The new processor, fingerprint sensor, and introduction of a Gold color variant may have dominated the vast majority of the iPhone 5s-related headlines, but Apple has also done a pretty good job of improving the camera. On paper, it may read 8-megapixels, but with dual-LED flash and a new slo-mo mode, it's certainly a significant bump on the snapper of the iPhone 5, and if you were wondering whether the slo-mo was just a gimmick, we've got some rather elegant proof to the contrary in form of a demo video.
Amid the unprecedented turnout for the iPhone 5s, the launch of Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 has certainly found itself playing second fiddle, and although the Korean company is also the first of the big names to come through with a smartwatch, even the new wearable gizmo has scarcely managed to get a look in. But today, at least for consumers in the United Kingdom and 58 other countries, both the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear are now available to purchase, and if you were thinking of purchasing Samsung's two latest exports as a bundle, there are some pretty decent savings to be had.
As well as being the very first smartphone on the market packing a 64-bit processor, Apple's iPhone 5s also features an M7 motion coprocessor, allowing processes to be more efficiently managed while also preserving those essential droplets of battery life. But while these new hardware upgrades are great and all, their powers can only be fully recognized once developers adapt their apps to take advantage of them, and Strava Run, the socially-swayed training app, is the first such utility to make use of the Cupertino's new coprocessor.
Apple's iPhone range may, up until last week, been a pretty monochrome affair, but rivaling vendors have, for a number of years, been offering plenty of variations to consumers looking for something a bit different. Yet while we've seen most colors - from Glamor Reds to Pebble Blues - the Gold iPhone 5s seemed to strike something of a chord, selling out in hours and with the odd few appearing on eBay for extortionate sums. Naturally, Samsung had been planning a gold version of its flagship Galaxy S4 all along, and although it seems to be a luxury product aimed at the more affluent consumer, it's almost as if neither of the industry's so-called Big Two can allow the other any hint of one-upmanship.
The iPhone 5s is in short supply right now, with Apple struggling currently to ship enough units to meet the insatiable demand. But if you want the look of the Cupertino's latest and greatest handset without paying the hefty sums Apple is charging, you may be interested in the much cheaper option of an "Upgrade Kit," which essentially allows you to turn your iPhone 5 into an "iPhone 5s" of any color variant.
FIFA 14 for iOS was released just last week, but unfortunately for avid soccer fans, it was restricted to those based in specific regions. Today, not only has the latest installment of the popular series taken its worldwide bow, but for the very first time, FIFA has made its long-awaited debut for Android over at the Google Play Store. Details, as as well as the download info, can be found after the break.
If you happen to be in Abu Dhabi this coming Friday, and have an insatiable thirst for the finer things in life, then it may be worth swinging by the Emirates Palace Hotel. The swish hotel is the venue for this year's World Luxury Expo, and although it will showcase some of the world's finest luxury brands, it's the 24kt Gold iPhone 5s that has tickled our fancy.
There had been a lot of speculation surrounding the potential upgrade of the MacBook Pro lineup before Apple’s iPhone 5s / 5c media event, but in a move that has managed to escape pre-release attention, it seems that the fruit company has temporarily ignored the pro notebook and instead updated the iMac lineup.
iOS 7 launched last week has been immediately adopted on a mass scale with more than 200 million devices estimated to be already running the said firmware.
It's hard to overstate just how successful, at least in the early days, the iPhone 5s has been. Allied to the iPhone 5c, which will also have shifted a few fair units, the first weekend has seen almost double the amount of sales as compared with the iPhone 5, and when you pit the numbers against the first weekend of Samsung's Galaxy S2, S3 and S4 combined, it's still not what you could call a contest.
