Apple iPhone 5 Review Part 2

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Aaron reviews the iPhone 5, the newest flagship smartphone from Apple. Featuring an Apple A6 dual-core CPU clocked at 1 GHz, the iPhone 5 sports a 4-inch Retina Display (326 ppi), 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD recording, 1,440 mAh battery, 4G LTE, and iOS 6. It's available now at Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint in 16, 32, and 64 GB flavors. For iPhone fans, it's a nice upgrade - and overall, it's a high-end phone that's worth recommending to many prospective buyers. But keeping the big picture in mind, iPhone no longer commands the wide lead it once had in the smartphone market. There are a ton of great high-end Android and Windows Phone devices that offer equally compelling value propositions, such as the Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One X.
Is iPhone 5 worth your hard-earned money, or should you look at other industry heavyweights? Part 2 of 2.
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[@phothewin6019]

Bigger 4.5-8 inch phones used to look goofy to me when i was into the Iphone 4s, but now they seem just fine.

[@68r6]

I am very impressed with the review. Phonedog is the ONLY place to go for phone reviews and comparisons. It seems that they can be impartial and give a honest review. Thank you Aaron!!!

[@RumbleRish]

The only thing Apple has over other operting systems is the look. Its georgous . thats it

[@empirecards]

I liked your review. You are one of the only people I've seen give an unbiased review of the phone. I watched engadget's review too and they were praising this phone like it came from heaven. Nice job

[@bth2278]

Aaron I think you hit the nail on the head at the end of the video. People have to get away from the mentality that apple is the end all be all of cell phones. I'm still dumbfounded til this day how they managed to sell any iPhone 4s when it was clearly just a "hey we release a phone every year and we aren't prepared so let's just throw something together and release it"

[@mxmus08]

I like the way you pronounce route as Rout 1 and 2. You type as fast as you speak. I'm an Android user that loves snooping on the competition. Great videos as always Aaron.

[@Redgit232]

No, you've mistaken me. I see and agree with your point, however both the iPhones and the Vu have 4:3 aspect ratios, not 2:3. (2:3 is still more rectangle than 4:3)

[@Pistolita221]

No, Google Wallet is for actual transactions, PassBook is like having a list of gift-codes& frequent flier miles. PassBook doesn't actually interact with another device, if I'm not mistaken. Google Wallet replaces credit/debit cards in most stores, you can tap your phone to the register and it pays automatically, but does not keep track of frequent flier miles&gift-codes. Hope this helps :)

[@metal571]

yeah thats cause aaron has actually used and carried both iphones and android devices in the past. can't get any more unbiased than that

[@RasMinatE]

I have been using iphone5 for 2 in a half weeks now and i simply love it!!!!

[@ub277]

When it comes to battery it is all about how the OS manages the resources. So if the OS manages its resources in an efficient manner you don't need the giant battery and then you can reduce the items signature. I used my iphone 5 pretty heavily thru the day and I went from 4:30AM to 9:30PM and had 15% batt life left. That works for me, but as a big Apple fan I can't see going wrong with picking up the Galaxy S3. Both of these phones are a good purchase.

[@PillzBerry27]

Aaron, you are the best doing the I Phone 5 review I ever hear and you are being honest about it.

[@MayorMcCheese78]

Awesome review Aaron!!! Glad you and Lisa from MobileTechReview give real, unbiased reviews of the iphone.

[@MineCraftEquals]

I upgraded from a iPhone 3G and now the iPhone 5 and i love it!!

[@300k20]

If Google fused Google Maps and Google Earth, you'd get Apple Maps. =O

[@Marialonzo]

And the only reason I say "I think" is because I wasn't sure with iOS 5.1.1, which gave me lag issues and made it hard to tell if it was touch responsiveness issues or just lag.

[@Seamoorif]

This is one of the best reviews I've seen. Great job Aaron!

[@rajvosa71000]

iPhone is like buying a furnished House and you're not allowed to move any furniture, you have to leave it where its at, where as on Android you can customize your house the way you like it :-)

[@jeffscomp]

It's an awesome phone but they need to improve maps and deal with quality control at whatever factory is building them. I think they rushed the release of it slightly.

[@jpprez9635]

Galaxy S4. The Full HD SuperAMOLED screen will blow you away. It'll also come in 16, 32, and 64GB models.

