With more than enough rumours floating around on the iPhone 5, we thought it could be time to start comparing the highly anticipated smartphone to its predecessor.
Design
The iPhone 4 moved away from the curved back to bring customers a squarer, sharper-edged phone. Apple said goodbye to the bevelled edges and the smooth look to bring consumers a slightly narrower, shorter and slimmer phone. However iPhone 5 rumours suggest that Apple may return to the curvier design, with some sites going so far to say that it will be a ‘teardrop’ design, with a return to the curved screen.
Based on a possible accidental leak by telco company Vodafone, we could still be looking at a black or white option for the new iPhone.
While we may still have to wait longer to find out what the deal is with the iPhone 5’s screen, users should expect a larger screen, possibly 3.7 inches, up from the iPhone 4’s screen of 3.5 inches.
Storage
Based on the same Vodafone leak, the iPhone 5 may offer the two storage limits as the iPhone 4: 16GB and 32GB.
iPhone 4 users were obliged to keep all their data on the phone itself, meaning that if they lost their phone, they probably lost a lot of their data (unless it was backed up or stored online). However strong rumours for the iPhone 5 suggest that Apple will offer cloud-based storage, so users can access their content from any device which has access to the Apple cloud.
Full HD
The iPhone 4 supports HD (720p). It’s likely that since the iPad 2 supports full HD (1080p), so will the iPhone 5. According to Techradar, graphics on the iPhone 5 will be displayed via the dual-core GPU – meaning true 1080p output.
Camera
There appears to be little doubt in the tech arena that the camera featured on the iPhone 5 will be an upgrade from the iPhone 4’s 5-megapixel camera. One of the iPhone 5’s potential main competitors is the Samsung Galaxy S II, which offers an 8-megapixel camera – possibly a sign of things to come for the iPhone 5.
SIM card
Word on the vine is the iPhone 5 will be rid of the bothersome microSIM, which is what the iPhone 4 has to offer. With no need to extract the mircoSIM, this could make it so much easier for users to switch their phones around when they head abroad.