7 iPhone 5
As Android devices became bigger and bigger, Apple held out saying a phone should be easy to use with one hand. With the iPhone 5, Apple opted to make the display taller to provide more screen real estate while keeping it a one-handed device. In addition to a taller screen, the 30-pin connector was replaced with an all-new Lightning port that we still use today.
Evolutionary Features
- Taller display
- Lightning port
- LTE support
About iPhone 5
The iPhone 5 was the last iPhone to be created with the input of Steve Jobs and the first iPhone completely developed under Tim Cook. It featured an aluminum back making it much lighter than its predecessors. iPhone 5 also included a new reversible charging port and connector called Lightning. It has since become standard across iPhones and is even used on iPads, AirPods, Apple Pencil, and even some third-party devices.
iPhone 5 had Apple’s shortest production cycle, lasting only 12 months following the introduction of a replacement model — iPhone 5c — which broke Apple’s usual tradition of selling “old” models at reduced prices. The iPhone 5 had two flaws that had to be addressed by Apple which included failing power buttons and batteries and were resolved by out-of-warranty replacement programs Apple put in place.
iPhone 5 Introduced
- Taller display
- Lightning port
- Video stabilization and camera face recognition
- Apple Maps
- Passbook
- LTE support