Based on ARM-architecture of the new generation A6 processor in the iPhone 5

Presenting the iPhone 5 on Wednesday, the company Apple, without going into technical details, stated that the new smartphone is built on a processor A6, which is twice as fast than A5 in the iPhone 4S, as well as for general and graphics performance. Crystal size with steel for 22% less. Moreover A6, despite an increase of up to 4 inches of screen and module LTE, and provides prolonged autonomy. As Apple do it?

 

As it became known to increase the performance of the chip is partly achieved by switching from 45 - to 32-nanometer production technology. Furthermore A6 processor that has two processing cores, made on the architecture of a new generation of ARM Cortex-A15.

Thanks to the "finer" process technology and application architecture Cortex-A15 company managed to provide long battery life phones: Up to 8 hours of voice data on 3G, up to 225 hours on call waiting and up to 40 hours of music playback.

Cortex-A15 architecture involves the ability to create chips with 1, 2, 4, 8, and possibly 16 cores. Clock frequency can be varied from 1.0 to 2.5 GHz. Unfortunately, data on the frequency used in the iPhone 5 processor yet, but it is clear that they are not too high to avoid high power consumption.

So incredibly optimistic disposition raises power and strength of the iPhone 5, which is to negotiate until the fall of 2013, Apple was the first one who released the finished product is a microprocessor architecture Cortex-A15. The rate is already done for the last four Nvidia Tegra, TI OMAP5 and Samsung Exynos 5, but these systems are not yet appeared. Qualcomm offers 28-nanometer chips for Snapdragon S4 Krait-micro-architecture similar Cortex-A15.

The amount of RAM iPhone 5 has traditionally not disclosed fashion by excess technical details, which is common among computers, should not be repeated in the world of smartphones. It is believed that this volume has doubled to 1 GB.

Apple introduced the iPhone 5: 4-inch screen, A6, LTE support

On Wednesday, at a press conference Apple Center for the Arts Yerba Buena in San Francisco, head of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller introduced a new generation of smartphones iPhone - iPhone 5.

 

Appearance of iPhone 5 not a revelation for many users - it is fully consistent with the numerous "spy" photos, leaked before the official release. Housing news gently stretched, but not wider than the iPhone 4S. The back cover and side panels are made from a single piece of metal, and the top and bottom "edge" - glass for better wireless signal reception. iPhone 5 to 20% thinner than its predecessor, the representative of Apple.

 

IPhone front panel along with a button "Home" did not change significantly, while the lower part is a compact 8-pin dock connector instead of a traditional 30-pin. The new smart phone comes with a special USB-cable, and for compatibility with older accessories are compact adapter.

 

Diagonal LCD screen (3.5 inches) and aspect ratio (3:2) in the iPhone have not changed since 2007, when the first model was introduced. This year, Apple followed the fashion and increased the size of the display to 4 inches. A larger screen means a higher resolution - new display boasts 640 x 1136 pixels. In this case, the new operating system iOS 6 allows to fit on your desktop extra row of icons, and applications that are not adapted to the new screen will be launched at the center (at the top and bottom of the display are black bars).

 

Following a third-generation iPad, which was released in March, iPhone 5 was compatible with 4G network speeds up to 100 Mbit / s. iPhone supports wireless standards GPRS, EDGE, EV-DO, HSPA, HSPA +, DC-HSDPA and LTE. And the new "apple" smartphone can work in LTE networks is not only the North American operators, but also some mobile service providers in Europe, Asia and Australia.

iPhone 5 is based on the processor A6, which is twice as productive A5, said Schiller. Smartphone battery life in 3G mode and LTE is 8 hours when using Wi-Fi - 10 hours. The gadget allows you to view the video for 10 hours, listening to audio, and up to 40 hours on standby 225 hours.

 

Novelty has an 8-megapixel camera with IR cut filter and aperture f / 2,4. IPhone 5 camera allows you to take an even more high-quality images at speeds of up to 40% faster than the iPhone 4S and record video 1080p. A distinctive feature of "five" is a panoramic shooting mode with a resolution of 28 megapixels.

To improve sound quality iPhone 5 features three microphones located on three sides by a smartphone. The new Apple phone has a slot for a SIM-card of the new generation, known as nano-SIM. Card for the new iPhone is not only smaller but also thinner, so just cut it with a knife stationery unlikely to succeed.

 

Simultaneously with the release of iPhone 5 and iPod touch Apple introduced  iOS 6  - the next version of its operating system for mobile devices. This release of the software platform includes more than two hundred of innovations, including the Apple own maps with 3D-mode and built-in navigation, improved Siri with the ability to launch applications and the integration of voice c Yelp and OpenTable, operating more closely with Facebook, Facetime support technology in 3G, function of "Do Not Disturb", which disables all calls and messages, improved the App Store and many others.

 

"The most advanced operating system for mobile devices", - concluded the main developer of iOS Scott Forstall. Operating system will be available for download to owners of iPhone, iPod touch and iPad from September 19.

Pre-orders for iPhone 5 opened on 14 September. In the U.S., Canada, UK, Japan and Germany, the device goes on September 21. In December, the novelty will be available in 100 countries. Price iPhone 5 with 16 GB of memory will be $ 199, 32 GB model will cost $ 299 smartphone with the greatest volume - 64 GB - will cost $ 399.