, all the bends, but 6 Plus can bend it by accident. The second reason – dimensions. I often read something on the go, hold your smartphone, and then I, of course, have something to compare. First comparison. Once I used the Samsung Galaxy Note and after it bought the iPhone 4s. My joy knew no bounds – a smartphone strove not to slip on the go. Second comparison. Now I have two smartphones: Galaxy Note 4 and iPhone 5s. Note mainly used indoors, iPhone 5s – always. Here it tastes and habits, but this is my experience of exploitation and my impressions. But the main thing – the size is important for me because of the runs. I run 3-4 times a week for 8-12 km, smartphone use as trekkers activity. To do this, turn on the app RunKeeper, it connects to the watch and heart rate monitor Pebble Mio Alpha, and I get all the important information every kilometer run, and also have an archive of all workouts. Here the most important thing is that running a “shovel” is not as convenient as with compact iPhone 5s. I am sure almost 100% if there were 6 iPhone model with a 4.3″ LCD monitor in a compact package, I would have purchased, as well – another year to great in all plans for the model 5s.

It is fair to say that there were things that spurred me to update the contrary. For example, photo processing large screen is more appropriate camera in the iPhone 6 received image stabilization and the ability to shoot video at 240 frames per second at a resolution of 720p. Given the presence of stabilization, with the iPhone 6 can safely shoot cool movie. SloMo regime itself creates a stabilizing effect, because the finished video jerking almost invisible, so also a software stabilization saves. Who has not seen this video I shot on iPhone 5s with hands, mounted on it is:

And coprocessor M8 learned to count the height of climbing in the background, in the Carpathians me this was not enough. To understand how high we climbed, we had to use RunKeeper, and keep on paverbanke smartphone.

But why do I think iPhone 5s best of all smartphones that I had?

Unfortunately, most of them upset me at least something. Most often it is banal creaking housing, loss of stiffness. Sometimes it begins to climb round the paint, most often it was spraying a metal on it appear worn and chipped. But sometimes just paint crack, I wrote about a bug in my Galaxy Note 4. Sometimes it begins to withdraw some details such as the display. After a year and a half I have iPhone 5s in perfect condition, so change it due to defects I have no thoughts.

iPhone 5s in terms of performance and functionality for today is not outdated at all. After a short time using their 5s, I wrote a note about why this smartphone really revolutionary. For the first time in a long time in the smartphone appeared not just a few extra pixels on the screen and the camera’s sensor, and a completely new sensors and sensors, which I still use every day. I’m talking about M7 and Touch ID. Both the first and the second is used by me and are constantly looking for other users of the models can be concluded that these innovations are used by all. Why is it cool? Look how many other manufacturers are trying to insert into their flagship smartphone: pressure sensors, ultraviolet radiation, additional cameras behind … But if these are all at least 5% of the buyers of these smartphones? I am sure that is not. Even fingerprint scanners began to appear in other models, but few people use them – too clumsy they are implemented. But Touch ID, as far as I can judge from my own experience, use about 90% of all users.

For myself, I researched that 64 GB of me just enough. The last few months I lived with a few hundred MB free, but recently decided zabekapit film and brush it on the smartphone. As a result, even if the application and the abundance of my music, about 10 GB is now available. Although, if you try, you can optimize even better.

I listen to music exclusively with the iPhone, other audio playback I simply no longer. And it is not necessary. Here I describe in detail your entire set of headphones and speakers, since then nothing has changed. Is that added one more place where I listen to music with the iPhone, – my Renault Fluence. Wires are almost never konnekchu all listen to WIRELESS. Recently, I completely abandoned the iTunes and standard player in favor of Google Play Music.

I keep a lot of pictures on your iPhone 5s and as Vlad Savov said of Theverge: «To win other manufacturers iPhone, they need to win his cell.” Even the Galaxy Note 4 with its very good camera is inferior in image quality iPhone. Who do not know, you can see my work here.

