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Apple's First Lightning iPhone is Now Obsolete
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I still remember the absolute shock when Apple announced the A7, a 64bit processor that caught everyone off guard.
Followed by the naysayers saying 64bit doesn’t bring any benefits or that it doesn’t matter if you have less than 4GB of RAM (exposing all the “experts” who don’t know the difference between 64bit processor architecture and 64bit memory addressing). Then watching everyone else scramble to move to 64bit in the following years.
Plus there’s this…
Djay and Vjay Updated for iPhone 5s, 64-Bit A7 Processor 2-4 Times Faster for Some Tasks
Three days after the iPhone 5s went on sale, Algoriddim has updated its Djay and Vjay apps with 64-bit support, including new features that are only possible with the A7 processor. For the realtime video-mixing app Vjay, the most processor-intensive task has always been decoding two videos...
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What a wonderful SMALL phone! Bring it back with new innards!
I’ve owned several iPhones since the 3GS, but my absolute favorite is the iPhone 5. I adored it! It felt perfect and made me feel great. I never used any cases because it looked so sleek and stylish. It was also my last phone that wouldn’t wobble on the table because it was completely flat. I hate these camera bumps so much. I genuinely hope Apple will get its mojo back and produce an iPhone as cool as the iPhone 5 was.
Radeon85
macrumors 68000
I doubt they'll ever come back; more chance of hell freezing over than Apple ever making a tiny phone again, as the majority don't want them; they are now a niche product.
GuruZac
macrumors 68040
The 5/5S design was one of my very favorites. Always loved the size. The 5S felt so ahead in terms of speed. We also got TouchID. Wish I still had my 5S.
With its unexpected 64-bit CPU, it was the second iPhone (after the original) that destroyed the competitions' erections.
JungleNYC
macrumors 6502
Damn near the perfect phone. By far the best size imho. RIP.
v0lume4
macrumors 68030
Well, probably not soon, but I think that sometime in the future people will mock the current large heavy slabs and go for small tech devices. 5-10 years before people come to their senses?
klasma
macrumors G4
Yeah, the iPhone 5 was when I started to wonder “isn’t it bit too large now”? Little did I know…
ThomasJL
macrumors 68020
The iPhone 5 shipped with iOS 6. iOS 6 was the pinnacle of the entire technology industry’s skeuomorphic design and user-friendliness, and that was largely due to the leadership of Scott Forstall. Tim Cook was too clueless and mediocre to realize the blatantly obvious irreplaceable value of Forstall, so he fired him shortly after iOS 6 was released.
Without Forstall’s innovative leadership, Cook allowed Jony Ive to copy Microsoft-pioneered flat design, which is user-unfriendly. Apple has been mediocrely copying flat design ever since, shifting to flat design variants like neumorphism and glassmorphism.
Forstall was Apple’s most Steve Jobs-like employee. iOS 6 was proof of that.
Without Forstall’s innovative leadership, Cook allowed Jony Ive to copy Microsoft-pioneered flat design, which is user-unfriendly. Apple has been mediocrely copying flat design ever since, shifting to flat design variants like neumorphism and glassmorphism.
Forstall was Apple’s most Steve Jobs-like employee. iOS 6 was proof of that.
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B4U
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Back on topic. Thinking if they could make the foldable smaller when folded, that might be a compromise?
Great phone but it was actually the one that pushed me to Android for several years.
After going through 5 replacements all of which had dust in the lens I was done.
After going through 5 replacements all of which had dust in the lens I was done.
Used an iPhone 5 with iOS6 for 10 years, until it became impossible because all the carriers turned off their 3g networks. Never encountered a single bug in all that time, not even the apple maps incomplete data problems that took a few years to work out. Apple software used to be rock solid. The iOS that I am now forced to use causes me problems daily. Static on carplay, year after year, bluetooth audio bugs, apps that dont work correctly, even text selection problems. Even selecting text is terrible now. And its been long enough now that there are people who never used the great software, and are therefore unaware of how far it has fallen.
actcyclist
macrumors 6502
I never had a 5 but had a 5s - absolutely loved it at the time.
Then later on, I got a 1st gen SE and was amazed at how small the screen looked and how flimsy the home button and other buttons felt.
It was a great phone - but it's amazing how the build quality on the iPhone 12 upwards has increased - even for the regular phone.
Then later on, I got a 1st gen SE and was amazed at how small the screen looked and how flimsy the home button and other buttons felt.
It was a great phone - but it's amazing how the build quality on the iPhone 12 upwards has increased - even for the regular phone.
Still the best iPhone IMO. And next year is 2027, that's the iPhone's 20th Anniversary. Who knows, maybe Apple will surprise us with something like a small iPhone. Like iPhone 5 Neo or something haha.
Timpetus
macrumors 6502a
I loved my 5. It might be my favorite iPhone ever. I like the flat sides, and the flush camera with the mixed metal and glass back is lovely!
snaps840
macrumors newbie
I miss the non-protruding camera. I don't use a case. Wish the newer phones would lie flat like the 5 Series iPhones.
