Best apps for your brand new Apple iPhone 5

Posted September 16, 2012 by Stuff Staff in News

YouTube

App Store
iOS 6 isn’t going to play nice with excellent Google services like YouTube and Google Maps so you’ll want to download the free app, that’s just handily appeared on the App Store, for your next video fix on that shiny 1136×640 iPhone 5 display. New features include Facebook and Google+ integration as well as voice search and access to videos that weren’t previously available, including big-name music vids (with ads). We can live with that.

Amazing Alex

App Store
Brilliantly executed – if a little frustrating at times – Amazing Alex will be a great excuse to make sure your iPhone 5 stays in your hands and on show for the whole of your daily commute. Clear up Alex’s mess using a combination of gravity and carefully placed obstacles. If you like Rube Goldberg machines, you’ll like this.

Spotify

App Store
An essential download for music streaming, the Spotify app and a Premium sub will take advantage of the just announced Apple EarPods that will come bundled with the iPhone 5. Plus rumour has it, third-party apps like last.fm and Tune-Wiki are on their way to the Spotify iOS app to bring it up to the level of the desktop experience. Tempted?

Onavo Extend

App Store
Once you get going on a 4G iPhone 5 browsing spree, we’re not sure you’ll stop. So make Onavo one of your first downloads, register the device in a couple of steps and you can surf the web safe in the knowledge that the app is shrinking down your data in the background. A magical, money-saving download that’s only free for a limited time – so get your wiggle on.

WthrDial

App Store
Are your ‘Droid mates still pretending that the Samsung Galaxy S3 has access to the same level of wonderful mobile apps as the App Store? Just show them this beautifully simple weather app that’s a breath of fresh north-easterly air amongst the rest of the bright’n’brash offerings elsewhere.

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