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iPhone5: What we learned from Apple announcement

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By The Drum Team, Editorial

September 12, 2012 | 2 min read

Tonight, Apple announced the imminent release of its iPhone5 tonight at a press conference in San Francisco.

Here's what we learned:

The phone will be 4G compatible and be made of both glass and aluminium with a new camera and is, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook is "unlike anything that anyone has ever done before".

The design of the phone has been modelled around the hand, and is 20 percent lighter than price previous model, being the thinnest and lightest yet (7.6mmthin to be precise.)

A new chip will be included - Apple A6 - with CPU and graphics that are set to work two times faster and a battery that will last for 225 hours on standby, with 10 hours of video and eight hours of 3G and wifi.

iOS6 software will feature an app called Passbook that will archive e-tickets.

The phone will go on sale online from 14 September to arrive n 21 September.

Passbook app - archives e-tickets and works in lock mode

Same prices as 4S

Goes on sales 14 online and ships for 21st Sept.

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