Recently began selling their photos on the service Clashot, in general, the camera is used very actively. It is interesting that for all the period iPhones I photographed with a flash on the strength of 2-3 times. Use it only as a flashlight. By the way, a quick access to it from the lock screen more than once rescued.

But in the game on the iPhone, I stopped playing almost completely. Is that in any nenapryazhnye time-killer, and I do not remember when was the last time I was able to open the game. To do this, use only iPad, only play flight simulator and, of course, WoT Blitz.

The only thing that upsets me iPhone 5s – autonomy. Batteries barely enough for half a day, until late at night the smartphone did not reach a very long time. I am confident that I can slightly increase the lifetime cleaned unwanted applications, but fundamentally the situation has not changed. I can not say that I’m using a smartphone at the peak of opportunities, for example, the navigation includes a very rare, especially in the car now has a native; listen to music in the car 50% of trips in the other 50% listen to the radio; the game does not start, as I said. That is, I’m calling, writing SMS, read / write a lot of mail, much rewritten Viber, Twitter read only with the iPhone in TweetBot, watch videos on Youtube through ProTube, run with RunKeeper, a couple of times a week I write notes in Evernote, often read with Evernote scenarios for the review, photograph, process photos and yuzayu Instagram. And, of course, the smartphone permanently coupled to the clock Pebble. When such problems smartphone live up to 3-4 hours in the afternoon.

Recently lost its calibration controller battery. This is when the smartphone with a 60% charge can dramatically shut down and refuse to be included. But as soon as connect it to the network, a charge immediately returned to the level of 60%. Calibration is performed quite simple: it is necessary to defuse the smartphone until it is off to himself, put on home charging and charge an hour longer than is necessary to fully charge. So repeat 3 times.

An interesting thing happened recently. I began to notice that the cord Lightning sometimes departs. Ie insert it, a little move and contact is lost. The situation is developing quite rapidly, and at some point I began to doubt whether I could once again charge the smartphone or terminal “nuts.” Fortunately, the thought of to get into the connector clip for SIM card tray, there turned out to be so much dust that I could not imagine that there are so many places to eat at all. Hiking in the service is not needed.

Along the way, iPhone 5s in my personal ranking goes to the same level as the Nokia E71, which up to that point, I thought the best for his time. I used them for two years, is very similar to what iPhone 5s will be as long-lived, as I plan to change it already on iPhone 6s, if there is a better camera. Well, the main thing – if you’re still in doubt, iPhone 5s can still be taken. Smartphone relevant today as much as a year ago (if you do not mind 4 “display), and Apple will provide support for at least another 2 years.

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After having been released in a couple of iPad mini to “adult” iPad and iPhone 5C in a couple of iPhone 5S, the company Apple, apparently decided to beat a doublet in all spheres. So today, the world has not had time to chew on the news that the Beats goes kupertinovtsy possession, and Apple gives newsworthy again for news. This time the company bought hired Ari Partin, professionals working with cameras in PureView Nokia.

After Nokia, to be exact, unit dealing smartphones Lumia and Asha, finally came under the wing of Microsoft, the chief engineer to work with cameras decided to continue his career Redmond not what he said on his twitter tools.

May draw conclusions about the untimely passing vehicles Nokia Microsoft is still early, it’s just one person, but personally I think this development is quite revealing, because small-soft not cling to what they do, perhaps the best. Agree, it is high quality cameras largely allowed to keep afloat Lyumiyam not WindowsPhone same.

Well, the iPhone’s camera to improve due to the work of Mr. Partin also will not be superfluous, despite the fact that she, and so is one of the best on the market, because there is no limit to perfection. 41 MP is not like jokes. The main thing is that the new iPhone, given the recent news, did not look like this:

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One of the most curious features of man is infinite growth it needs. For example, the first bike was an accomplishment, and then – the car, and now one of the fastest and most popular vehicles used aircraft. A similar trend is natural, and is reflected in the world of mobile technology. Do you remember what size diagonal flagships were three years ago? And what do we see today? The same thing happens with megapixel cameras smartphones. But does it make sense to expect them to increase? Let’s deal.

