iPhone 5S release date, news, rumours and price

The iPhone 5S is likely to be the next iPhone to emerge from the Apple labs, and we're getting dangerously close to its release. But how will it differ from the current iPhone 5? Here?s everything we currently know about the next-gen model.

iPhone 5S ? Release Date

The latest reports online suggest that the iPhone 5S will be announced on 18 September, alongside a new, cheaper edition of the iPhone variously dubbed the iPhone 5c, the iPhone lite and a half-dozen other unlikely names besides.?

This news comes from website CurrentEditorials, citing an unnamed source.

Just days before, Apple blog iFun wrote that the iPhone 5S would be launched on 6 September, a couple of weeks earlier.

There?s no consensus about the iPhone 5S?s exact release date, then, but virtually all sources agree that the next iPhone will be announced in September.

This sits happily with iPhone release timings in recent years. The iPhone 5 launched on 12 September 2012, and went on sale a week and a half later on 21 September.

Spotlight on tech ? iPhone 5S fingerprint reader

Earlier this year, it was rumoured that the iPhone 5S will feature a fingerprint scanner as a method of identification. Although initially dismissed by many as an unlikely addition, unearthed iOS 7 code suggests it might actually exist.

The fingerprint reader ? if real ? will be built into the home button, letting it slide into the phone without forcing any drastic changes in the phone?s design.?

The code suggests the iPhone 5S will ask you to scan your right thumb during the setup process, which will them be used to identify you ? presumably cutting down the passwords and such you?ll have to enter.

It could also be used to load discrete user profiles, which would be particularly useful for iPhones that?ll be used by kids as well as adults. Nice idea, Apple. If it works, that is.

iPhone 5S Design

History suggests the iPhone 5S will have roughly the same design as the iPhone 5. The iPhone 3GS looked a lot like the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 4S was the dead spit of the iPhone 4. Isn?t it a bit soon for a full iPhone redesign?

Some sources do not agree. Commmercial Times suggests the iPhone 5S will have a 4.3-inch screen ? 0.3 inches up from the iPhone 5. However, there are plenty of conflicting rumours that suggest Apple will stick with the 4-inch form.

For example, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that the iPhone 5S?s design will be near-identical to the current model.

iPhone 5S Camera

Several rumours that surfaced in 2013 suggest that the iPhone 5S will, like its key rival the Samsung Galaxy S4, have a 13-megapixel camera sensor.

If these turn out to be true, it?s also likely that the iPhone 5S will use the Sony sensor seen in several of this year?s top phones. By itself, this is not particularly interesting ? both the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S used 8-megapixel Sony sensors.

What?s more interesting is what surrounds the sensor. The iPhone 5S is rumoured to have a dual-LED flash, where most phones have simpler single-LED flashes, and an f/2.0 lens.

This figure is the lens?s f-stop rating, and roughly tells you how much light it can take in relative to its peers ? often called the ?speed? of the lens. We?ve only used one camera with a faster lens ? the f/1.9 Lumia 720.

iOS 7 will also change the style of the iPhone camera app ? rather than being completely stripped-back, the iPhone 5S camera will offer a bunch of new features. That includes filters, which you?d? currently have to get from a separate app.

iPhone 5S CPU

Leaked photos posted by iLounge suggest that the iPhone 5S CPU won?t be a simple upgrade from the A6 chip used in the iPhone 5. But what does that mean for the next-gen model?

The iPhone 5 uses a rather unimpressive-sounding dual-core 1.3GHz processor, which seems a little weak compared with the top Android phones.

A quad-core processor is likely, and an upgrade from 32nm architecture to 28nm is also possible.

iPhone 5S Screen

Whether the iPhone 5S has a 4-inch screen ? most likely ? or a 4.3-inch display, the top rumour surrounding it is that it?ll use an IGZO panel. This is a new-ish technology from Sharp that?s designed for both high pixel density and great power consumption. Both of these are pretty important for a phone.

Few phones have used an IGZO display so far, the most famous being the Asus Padfone 2 - hardly a smartphone superstar.

iPhone 5S Battery

Leaked photos that show what appears to be the iPhone 5S with its rear casing removed, revealing a 5.92Whr unit. This is just a little more powerful than the 5.45Whr battery of the iPhone 5, but if coupled with the power saving features of an IGZO screen then battery life could be substantially improved.

It?s a spec that supports the idea that the iPhone 5S will have the same screen size as the current model.

Early Impressions
The iPhone 5S is likely to be an important, but hardly earth-shattering upgrade to the iPhone 5. Improvements to most elements, including camera and CPU are likely. ?

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