[@TrueRay17]

This is a great review. Being real and no fanboy like behavior.

[@MysticalMastodon]

Apple didn't buy TomTom. Apple licenses from TomTom, but they didn't buy TomTom. Apple bought mapping companies Poly9 and C3 technologies for the 3D and other map design.

[@CajunJosh]

I'm curious, did you do a really good job at editing the video and make several different cuts, or did the battery life literrally drop like a rock during this 30 minute review?

[@MrPcBs]

I'm not an apple fanboy but its funny how people hate on the iPhone 5 yet it still sold over 2 million on the first day alone

[@Dontcallmetimtam]

When the iPhone was revealed in 2007 apple said it was about 5 years in-front of the competition. Which they were correct. Now its 5 years in the future from 2007 and I believe they didn't change enough to keep the iPhone 5 years in the future

[@Skullzombie98]

"How dare you!" Lol that sir was very funny!

[@NICKELGHANDI]

Great, honest review. Thanks. I was considering an iPhone 5, but now I think I'm going to wait for either the next Galaxy or the next Nexus.

[@soleil3gs]

Excellent review, its been awhile Aaron but I think you're back. Now if only you could change the phone dog website look that would be great!

[@ileref]

I liked the end. "whoooooo doggies!" lol

[@rickyt11]

Thanks Aaron for the iPhone update video, I think I will wait for the iPhone 6.

[@TheZacharyLivingston]

I still like it I think it will be great, every thing has bugs at first was hoping for more software but an beautiful device looking forward to getting one

[@GarrettNorman2015]

Yes it has an LTE toggle just like there used to be a 3G one.

[@psychoacer]

How is scratches and problems not expected from Apple? They had scratch problems with previous devices, the antenna problem with the 4 and many other problems with initial releases from Apple. So this is the norm

[@samdingleberry]

This is the honest review I have seen on the net, I used to love the iPhone switched to the Galaxy S3 and I don't see myself switching back iOS looks dated at this point compared to ICS and Jellybean Apple really needs to switch things up for the next iOS update and iPhone.

[@Marialonzo]

I think the touch responsive issues are software-related. I have an iPod touch 4G with touch issues that I never saw before until I upgraded to iOS 6.

[@tigeracz]

i notice the scratch very quick on the bottom near the charging slot, wow premium material now equal to a cheap plastic back on sgs3.

[@JamesRussoMillas]

for all those who say aaron is an apple fan boy, remember he uses a gs3 as his personal device

[@vtwinbreed]

TomTom only provided mapping data, they had nothing to do with building the maps app, that's Apple in-house development.

[@loganbump1685]

were the software issues resolved?

[@I9kieran94]

I'm not sure why the GS3 takes so long to charge, I mean, on ParanoidAndroid Rom the charging dramatically improves, 30 mins on charge gives me 50% at least. But you're right, stock rom on GS3 is soooo slow.

[@dominiqueparrish7473]

Saying which one has surpassed the other is very subjective. Certain things like widgets and turn by turn nav, yes android is lightyears ahead. But if you go things such as overall OS fluidity or hardware design, the iphone has always been on the cutting edge, while it took android until now to finally nail os fluidity . Its all opinion

[@MysticalMastodon]

Google now doesn't set up appointments, start timers, post to facebook/twitter; hell, most of the time Google now doesn't even read answers to me. Google Now is more of Google search with voice and some enhanced elements, but Siri does more than Google Now. I know because I own the Galaxy Nexus on Sprint (which just got Jelly Bean, btw) and the iPhone 5 on AT&T. And in terms of speed, they're about the same 99% of the time for me. Most times Siri's faster because of AT&T LTE vs Sprint 3G.

[@MysticalMastodon]

The thing is Maps isn't half-assed. Apple had 2 small teams working on Maps for 5 years. So the application isn't perfect, no Maps application, web app or otherwise was perfect at launch. Those scratches are a result of fast manufacturing. Until the iPhone 5, this was a nonissue because demand was lower. Siri, too, was in development for years. It's beta and is more functional than S-Voice and Google Now.

[@asbdaddy11]

"9:23 apple is playing catch up." Enough said.