Despite a really huge number of devices submitted, the number of megapixels their cameras in most cases the same. It is about unspoken standard 8 megapixels, which is slowly but very steadily shifted toward 13. However, the market is there and contradictory decisions. Consider the need to increase the resolution of images, by the way, it is easiest for them.

More the better

Understand the desire to have a smartphone with a lot of megapixels incredibly simple. The main reason for this, of course, related to the quality of the image. And if you see the difference between the 38-megapixel image Nokia Lumia 1020 and 50-megapixel picture OPPO Find 7 can only aesthetes, the dissimilarity images HTC One M8 and the same iPhone 5s will be noticeable to all.

In addition, the important point is the simultaneous development of various services and other high-tech devices. For example, some time ago, the world famous Video YouTube learned to play 4K video. In addition, recently held release tablet with the same display resolution.

The smaller, the better

In favor of maintaining the usual characteristics of the camera says the opportunity to increase the physical size of the pixel, which will guarantee the creation of good pictures even in low light conditions. Such attempts are engineers Taiwanese company HTC, but to call this experience the best language does not turn.

Finally, increasing the number of megapixels implies growth of the physical dimensions of the smartphone. Illustrative of the problem are 1020 and Nokia Lumia 808 PureView. Making last lie flat on the surface categorically impossible, which, incidentally, makes it difficult to use these devices without taking them away.

Perhaps the most sensible solution to this situation is the recently introduced OPPO Find 7. His camera has 13 megapixels, but thanks to the capabilities of smartphone software able to create a 50-megapixel photos.

And what resolution camera is ideal for you?

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The Taiwanese company has unveiled its new flagship smartphone brand One. The device is definitely interesting, especially for fans of Android, which means about it repeatedly will be written on AndroidInsider.ru in detail. I confine myself to a cursory glance novelty. View from the user of the smartphone from Apple.

Like last time, interest in novelty actively warmed to its release, including the advertising campaign “would be the best even better.” What has improved compared to the previous HTC One (M7)? Novelty, which, to avoid confusion was named HTC One (M8), has increased to 5 inches display, and quad-core processor, the frequency of which increased to 2.3 GHz. Of course, there is 2 gigabytes of RAM and a battery capacity of 2600 mAh already.

Added memory card slot microSD, absent in version M7, and besides the camera UltraPixel located on the rear panel is one that gives the user the possibility of currently fashionable camera Lytro. Unlike Samsung Galaxy S5, Taiwanese smartphone is not loaded a ton of software widgets that they have in the family, but what it is loaded, probably also ought to be abolished. I’m talking about the standard programs and interface HTC.

At the time of its release HTC One (M7) very reminded all the then new iPhone 5. The same one-piece metal housing, the same shiny faces the same two bands selected by designers at the top and bottom of the device. Interface it is totally different to any version of iOS, so all these little similarity were quickly forgotten. New HTC One (M8) makes them think again.

It’s the same solid metal body, similar to the body of the iPhone 5 and 5s, but just look at the name of the new colors: Gunmetal Grey, Glacial Silver and Amber Gold. Familiar set? That’s not all. Like the iPhone 5s in the new product from HTC appeared double flash, called Smart Flash 2.0. But most importantly, what would like to note – this title. Like many products from Apple, the device has the same name as the previous one in the lineup.

I do not undertake to say – someone who copies. Whether HTC directly copying Apple, whether they copy the strategy of Samsung, which had had a lot of success is copying Apple . Anyway, without Apple and their revolutionary iPhone in products of other companies can not do. Despite this, the new HTC One worthy of attention. In the sale it will go no earlier than April and is likely to remain popular until the fall release new items from Apple.

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Apple would just like it if they came to the following statistics. According to data analysts from Raymond James, almost a third of U.S. iPhone users would be ready to pay a hundred dollars more if the next generation of smart phone has received a larger display.

In other words, they would buy the iPhone 6 expected at a higher price if it has exceeded the size of iPhone 5s . It’s funny that the current Android users not so would like to see the grown up iPhone: only 6 percent of them would be willing to buy a device with a 100-dollar premium (authors survey suggested that the giant will not cost as much as the product of standard size).

