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Apple ups battery capacity on iPhone 5c and 5s compared to iPhone 5
Over the past few years, Apple has demonstrated an uncanny ability to enhance performance with each successive iteration of the iPhone while simultaneously maintaining, and sometimes increasing, battery life. The recently unveiled iPhone 5s and 5c are no different. Anandtech recently dug through some FCC documentation and found that the advertised battery capacity on the iPhone 5s is nearly 10 percent larger than on the iPhone 5. Meanwhile, battery capacity on the iPhone 5c is approximately 5 percent larger than on the iPhone 5. It turns out that there are in fact some battery size increases for both the 5S and 5C if the FCC disclosure is to be believed. While I'm somewhat skeptical sometimes of the accuracy of battery capacities as reported in FCC disclosures (which I noted about the battery size for the Nexus 5), these numbers seem credible given what I've heard, the statement Apple made during the keynote about the 5C battery size going up, and what I'd expect with some board re-layout for the 5S. The iPhone 5S ends up getting an almost 10 percent increase in size versus the iPhone 5, the iPhone 5C goes up around 5 percent versus the iPhone 5. As for how this affects real-world usage, Apple noted during its keynote earlier this week that 3G talk time and LTE browsing time on both phones check in at an impressive 10 hours, marking a 25 percent increase from the iPhone 5. Also of note, standby time on both devices have been upped from 225 hours to 250 hours when measured against the iPhone 5. As we've noted before, battery life may not be the sexiest of specs to advertise, but it's something that enhances the user experience greatly and yet is quizzically overlooked by critics.
AT&T and T-Mobile reveal iPhone 5c and 5s installment pricing
Those who frequently upgrade their iPhones will be happy today -- AT&T and T-Mobile have just disclosed their installment pricing for the iPhone 5c and 5s. Subscribers to AT&T Next will pay nothing up front, with monthly payments ranging from $22 per month for a 16GB iPhone 5c to $37 for a 64GB iPhone 5s. As usual, Next members can leap to a new device every year. T-Mobile hasn't provided its full pricing, but says that customers can buy a 16GB iPhone 5c for zero down and $22 per month over two years; the 16GB iPhone 5s costs $99 down and $23 per month. You'll still have to wait until either September 13th (for the iPhone 5c) or the 20th (for the 5s) to purchase from either carrier, but at least you won't have to deal with the hassles of a contract.
Belkin TrueClear InvisiGlass screen protector covers your glass... with glass
Belkin will soon be shipping a new product for your favorite Apple device that should be perfect for protecting that new iPhone 5c or 5s from scratches and breakage from day one. The new TrueClear InvisiGlass screen protectors (US$39.99 for iPhone 5) don't use plastic like competing products. Instead, they're made of a flexible glass that's only 0.2mm thick. Belkin says that the TrueClear InvisiGlass protector is nine times stronger than the plastic competition, yet is 2.5 times smoother. It won't stand in the way of protecting the rest of your investment with a case, and the company includes a cleaning wipe and dust-removal film to make sure that no lint or dust gets between your screen and the protector. The TrueClear InvisiGlass protectors are available for the iPhone 4 / 4S and the iPhone 5. Since the iPhone 5, 5c and 5s share the same 4-inch diagonal screen, your new phone can get the same level of protection. While Belkin's website still shows the TrueClear InvisiGlass Screen Protector as "coming soon," TUAW and Belkin are giving one away. Here are the rules for the giveaway: Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older. To enter, fill out the form below completely and click or tap the Submit button. The entry must be made before September 16, 2013 11:59PM Eastern Daylight Time. You may enter only once. One winner will be selected and will receive a Belkin TrueClear InvisiGlass screen protector for iPhone 5 valued at $39.95 Click Here for complete Official Rules. Loading...
Walmart to sell iPhone 5c for $79, iPhone 5s for $189
If you think that the iPhone 5c and 5s are a little too pricey, we've got good news: Walmart plans to sell both Apple smartphones at a discount from the very start. The 16GB iPhone 5c will sell for $79 on contract, or $20 less than the official price, while the 16GB iPhone 5s will be available for $189. As elsewhere, pre-orders for the 5c will start on September 13th; both of the new iPhones will ship on the 20th. Don't like contracts? You're not left out of the bargains -- Walmart plans to slash $100 off the prices of Straight Talk's iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 variants, which will respectively cost $349 and $549 as of September 14th. The savings are small when compared to the service fees you'll pay over a few years, but it's hard to object to having a little more money left in your pocket.
