iPhone · Standard
2012
iPhone 5
A taller 4-inch display, LTE, thinner aluminum body, and Lightning define a major physical reset.
- Announced
- 2012-09-12
- Family
- iPhone
- Branch
- Standard
- Historical weight
- Paradigm shift
Key specifications
Apple verification ↗- Display
- 4" Retina LCD, 1136×640
- Chip / CPU
- Apple A6 · 1.30 GHz
- Memory
- 1 GB
- Base storage
- 16 GB
- Ports & charging
- Lightning, 3.5 mm
- Weight
- 112 g
- Dimensions
- 123.8×58.6×7.6 mm
- Original OS
- iOS 6
- Launch price
- $649
- Released
- September 21, 2012
- Discontinued
- September 2013
- Graphics
- PowerVR SGX543MP3
- CPU cores
- 2
Generation delta
What changed?
Introduced
2- Connectivity
LTE
LTE moved iPhone into a faster cellular generation.
- Ports
Lightning connector
The reversible Lightning connector replaced the 30-pin dock connector.
Changed
1- Display
4-inch Retina display
The display became taller while retaining one-handed width.
Technology DNA
Ideas carried by this generation.
Canonical predecessor
iPhone 4S iPhone 5