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iPhone 5
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9.3Out of 10 Our score |
4.00" | 8.0MP | unknown 1GB |
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No |
From £26.81
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2
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iPhone 4S
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9Out of 10 Our score |
3.50" | 8.0MP | 1GHz 512MB |
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No |
No |
From £21.15
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3
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iPhone 4
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8Out of 10 Our score |
3.50" | 5.0MP | 1GHz 512MB |
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No |
No |
From £14.88
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Great Phone, Only issue is the battery life. I seem to always be attached to the power supply with the phone. But the phone itself is really easy to use with great features and a fully packed app store for more apps then you can ever imagine. The design is very modern and all in all this phone is great. I have looked at other Windows and Android phones and…
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Excellent Phone the only issue is the battery life with the phone. Overall a excellent phone for personal and work use. Really fast and easy to use and the big bonus is everything is backed up to icloud. The phone is feature packed and there are a wide range of Apps you can download. One advantage is that all my music is on my phone. I can connect it to…
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When I turned my IPhone 3GS on for the first time I was met with a pleasant feeling to the touch sound and a satisfying visual display, everything I expected until now. In the beginning my iPhone was superb in performance however after a week or so I found myself lost in a world of confirming my e-mail address on the majority of the web sites visited which is rather…
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Despite being older than the three never phones from apple - this phone is durable (I've dropped it lots and it's never broken). The graphics and screen resolution are amazing and I love the sound quality. The only bad point is that the battery runs down very quickly when being used for apps, videos or camera but then the upside is that to reach fully charged takes a surprisingly short…
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I've had my iPhone 4 for over two years now, and I absolutely love it. It's easy to use, flexible, and does so much more than just making calls. The range of apps is huge, there is so much to choose from, and not only that, but your phone is your MP3 player as well. have lots of music on mine. Then there are games, movies,…
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If you can't afford the new IPhone 5 or even the iPhone 4G, this could be a good place to start. It's quite heavy at 135 grams but don't let that put you off, it is a good entry model into the Apple market. A good idea to get this phone if you are wanting to try out an IPhone and its features, without spending too much money. …
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Has excellent features and functionality, allows Internet access including WI-Fi or your own network. Can be used as an iPod with its music features, and also has a very good camera. On the bad side, the weight is too heavy, and battery doesn't last long enough. Its not ideal for making a large amount of calls due to the weight and battery. Also I find the display awkward, I would…
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Really great phone, with loads of Apps available which come in very handy. Extremely easy to use, even though buttons are small. Could not manage without - as message viewer can be enlarged - making it easier for those of us with ageing eyesight!! A great phone - just wish the battery lasted longer as you need to make sure you take the cables with you sometimes - but even…
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The great thing is being able to give the phone verbal instructions via Siri, the voice recognition feature. I have wide fingers, and cannot use most phone keypads, but I am able to use this one quite happily. Downside items are a smaller screen than the iPhone5, and the tendency to move between Mail and Safari at the slightest touch. The facility to download Apps from iTunes is good, and…
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Far better than the 3GS and while not maybe as fast as the iPhone 5 the price of this phone is now very affordable. Battery life is a lot better than 3GS BUT not ideal still, make sure you learn how to battery save !!! Styling is far better that other older iPhone models, speeded up and as per every Apple gadget very very easy to use and understand.…
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Excellent device that is more than a phone. Its a shame Apple haven't got clued up to do a special edition coloured one like they do with iPod series. My phone is like an extension to me and has my diary, sat nav, contact list, social media and games and my whole geeky life in it. I think some proximity device may be the next way forward similar to what…
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Great phone with loads of new apps and features, everything about the phone is mint. With 3G it is better than ever for the net. Only bad point is when using wireless net in the home it changes to 3G without a notification which can be costly at times but all round the best phone I have ever owned. Ability to watch movies through love film etc, instant…
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The design of the phone is very nice to hold and to use, the main thing that lets it down at the moment is the battery life and the new Apple maps, otherwise a very good phone. The lack of bug fixes in the phone also let it down, this doesn't happen enough with the updates. The Apple service is amongst the best you can get from a phone retailer.…
