By smartphone standared the iphone 5s is outrigt ancient. First released in 2013, with the rumoured approch of Apple’s fable iphone 6s on the horizon, the iphone 5s is close to becoming two phone generations old.
This mean compared to more modern handsets the iphone 5s is no longer a powerhouse handset.Making up for this, the upfort cost of the iphone 5s has plummeted.
Now many carries, including Vodaphone india, are offering the iphone 5s with no upfront cost on a variety of affordable contracts.
Apple has also dropped the iphone 5s sim free price on the apple store and is selling the 16Gb model for £459 -making it £80 cheaper than the £540, 16Gb iphone 6.
The price, combined with its smaller 4.7 in screen and from factor mean the iphone 5s remains, on paper, a fairly compelling choice for apple fans on a budget and has stood the test of time surprisingly well.
What has surprised me most about the iphone 5s is that I have not missed 5 inch phones as much as I thought I would. I sometimes struggle juggling bigger phones while on a train or bus so its been a bit of a relief stepping down in screen size. That changed since I lived with the 5.5 inch Lg g3. That phone looks like a tablet compared to the iphone 5s but manages to remain easy to use because of clever ergonomic design. Other competitors like the Samsung galaxy S5 and HTC One M8 are not quite as slick to use.
There’s is not much to say about the iphone 5s performence here other than that its blisteringly fast and very reliable. I have not experienced any issues with apps misbehaving other than the Google maps hanging occasionally. Its annoying but may be as much down to the app as to the phone.
Apple’s IOS has its limitations, you can not customise to anywhere near the lavels of an android phone, but the fact that it just keeps working well is a godsend to those too busy to learn every little fobile of their phone. I have not experienced te show down effects that tend to occur on Androids after lots of apps and updates jave been installed - the Iphone 5s is rock solid.
IOS 7 is a wonderfully simple operating system and while some don’t like the new design, I have been delighted by it.