Update: 15/10/2013 iPhone 5c in India has been priced at Rs. 41,900 and iPhone 5s has been priced at Rs. 53,500. The price has been officially confirmed. Reliance communication and Airtel will be selling these phones starting from November 1.
Apple has officially announced the arrival date of iPhone 5c both of these phones will be available in India starting from November 1 next month! It will be available in 25 other countries on October 25th and will arrive in India and 11 other countries one week later.
Both of these phones come with the Apples signature Retina display. The iPhone 5s sports the conventional Apple design with not so conventional features. And the new iPhone 5C sports a hardened polycarbonate body which comes in various colors.
Apple iPhone 5s is powered by new A7 chipset from Apple which has performed outstandingly in various international benchmark standards. Though many tech analyst call the 64 bit architecture a gimmick and state its only use is to support above 4 GB RAM, where as Apple has provided with only 1 GB RAM in iPhone 5s.
The camera features have also been enhanced. The 8 MP camera comes with 5 element lens and F/2.2 wide aperture. The true tone LED flash, which is a dual LED flash, and is expected to remove the washed out feel from the images. You can read about the detailed specification of this device on our Apple iPhone 5s Quick Review.
The iPhone 5C comes in Blue, Green, White Pink and Yellow color variants and is the replacement for Apple’s last flagship phone, iPhone 5. This phone comes with same A6 chipset and an enhanced camera. You can read about the detailed specifications of iPhone 5C on our iPhone 5C Quick Review.
Apple has remained tight lipped on the pricing as always. We expect iPhone 5c 16 GB to be priced around Rs. 42,000. Yes! It is not a cheap iPhone it’s only plastic. iPhone 5s 16 GB is expected to be priced around Rs. 49,000.
Key Specs of iPhone 5s
| Model | iPhone 5S |
| Display | 4 inches, 1136×640 |
| Processor | A7,64 bit |
| RAM, ROM | Not unveiled, 16/32/64GB ROM, non-expandable |
| OS | iOS 7 |
| Cameras | 8MP rear, 1080p front facing |
| Battery | Up to 10 hours talktime on 3G; non-removable |
| Price | To be announced |
Key Specs of iPhone 5c
| Model | Apple iPhone 5C |
| Display | 4 inches 1136×640 |
| Processor | Apple A6 |
| RAM, ROM | Not known, 16GB/32GB ROM, non expandable |
| OS | iOS 7 |
| Cameras | 8MP rear, 720p front facing |
| Battery | 10 hours 3G talkime, 250 hours standby |
| Price | To be announced |