The same study showed that 52.3% of U.S. residents surveyed have iPhone, while 49.7% of them are willing to buy a new Apple product to replace the current one. Sad, but only 8 percent of owners surveyed in Android gadgets ready to move to smartphones with iOS.

The survey was conducted from 13 to 17 March, and was attended by 500 people. This means that the percentage values ​​were extrapolated to the entire population of the state, which, however, may not be in accordance with the respondents. Or according to, but in a slightly different proportions.

Apple would just like it if they came to the following statistics. According to data analysts from Raymond James, almost a third of U.S. iPhone users would be ready to pay a hundred dollars more if the next generation of smart phone has received a larger display.

In other words, they would buy the iPhone 6 expected at a higher price if it has exceeded the size of iPhone 5s . It’s funny that the current Android users not so would like to see the grown up iPhone: only 6 percent of them would be willing to buy a device with a 100-dollar premium (authors survey suggested that the giant will not cost as much as the product of standard size).

The same study showed that 52.3% of U.S. residents surveyed have iPhone, while 49.7% of them are willing to buy a new Apple product to replace the current one. Sad, but only 8 percent of owners surveyed in Android gadgets ready to move to smartphones with iOS.

The survey was conducted from 13 to 17 March, and was attended by 500 people. This means that the percentage values ​​were extrapolated to the entire population of the state, which, however, may not be in accordance with the respondents. Or according to, but in a slightly different proportions.

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You can think long about how it will look new iPhone, but you can slow down and assume that Apple is not empty at all serious, and the next generation gadget unique design does not get it. On the basis of this assumption underpinning the work of Alex Casadei. Industrial designer posted a net concept iPhone 6, which is painfully similar to the iPhone 5s , although it has its own features.

For example, a hypothetical gadget “endowed” 4.7-inch display, processor Apple A8 (in the video it certainly did not see), and the plate thickness of only 5.5 mm, and the lack of edges on the sides of the screen.

And, you know, the concept looks rustic, not amazing personality, but it seems plausible. There is no explicit rejection as something we have already seen.

By the way, according to recent information disseminated DisplaySearch, the next generation iPhone could actually get a 4.7-inch display.

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The launch of two representatives of the new generation iPhone has turned the most successful in the history of the smartphone. In just the first three days of sales Apple could implement nine million iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c worldwide, greatly improving not only the general statistics on sales, but also its impact on the global smartphone market. In order to calculate the share of the iPhone in certain countries and identify potential buyers gadget analyst firm Kantar Wordpanel ComTech conducted its own independent research and has recently introduced its results.

According to experts, in Europe continue to dominate the smart phones with the Android operating system on board, which hold more than 70 percent of the market. The share of Apple accounted for only 16%, 10% belong to the Windows Phone , and the rest – Chinese producers. IPhone share growth in different countries ranged from 2 to 8 percent. Most enviable figures boast Italy and the UK, and in Spain and Germany, they were minimal.

Due to a contract with the Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo in October Apple sold a record number of iPhone in the country and increased its stake to 76 percent. Impressive.

One of the few markets where the company suffered losses, surprisingly, turned out to be an American. In the U.S., iOS lost 8%, while Android and Windows Phone improved their performance compared with the previous year by 4% and 2% respectively.

In the study, the U.S. smartphone market revealed that almost half of the buyers iPhone 5c earns less than 49,000 dollars a year, that is actually more popular smartphone is in the budget segment. Among the owners of iPhone 5s number of people with small earnings is 21%.

It is noteworthy that the same half of the buyers before iPhone 5c enjoyed smartphones from other manufacturers like Samsung or LG. Apple tactics yet borne fruit, and the company was able to win over users of devices from competitors. With iPhone 5s picture is quite different – more than 80 percent of smartphone buyers upgraded from the previous model iPhone.

Rather, in December-January popularity of the iPhone will increase even more on the background of the upcoming Christmas holidays. As you know, during this period Apple gadgets are always most welcome gifts.