Who said the iPhone 5c was meant to be cheap?
iMore's Peter Cohen took down the complaints about the iPhone 5c's price before I got to publish my own thoughts on the matter. Go and read it. Still, I will say this: Why are people chiding Apple because the iPhone 5c "isn't cheap" and "won't benefit emerging markets"? Did Apple ever say, "The iPhone 5c will be inexpensive and is meant for lower-income customers in emerging markets"? No. Did bloggers and analysts invent this motivation and business plan WEEKS before the press event? Yes. So now they're berating Apple for not adhering to a business plan it never adopted. Awesome.
iPhone 5c preorders begin Friday at 12:01 AM PT, 3 AM ET
Verizon and Sprint have both announced that pre-orders for the new iPhone 5c will begin at 12:01 AM PT / 3 AM ET on Friday, September 13. On its launch, Apple announced the iPhone 5c would begin pre-order sales on the 13th, but it has yet to announce at what time those pre-orders will begin. With the announcements from Sprint and Verizon, it's very likely that pre-orders of the device will begin at the same time from Apple and all other major carriers. Pre-orders for the iPhone 5c will commence outside of the United States on September 13 as well in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK, though it's not clear yet what time the pre-orders will go live in those countries. Interestingly, the iPhone 5c is the only model of the iPhone made available to pre-order this year. The new iPhone 5s will forego pre-orders and instead go directly on sale on September 20.
UK carriers ready for iPhone 5c and 5s, but mum on details
In the wake of Apple's iPhone 5s and 5c debut, several wireless carriers in the UK have announced that they'll be selling the California-born duo on September 20th. EE's Orange and T-Mobile, along with O2, Vodafone and Three are all on board to carry both phones from day one. None of the carriers currently have plan data available, though as Engadget reports, O2 and EE have confirmed that both the EE Swap and O2 Refresh upgrade programs can be used with the new handsets. If you're looking to snag one of the new Apple smartphones without a contract, the iPhone 5c will be priced at £469 (16GB) and £549 (32GB), with the more expensive 5s marked at £549 (16GB), £629 (32GB) and £709 (64GB).
Daily Roundup: Moto X factory tour, which new iPhone to buy, Intel's Haswell Chromebooks, and more!
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
How Twitter viewed the Apple announcements
Anyone on Twitter yesterday couldn't avoid the rush of tweets about the iPhone 5c and 5s. NetBase is a social media intelligence company that checks the pulse of public opinion through Twitter and other social media, and they provided some data to TUAW about how the announcements were received. The company looked at public sentiment for Apple between September 1 and September 10, with almost 3 million mentions of Apple and new products leading up to the event. According to NetBase, between 10 AM and 12 PM PDT on September 10, there were about 600,000 additional mentions of Apple online, 99 percent of which were on Twitter. The iPhone 5s received the most positive discussion, with 71 percent of all tweets being favorable towards the new phone. The iPhone 5c received 63 percent positive tweets, the same as iOS 7. What's most fascinating are the comments made about the products. On the positive side: iPhone 5s: looks, fast, battery, better than the 5, camera iPhone 5c: inexpensive, beautiful & bright colors, Android-free iOS 7: free, best on 5s, popular operating system The negative comments sound like they're coming from Android fanbots: iPhone 5s: expensive, weird, slow iPhone 5c: not cheap, tacky colors iOS 7: looks like s**t, rip off of Nokia Lumia, don't care The chart at the top of this post shows that the net sentiment regarding Apple rose slightly over the past 10 days; you can see a full-sized image in the slideshow below. Samsung's Galaxy Gear, announced last week, received about the same level of positive response as the iPhone 5c, with 68 percent of 115,371 mentions expressing a positive feel for the device.
The iPhone 5s and 5c in the UK: what you need to know
The dust has settled on Apple's 2013-era iPhone launch, so it's time that we delved into what the damage is here in 'ol Blighty. EE, along with its buddies Orange and T-Mobile, has confirmed that it'll carry both the iPhone 5s and 5c from launch. LTE contract users who are six months into their EE deal will also be able to take advantage of the conveniently-announced Swap service. O2 has said that customers will be able to use O2 Refresh to upgrade their handset from launch, and Vodafone and Three have both given the thumbs-up to carrying the pair of handsets. No-one's talking about specific contract pricing, but we expect carriers will drip-feed this information in poker-faced chunks between now and the September 20th launch date. iPhone off-contract pricing (UK) 16GB 32GB 64GB iPhone 5s £549 £629 £709 iPhone 5c £469 £549 N/A Prices subject to change
Apple publishes three videos touting the iPhone 5c, the iPhone 5s camera and Touch ID
Apple didn't waste much time yesterday in putting up video of its media event on its website. Now if you don't have time to sit through the entire presentation and aren't content with merely reading recaps, Apple on Tuesday evening uploaded three videos onto YouTube which highlight three of event's biggest announcements. The videos below were pre-produced and were shown to attendees yesterday during the keynote presentation. The first video has Jony Ive and co., set against a white background of course, detailing the work that went into developing the iPhone 5c. Next up in the batting order, we have Apple's slickly produced video highlighting the vast number of camera enhancements present in the iPhone 5s. The burst and slow-mo features are particularly exciting. Lastly, we have a video introducing us to what may very well be the flagship feature on the iPhone 5s --- fingerprint recognition.