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I really like the iPhone 4 it's a brilliant phone with every thing you need. Internet including wifi or 3G on the go which is a reasonable speed for a phone, sleek features, easy access to numbers, contacts, Internet. Alot of games which are easy to download and quite a few free games and apps which you can get. Excellent camera which takes great pics. Just a couple of "bad"…
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The iPhone 4s is simple to use, it's ability to add as many apps as you wish is amazing. If you lose your phone it can be tracked using the Find my Phone app and can send a message to whoever has your phone, it can also be remotely locked and wiped. It can be your calendar, your organiser, your phone book and your notebook all in one. It fits…
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I love my phone. I've had it nearly a year and so far I've had no problems! The battery life is slightly less than my last phone but there are a lot more apps on the iPhone 4s including siri, which is an amazing app, it has very good voice recognition compared to most of the voice recognition out there! Siri is correct in guessing what you have said nearly…
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I have found the Apple 3GS to be the iPhone to have, to use the basic functionality of the unit. It does not have all the features of the later generation but with Apple software updates the model is not so far behind iPhone 4, so if you are looking at non gaming use its fine. The only downside I have encountered is that battery drain is more obvious if…
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The design & shape make the phone easy to hold. I use my phone to text/call, receive email, check Facebook and take photographs. I play games now and again. The shape is much better than the iPhone 4/4S which to me feels bricky. The graphics are crystal clear when gaming or visiting colour rich apps. The only negative thing I would say is the photo quality on the camera which…
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I use my iPhone daily, it is hardly ever out of my hand! I use it for keeping up to date with friends, family and to read my work emails. I shop online, browse the net and play games all with one small device! Hail Apple... Hail the iPhone! However, battery life is poor when using as an iPod, searching the net and playing games at the same time. Keep notifications…
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The iPhone is the best phone out there but the problem is it crashes sometimes. The features it contains are easy to use, the design is very nice. Downside is that sometimes the touch screen doesn't work so you kind of have to press harder. There should be more colours available besides white and black as others have different tastes in colour phones, I think its worth the money you…
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Apple have revolutionised how we use our mobile phones with their hugely successful iPhone range backed up by its App store. The ease of their touch screen interface brought new possibilities and won over consumers to become industry leaders
The world's most valuable technology firm and America's biggest company didn't get into the phone business until 2007, but when it did it transformed it: the iPhone changed our expectations of what mobile phones can do and gave rivals a very big fright. Today Apple makes three models of iPhone - the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S - and the next generation iPhone is expected to go on sale in September.
Apple doesn't have the lion's share of the phone market, but it does make the lion's share of the profits, and its recent strategy of dropping the price of the outgoing model when a new one comes out has expanded the iPhone's numbers dramatically. Its not so secret weapon isn't the hardware, though: it's the apps. Apple's policy of letting everybody update their operating system for free when a new version ships means that 80% of iOS users are on the most recent version, enabling developers to write apps that work on the vast majority of iPhones.
As a result Apple's App Store is the envy of the smartphone world with more apps, more downloads and more money changing hands than on any other platform.
Incorporated in 1977, Apple was a pioneer in the emerging world of personal computing before badly losing its way in the early 1990s. The return of mercurial founder Steve Jobs in 1997 was the beginning of an extraordinary purple patch that saw Apple rise again, releasing beautiful products that, depending on your perspective, were either hugely influential or widely ripped off.
Apple was a computer company, but in 2001 it released something that would transform the company and the entertainment industry: the iPod. It wasn't the first digital music player but Apple perfected the formula, and it wasn't long before digital music meant iPods and rival players barely got a look-in. Rather than milk the iPod for all it was worth, however, Steve Jobs decided to create the device he knew would ultimately kill it: the phone. Apple didn't wait for someone else to make a great phone with a great music player; it did it itself. The result was 2007's iPhone, which some rivals - such as RIM, makers of the BlackBerry - thought was a hoax. It wasn't, and the iPhone went on to destroy many phone firms' market share.
The original iPhone didn't have an App Store - Jobs thought developers could just create websites and users would save the bookmarks - but that changed with 2008's iPhone 3G and the new App Store. To date, the App Store has shifted some 30 billion downloads across 650,000 different apps - raising some $5 billion for app developers. Since 2008 Apple has been on a yearly release cycle for iPhones: the iPhone 3GS appeared in 2008, the iPhone 4 in 2010 and the iPhone 4S in 2011. An iPhone 5 is expected to go on sale in late 2012.