Apple iPhone 5 review: Camera [Epic Review]

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Posted October 9, 2012 by Stuff Staff in Reviews

The Apple iPhone 5 Epic Review is a long-form look at one of the most anticipated mobiles ever produced. It’s sponsored by JadoPado.com – your one-stop online shop for all things gadget related. Want to pick up an iPhone 5 just like the one we’ve reviewed? Click here

iPhone 5 camera

On paper the iPhone 5‘s snapper looks very similar to the iPhone 4S‘ – same 8MP resolution, same f/2.4 lens. But there have been upgrades. 1080p video is excellent for a phone, matching the Samsung Galaxy S3‘s footage in good conditions and beating it whenever the lighting conditions throw up challenges such as high contrast or general gloominess.

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The iPhone 5 is equally capable when capturing stills, with a neat new Panorama feature and the ability to dig up detail from twilight and indoor scenarios that’s remarkable by smartphone standards. Just look at these sample images for a comparison: iPhone 4S above, iPhone 5 below.

iPhone 5 review camera versus iPhone 4S camera sample images low light

On the downside, the lens is still in the wrong place. It looks neat tucked into that corner, but it makes the phone hard to handle in landscape mode – and it’s all too easy to blot out vital footage with a drifting digit.

Coming up tomorrow: The iPhone 5′s new iOS 6


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3 Comments


  1.  
    Sam Kapoor

    Sometimes Iphone camera creates problems like hanging, auto restart and showing us black screen. It’s usually happens when either the phone has dropped down or it has got some major injuries. I just had the same camera problem with my iphone. I was thinking that factory reset can solve my problem but nothing happened. So I start searching remedy on internet and I found my solution at http://howmobile.net/apple-iphone/2853-solution-camera-issues-iphone.html when I was not getting any perfect solution for my device. I applied the above solution on my Iphone and it worked. Now my Iphone camera is working. Hope the solutions would also solve your problem.
    Thanks




  2.  

    I have not upgraded my iPhone4s to iPhone5 yet, I’m still under contract :) But I can’t wait to get my hands on this mobile gadget.





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