The new iPhone 5S has the same design as the iPhone 5 (which is discontinued) but has a completely new feature set. In addition to the white and black (space grey) variants, there is also a new gold and white version. iPhone 5S processor and graphics There's a 64-bit Apple A7 chip on board with over a billion transistors (32-bit and 64-bit apps are supported) That's an incredible 56 times as fast as the original iPhone. The first-of-its-kind chip packs twice as many transistors in a piece of silicon roughly the same size as the A6 - 102mm squared. iOS 7 will obviously support the 64-bit chip too. A native 64-bit kernel, libraries and drivers are all part of the package. The graphics, featuring OpenGL ES 3.0, are also twice as fast and Apple was keen to demonstrate the gaming prowess of the handset with Infinity Blade 3. iPhone 5S battery life As for battery life, the iPhone 5S will allow for 10 hours of 3G talk time, and 10 hours of LTE browsing. Indeed,...
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