Poll: are you buying the new iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c?
For the first time in the history of the iPhone product line, Apple today unveiled two entirely new products: the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c. Naturally, they're pretty well differentiated, which may make the decision to pick one up (or not) that much more challenging. So, we leave it to you, dear reader: are you planning to equip yourself with one of Apple's newest phones here in just a few weeks? If so, which one? If not, why? Of course, those who've found little to love about iOS have some fairly fantastic options coming their way this holiday season as well. Leave your vote and note below, won't you? And, please, keep it civil -- internet comments are forever, after all. %Poll-84522% Follow our liveblog for all of the iPhone news as it happened. Check out all the coverage at our iPhone 2013 event hub!
Apple September Event: iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c announced and more
Did you miss the announcement of the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, or was everything going by too fast to absorb? Catch up with TUAW's coverage of today's Apple special event. General coverage September 2013 Apple event liveblog: the new iPhone party Apple kicks off September iPhone event with impressive facts and figures Video of Apple iPhone 5s and 5c event available TUAW TV Live: Special Apple Event Episode Subtexts in Apple's Sept. 10 iPhone event Apple adds new 'Space Gray' color option for iPod Touch, nano, and shuffle Tim Cook sends email to Apple employees detailing new iPhones, iOS 7 iPhone-related coverage Apple debuts the colorful iPhone 5c Apple's iPhone 5c cases are protective and obnoxiously colorful Apple debuts the iPhone 5s, shipping September 20 starting at $199 iPhone 5s features enhanced motion tracking thanks to CoreMotion API Apple reveals Touch ID, a fingerprint sensor built into the iPhone 5s Apple bumps up camera specs on new iPhone 5s and 5c NTT DoCoMo gets new iPhones on September 20 Apple lists model numbers, carriers for new iPhones Unlocked prices for iPhone 5c start at $549, iPhone 5s at $649 Apple's back in the dock business and now making cases Apple killed the iPhone 5, but the iPhone 4s lives to fight another day Competitors react (humorously) to Apple's new iPhones Apple still offering the iPhone 4 in China iOS-related coverage Apple announces iOS 7 will be released on September 18 Apple announces free iWork suite including iMovie and iPhoto for iOS Apple releases iOS 7 and Xcode Gold Master builds to developers Infinity Blade III to launch on September 18 Apple asking devs to submit iOS 7-compatible app updates before September 18 launch Apple quietly discontinues its Cards app
Daily Roundup: Apple's iPhone 5s and 5c hands-on, Touch ID fingerprint scanner, Moto X factory, and more!
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Apple's iPhone 5c isn't the low-cost phone you've been waiting for
The iPhone 5s was expected. The iPhone 5c, on the other hand, was merely rumored. Now that Apple has taken the wraps off of two new iPhone products, it's the newest range that strikes us as the most curious. For months, pundits have wondered if and when Apple would attack two obvious markets: the large-screen market -- which Samsung is lapping up in supreme fashion at the moment -- and developing markets. The iPhone 5c addresses neither of those, which begs the question: who exactly is Apple targeting?
Hands-on with Apple's new iPhone cases
The iPhone 5s and 5c announcements were the big stories at today's Apple event, but let's not lose sight of the things that really matter -- like the iPhone's accompanying cases, of course. Jesting aside, both smartphones received a full lineup of colorful cases that not only add a degree of protection to the phones but also throw in another element of personalization that's become so prevalent in the mobile industry lately. While the case designed for the 5s seems to be your standard leather enclosure (with five total hues offered), the design for Apple's iPhone 5c case is much more interesting. It's a mesh-style plastic that's a little less rigid than the 5s option (though still reasonably sturdy), but the more important part of the accessory is its back, which initially reminded us more of a game of Connect Four than an actual case. It involves a series of 35 circles arranged in a 7x5 grid. This design offers a two-toned color scheme, with the 5c body providing one hue and the case providing the other. As you can see, Apple's putting a very heavy emphasis on the importance of color, and the company is trying to back up its focus with some vibrant oomph. We played with a few different color combinations after today's event, so check out our gallery of images below to see what you think.
