Apple : iPhone 5 Specification and Announcement Details. It's here

Well if you missed all the news that Apple let slip on their website, the iPhone 5 is now officially with us. It’s got everything the 4S has — but thinner, lighter, better, and smaller. This article is scattered to say the least so bear with me whilst I try to collate the masses of information from the Apple 2012 Announcement.

Apples Media Event on the 12th September certainly hasn’t disappointed and it’s been busy to say the least. With the new iPhone 5 a massive and long overdue update to iTunes the media event clocked in at 1hr 45 mins. Here’s the main information about the iPhone 5 you’ll be interested in.

iPhone 5 Hardware Specs

A6 processor, 22% smaller, energy-efficient
1136 x 640 resolution, same width, but taller. 4″ diagonal
Ultrafast Wireless, GPRS, EDGE, EV-DO, HSPA, HSPA+, DC-HSDPA, and LTE
5ghz Wifi
3 microphones, front, back and bottom
Made entirely of glass and aluminium
Available in black and white
New Lightning Connector

Side note. No where does it mention what type of sim card is used on the new iPhone or indeed the size of the battery. If anyone know please comment below or contact us.

iPhone 5 Camera Specs

The focus is on low-light photo capture — i.e. for many phone situations in the real world also Panorama mode. Just sweep your scene. You get remarkable photographs. Just pan and the phone creates the transitions automatically.

8MP sensor
1080p Rear facing camera
720p front facing camera
3264 x 2448
Backside illumination
Hybrid IR Filter
Five Element lens
F/2.3 aperture
1080p with better video stabilization, face recognition, and photos too

iPhone 5 Battery Life

It’s the same or indeed better than the 4gs and with all that power.

3g Talk Time 8 Hours
3g Browsing 8 Hours
LTE browsing 8 Hours
Wifi Browsing 10 Hours
Video 10 Hours
Music 40 Hours
Standby 225 Hours

The New iPhone 5 Lightning Connector

The original connector introduced in 2003 and its time for a change, You’re either cheering or weeping right now.

80% smaller. All digital 8-signal
Reversible
30-pin to Lightning adapter will be available

iPhone 5 4G Compatibility

Europe: DT, EE (everything everywhere)

Available in the US on ATT, Verizon, Sprint…still no T-Mobile

Asia: KDDI SoftBan, KT, SK Telecom, SmartTone

Canada: Rogers, Telus, Bell, Fido, Virgin

US: Sprint, AT&T, Verizon — all with LTE support

iPhone 5 Pricing (USA)

Price changes mean they aren’t far off the Amazon premise of having an iPhone being the best phone at every price point

New contract pricing is $199 for 16GB
$299 for 32 GB
$399 for 64 GB

Same price as the 4S (on contract), 4S is now the $99 iPhone, the mere mortal iPhone 4 is now free.

iPhone 4 is now free on contract, and 4S is $99

Pre orders for the iPhone 5 start on 14 September, shipping 21 Sept for the following countries
US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore

with 20 more countries getting iPhone joy in October 2012

iOS 6 due for release for 3GS and newer and iPad and newer get iOS 6 on Sept 19

Other event notes

The phone offers 44% more color saturation.
Full “SRGB” rendering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB

Touch is integrated into the display to provide sharper results, less glare in sunlight

iPhone 5 Apps

All the iWork apps have been updated to take advantage of the enhanced display

Old apps run letter boxed
iMovie and Garageband also updated
First party apps are optimised to take advantage of the new screen size.
A few developers got early sneak peeks and their apps are already 5-optimized.
CNN expanded their presentation to show more text. OpenTable’s photo galleries are there too.
Ducati have designed an app to take full advantage of the real estate.

Cook: “As you carry your phone, it should fit beautifully in your hand”