[@HumanumErrareEst]

One of the top 3 phone reviewers on the internet.

[@jgp1]

Great review, I return my 5 and wait till next year I guess the OS needs to get an overhaul, or at least an option

[@BritishGinger4]

Great review had me tuned in the whole time

[@SquishyPretzels]

I love Android and I'm on Android's side, but I'll see how well iOS can do once my contract is over. Only problem I can find are the packaging issues and the headphone jack at the bottom instead of the top.

[@red03350z]

Hey, Aaron I was wondering which you recommend the iphone 5 or samsung galaxy note 2?

[@GeekThingsPodcast]

Yep, no one waits in line for a droid phone LOL

[@lesmoor001]

the best iphone 5 review packed with info

[@phothewin6019]

I used to think the Iphone was the best looking phone out there. But this past year ive come to the decision that smaller phones (Iphone size) are starting to look outdated. I understand that its "Apple's look" some ppl like small phones, but its not as good looking as before. Phones of the S3 and OneX size are more of my taste now. Iphone is still a great phone, dont get me wrong. But it would look better as a 4.5-8 ish inch phone. Just imo. The Iphone would look more "beast" as kids would say.

[@kinglevy123]

Aaron is easily my favorite reviewer...I really wish I could be him.

[@iSUPERKickHoes]

I can't wait for the dogfight between this and the Galaxy Note II.

[@JaMEs10136100]

iPhone 5 is actually really good!! Should I get the 5 or gs3?

[@majumderamit]

Right Bro! you forgot to mention that you can color the house(use cases)...

[@supaman8686]

Kind of excited for the iPhone5 vs GS3 dogfight...

[@KarlosHeleno]

Only reason I root android phones is to overclock and underclock the processors to save battery and better performance, GS3 is still my phone of choice

[@MysticalMastodon]

Bro, Apple bought 2 mapping companies that I know of to build the Maps app. To convince anyone that the application is half-assed you need to prove that the main function for the everyday user is a subpar experience. I just did a search for Area 51 and Maps says it's in Nevada. No, that's Motorola's campaign, not Android's. Android used to be a company, but was consumed by Google. Android is now just an OS, and it can't campaign.

[@jamaicansk8er]

i bet yall didnt know that they actually meant to call this the "iphone 4s xl" but they just called it iphone 5 because they new more people would buy it lmao

[@BeastTv408]

atleast ur not 1 of the 5 million that returned the iphone for having scratches fresh out the box lol

[@TruAgape123]

U give a lot of information, waste no time doing it, and are very thorough. U put the others to shame.

[@AshingtonDCTechGaming]

Great job Aaron, I agree, just because its an iPhone dont mean its the best and the greatest and free of all problems.

[@richardb2837]

Good thing that iphone 5 will get priority lte over androids. So glad

[@Rickayyye]

My One X lasts for at least 2 days on moderate usage. He just said he only gets 12hrs. I'm not hating on iPhone, i just don't like their battery life.

[@Tman450]

The power consumption is low because its screen has less color quality, and its dual-core processor is clocked only at 1 GHz.

[@Zezzzzz13]

By the looks of it the iPhone will last 3 h and 45 min! And Aaron wasn't exactly doing heavy usage - he didn't run any apps (other than maps), he didn't surf the web, install any new apps or anything that requires a huge amount of processing power...

[@redbowprops]

something he didnt go over that no one has talked about, do you have to buy a new nano sim card when you buy the iphone 5 or does the nano sim come with the phone?

[@perez82i]

This phone is awesome it takes the best pics no phone takes better pics , it's blazing fast ,and he's rite it does charge super fast ,

[@alcorgarcia619]

He moved on to TechnoBuffalo about 2 years ago and recently retired from the "Herd" a couple months ago.

[@kalpamonx]

Battery at the beginning of the video - 83% Battery at the end of the video - 76% 7% drain in 15 mins WTF!!!

[@Jayjon81]

Why are people so surprised of Panorama feature? That's been out for like 3 years now. my crappy Android 2.1 have it and I really never used it.

[@singxrose]

Okay, so I'm coming from a mytouch 4g slide which is absolutely horrible..the only good thing about it is the camera which already had the panorama option. Now I'm about to upgrade but I'm at a crossroad. Should I choose the iPhone 5 or the Galaxy S3? Which is better?