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When Apple adds some new functions into their devices, its main competitors are watching with interest how this or that innovation will be perceived by buyers. If the gadget is really good demand, they take on the novelty weapons and rework it to your products, activating the so-called “copying” the car . Many of the technologies that Apple uses in the iPhone and iPad, existed before (the same fingerprint reader), but for some reason, “trend”, it is considered only after its appearance in the iOS-devices .

So with the 64-bit processor, which the corporation has equipped iPhone 5s, iPad Air and iPad mini second generation. Although after the presentation of the new iPhone, many said that the chip A7 – nothing more than a marketing ploy Apple, one fact was clear: soon 64-bit processors will appear in smartphones and Android, and Windows Phone. But few could have predicted when it will happen.

The answer to this question recently gave portal DigiTimes, which, citing its own sources of the largest suppliers of processors reported that Qualcomm, Nvidia and Broadcom are planning to introduce a 64-bit quad-core processors in the first half of next year. Most likely, the new chips will be announced at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It will be held in January 2014 in Las Vegas.

One manufacturer – the company MediaTek – is not going to follow the general “trend” and continue to develop eight-processor. Such a chip is already being used in the smartphone Huawei G750. Not entirely clear why low-cost mobile device processor is needed with so many cores, but the leadership of the Chinese corporation probably know better.

Given that the same from Samsung Galaxy S4 equipped with a processor from Qualcomm, and HTC One – chip production Nvidia, soon most Android-devices will switch to 64-bit architecture. Unlike CPU iPhone 5s, again, will be in the amount of cores. In this senseless race Apple is not involved and is unlikely to be soon.

Even now, you will notice that many of the applications and games on the iPhone 5s are loaded much faster than previous generations of smartphone Apple. Of course, the actions the company has added work program developers , who now have to support just two architecture – 32-bit and 64-bit, but that is no reason for a rapid escape from the App Store.

No doubt, Apple continues to set the trend. Yes, sometimes the company borrows something from their competitors, but usually everything is just the opposite. Apple acts as a “test pilot”, which the other smartphone makers unwittingly (and someone intentionally) is used to “break-in” new technologies.

Well, wait a fingerprint reader in the Galaxy S5 ?

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Amid rumors about the upcoming launch of the Tablet PC iPad mini second generation, Apple has stopped servicing the online store Apple Store and posted a warning that conducts its update.

Typically, Apple shuts down its online store to update the product line. This fits well with the message edition GSX, under which the company will begin selling the iPad mini with Retina display on Tuesday. From the drain on the site that on November 12, a new mini-tablet will be available in 7 countries: Australia, China (only Wi-Fi), Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States.

Presenting the iPad mini in October, Apple promised to start shipping the device to the end of November. It should be noted that the company does not rule out the deficit model. “It is not clear whether there is enough available second-generation iPad mini for this quarter or not. We know how much we will have a tablet, but what will be the demand, will be known after the start of deliveries, “- said Cook.

The new version of iPad mini, recall from the previous distinguish a few things: high-resolution screen (2048 by 1536 pixels, as in “big» iPad), efficient 64-bit processor A7, enhanced support band LTE, as well as a faster Wi-Fi . Western journalists who were able to study a novelty, were delighted with the device.

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There is little doubt that the iPhone 5s is a fire enclosure devices. However, the bloggers of TechRax decided to make sure that this is true. IPhone 5s were subjected to experiments in a gold case. They included on a smartphone record slo-mo, splashed gasoline on him and set on fire. A minute later put out the flames and watched what happened with the device.

Tellingly, within a few minutes after the end of the experiment iPhone 5s continued to work even after being submerged in water. Enthusiasts hope that they turn out to extract delayed video from the device memory. Unfortunately, after a few moments iPhone 5s stopped responding to clicks. And even connect your smartphone to your computer, they have not managed to extract valuable personnel.

In the following video you can see what’s going on with the Apple phones in a fire, and the behavior of the aluminum unibody-shell iPhone 5s in these situations.

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