Apple iPhone 5s vs. iPhone 5c: which is for you?
We use the term loosely, but the iPhone is no longer a "one size fits all" smartphone. Today's Apple event marked the introduction of the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, and beyond price, the two devices are separated by several unique features. Considering your own desires for gaming, photography, security, style -- and yes, your budget -- it's likely that one phone is a better fit for your needs. So join us after the break as we explore the finer points of Apple's latest smartphones.
Subtexts in Apple's Sept. 10 iPhone event
While following along with Apple's press event, I couldn't help but read between the lines. As Tim Cook and the gang revealed the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s, I picked up on a few things they weren't saying. Some aimed at customers, some at competitors and others at adjacent industry leaders. iTunes Festival The iTunes Festival is an ongoing success for Apple, now in its seventh year. Cook noted that Apple has streamed live concerts to viewers in over 100 countries. The subtext: just like a television network. In fact, many people watched the shows in HD on their televisions, via Apple TV. The audience gasped when Cook revealed that over 20 million people applied for tickets. The subtext: We know how to promote top musical artists very successfully. iOS 7 Now this is a post-Jobs product. Craig Federighi was loose and comfortable while presenting iOS 7 today, delivering stats and jokes with equal ease. The subtext: Apple full-on believes in this update. It's clear how enthused its executives are. This company knows where its going without the benefit of its late, visionary co-founder. iPhone 5c Previously, Apple has discounted the outgoing iPhone model. The 5c adds a bold new case to the mix for a whole new look. The subtext: get used to this. Now we have two model lines to update every two years. Price-conscious customers get something new, too, instead of the "obsolete" model at a discount. iPhone 5s New colors, and it looks similar to the 5 and 4S. The subtext: This basic body design is here for the foreseeable future. Not including new colors and a larger screen size, this general design has been in place since the iPhone 4 was introduced three years go. Consider the iMac. Once Apple hit on the "display on a pedestal" design with the iMac G5, it's refined it, refined it, refined it. Even the current-generation iMac is a clear descendent of that 2004 model. Finally, the message delivered by the iPhone 5s camera is clear: Apple is becoming a serious imaging company. They spent a lot of time on that camera. You don't need a point-and-shoot camera anymore. There's no need to find a cable or a memory card reader. This is your camera. Today I saw a company that's confident and talented. Especially after reading between the lines.
Apple iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c FCC documents appear, reveal little (update: battery sizes)
Right on time, as Apple's launch event finishes the FCC publishes test documents for its latest hardware. After pawing through the stack we didn't spot any surprises for the iPhone 5c or iPhone 5s -- with their wide LTE compatibility and Bluetooth 4.0 LE covered there's little missing other than 802.11ac WiFi -- or internal photos exposing the new 64-bit A7 chip. Still, there are external pics (a few are included after the break) showing some of the frequency and exposure testing endured by each phone, and enough band information for those interested to stay busy until they actually go on sale. Update: AnandTech has done a bit more digging and found some battery specs in the FCC documents, suggesting the equivalent of a 1,570 mAh battery in the iPhone 5s (which is slightly higher than the original iPhone 5's 1,440 mAh and is likely necessary to power all those extra transistors in the A7 chip), and a 1,507 mAh battery in the iPhone 5c.
Competitors react (humorously) to Apple's new iPhones
It wasn't just Apple working hard to wow consumers this morning; Just about every big-name smartphone maker was feverishly coming up with snarky ways to jab at Cupertino's latest handhelds. Here are a few select giggle-worthy cracks from the companies wishing they had their own iPhone. If you notice the absence of one of Apple's most outspoken and critical rivals, Samsung, it's because the company has remained mute on today's events. Warning: You can almost smell the fear in these tweets. 8 megapixels is still just 8 megapixels. See what you can do with 41: http://t.co/4ks5d7FreB #timetoswitch to #WindowsPhone - Windows Phone (@windowsphone) September 10, 2013 Screen sizes, speed, and stunning snapshots. Those are our 5 S's. See why it's #timetoswitch to #WindowsPhone - Windows Phone (@windowsphone) September 10, 2013 Remember that one time you were stoked to give your fingerprints? Us either. #LazyPhone - Motorola Mobility (@Motorola) September 10, 2013 Thanks, #Apple ;) pic.twitter.com/x4w3r8Ghcy - Nokia UK (@nokia_uk) September 10, 2013 "Real gangsters don't use gold phones." pic.twitter.com/yurtFf3TML - Nokia UK (@nokia_uk) September 10, 2013 Make the #TimeToChange: http://t.co/b1oU2c2noZ pic.twitter.com/vND7ppza9d - HTC (@htc) September 10, 2013
