Iphone 5

Apple launching iPhone 5 in in 50 new countries this month, including South Korea, Brazil, and Russia

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Dec 3, 2012 a 10:00 am

Apple has announced that they're launching the iPhone 5 in 50 more countries this month. Friday, December 7 will see the iPhone 5 coming to South Korea. Friday, December 14 will see it come to Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Grenada, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. And Friday, December 21 will see come to Barbados, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Egypt, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St.Vincent & the Grenadines, Tunisia, Uganda and Vietnam.

Apple testing LTE network quality

By Joseph Keller, Friday, Nov 30, 2012 a 11:31 am

Apple is apparently quite strict when it comes to allowing carriers to offer the iPhone 5 as an LTE device, requiring carriers to allow Apple to independently test the quality of their LTE network. If the network is up to Apple’s standards, then they will enable LTE functionality on the iPhone 5. This test can mean that, as carriers across the world start rolling out their LTE networks, the iPhone 5 won’t be immediately useable as an LTE device.

Win a brand new iPhone or iPad mini case from Pad & Quill! Enter now!

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Nov 30, 2012 a 11:19 am

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Pad & Quill make some of our favorite iPhone and iPad cases, and they've recently released brand new versions for both the iPhone 5 and the iPad mini. As always, they're hand made in Minnesota, and their baltic birch and leather stand in gorgeous contrast to Apple's glass and aluminum devices. Best of all, they're giving three (3) of each away to our awesome iMore readers.

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iPhone 5 launching in China on December 14, iPad 4 and iPad mini Wi-Fi on December 7

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Nov 30, 2012 a 8:54 am

The iPhone 5, along with the Wi-Fi only versions of the iPad 4 and iPad mini would go on sale in China within the next few weeks. According to Apple, the iPhone 5 will debut on Friday, December 14, and the iPads will debut on Friday, December 7.

Apple starts selling the iPhone 5 unlocked online in the U.S., at retail in Canada

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 a 11:14 pm

As of today you can walk into an Apple Retail store in Canada and walk out with an unlocked iPhone 5. That's something that was only possible via Apple Online orders until now, likely to prevent the type of scalping activity -- the same people lining up everyday to buy unlocked iPhones only to resell them overseas -- that caused problems with previous Canadian launches. Not to be left totally behind, the U.S. has also started selling the iPhone 5 unlocked, but only via Apple Online.

So, if you still haven't gotten your iPhone, and you want to walk into an Apple Store and walk out with an unlocked one, and you live in Canada, today's your lucky day.

Go get it.

iOS takes top marketshare spot from Android on iPhone 5 enthusiasm

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 a 12:33 pm

iOS on phones (i.e., the iPhone) has reportedly overtaken Android on phones (i.e. dozens and dozens of different phones) in marketshare, accounting for 48.1% of US smartphone sales, ahead of Android’s 46.7%. This follows the release of the iPhone 5, and not coincidentally, the last time Apple saw this share of the market was after last year’s iPhone 4S launch.

Google Voice updated for iPhone 5, iOS 6. Still ugly.

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Nov 26, 2012 a 4:32 pm

Google Voice has just been updated to support iOS 6 and the iPhone 5's 16:9 screen -- which, hey, is faster than Apple's Keynote remote app, right? -- and to fix some bugs.

iPhone 5 vs. Droid DNA: Which phone should you get?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Nov 23, 2012 a 9:41 pm

No sooner does Apple released the iPhone 5 than HTC and Verizon escalate with the Droid DNA. Where the iPhone 5 is slim and sophisticated, the Droid DNA is big and brutally powerful. Where Apple is anodized aluminum, HTC is soft-touch polycarbonate. Where iOS is consistent across all Apple's mobile products, HTC Sense changes up the Android interface for good or for ill. From atom to bit, the iPhone 5 and the Droid DNA couldn't be more different. So if you're looking for a new phone on Verizon, how do you choose between them?

Apple airs two new iPhone 5 ads: Turkey and Orchestra

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012 a 9:32 pm

Apple has just released two new TV commercials for the iPhone 5 5 called Turkey and Orchestra.

iMore show 326: Because Apple hates you

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Nov 19, 2012 a 1:09 pm

Rene Ritchie is joined by Mobile Nations chief media officer, and Crackberry.com founder, Kevin Michaluk to talk iPhone 5 in a world where, following the launch of BlackBerry 10 in two months, Apple will have the oldest platform in mobile. This is the iMore show.

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