[@lianpachecosilveira487]

he had full brightness on. All reviewers always turn brightness up all the way and turn off auto.

[@CenasCorner]

Great review both parts. The only thing I have issue with is that all reviews keep saying the iPhone 5 maps have problems. The reality is it has nothing to do with the phone but with the iOS. How do I know? Because i still have the 4s and I have the exact same map problems. Apple will fix it like they do everything else. I will get the 5 I have owned every iphone that has been made. The other thing is I like having to enter my password to purchase. If someone got you phone they could break you.

[@woncho1]

A thought. lighter & thinner wouldn't it be better if they increase the battery capacity?

[@RAHHicecream]

I'm coming from an iphone 3gs so i'm definitely going to get it! If i was coming from a 4s though, i wouldn't.

[@azareelr]

I'm not saying this as an Android fan, but I'm saying it as a tech geek: I'm disappointed with how little Apple did in a year. There are few good improvements and just not enough for it to compete with Android. Heck, I'd cop a 920 before I bought an iPhone 5.

[@solomonabhi]

Good Objective analysis. Thanks.

[@idkAusername1000]

it has a larger battery which is one of the reasons apple had to make the charging port smaller.

[@gangboy40]

Apps desighn speed all make the iphone amazing. Including their camera

[@iLYK2PWN]

Thats really the point, Apple tends to offer less features on the i phone but its more polished, fluid and easier to use making it reliable, the reliability of an i phone and ease of use is the main selling point imo, but with JellyBean, the OS is now just as fluid on Android. To me, Android has now gone far ahead of iOS which up until the 3GS, was the leader in anything smartphone. One thing good point about i phones though is that they dont drop value as fast meaning high resale value

[@JayAlfordElementJMusic]

Finally, someone who doesn't praise Apple simply because their Apple.

[@gangboy40]

I come to phonedog for all phone info aaron u da man

[@imserious2187]

i glad he said that , so many people think its automatically great just becaues its an iphone, not

[@harveytheattorney]

Had an HTC thunderbolt got an iPhone 5 love it

[@ubtoo05]

With the iPhone's you gotta do most of the things through iTunes? I'd get one maybe but really can't stand iTunes.

[@frankdallas52]

i just love the way people take it to heart and compete about their phones!!!its all about personal choices....no android is better;no iphone is better!!!! who gives a $%$%...they are both selling like mad for a reason,,its just a matter of taste!!

[@RohanSwarup]

Does the "lightning" connector affect syncing speed at all? Does it have any additional functionality?

[@JedETaleon]

funny you mention Apple is looking a lot like RIM right now Aaron, for a while I kept telling people that Apple will go the way of Blackberry in upcoming years

[@Happy-Me.]

Held the iPhone 5 today. It's very light and didn't feel premium to me. Apple should have made it wider.

[@Redgit232]

Got there, but not over the line. 4:3 aspect ratio.

[@RobertMargera]

Android has caught up to the original iPhone from 2007. LOL

[@ghostinvisibleX7]

my thoughts exactly! you could not have said it better

[@MatthewMoscotto]

Apple is a computer company. RIM didn't have anything else going for it except phones so I think the comparison is a little unfair. Apple can easily just make evolutionary changes and live because the ecosystem is so strong.

[@arshkfilms8656]

i had a s3 i dubbed it bought an iphone 5 and i really love it.

[@bth2278]

@chrisak49 actually no i feel the gs3 is better bcuz A. android has been offering LTE for how long? B. android has been offering bigger screens how long? C. android has offered panorama how long. D. androids UI is far superior E. android is no longer laggy

[@DaArtist401]

The galaxy s3 is probably the better phone, but its the music (gapless playback), and app selection that keeps me coming to apple. I've owned a ton of android phones, tried different music players aside from stock, and then end up being buggy after a few hours(I listen to about 2-3 hours of music a day). And then there's the apps, which are a hit or miss. Not to mention the updates that take forever if it's not a nexus (which are unfortunately always lower spec'ed than every current android)

[@jorgeizDShiznit]

@ 01:16 his voice cracks lmao

[@xOzymandias]

android and iphone didnt start at the same time..so saying that it took android this much time is not a fair statement.