Apple iPhone 5s Announced: The world's first smartphone with 64-bit processor!

Alongside the iPhone 5c, Apple also announced iPhone 5s, the most forward-thinking iPhone yet, featuring an all-new A7 chip, making iPhone 5s the world's first smartphone with 64-bit desktop-class architecture! iPhone 5s also comes with a new 8 megapixel iSight camera with True Tone flash, Touch ID and the 64-bit iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone. More details after the jump.

The all-new A7 chip in iPhone 5s brings 64-bit desktop-class architecture to a smartphone for the first time. With up to twice the CPU and graphics performance, almost everything you do on iPhone 5s is faster and better than ever, from launching apps and editing photos to playing graphic-intensive games-all while delivering great battery life. Apple also engineered iOS 7 and all the built-in apps to maximize the performance of the A7 chip. iPhone 5s is the best mobile gaming device with access to hundreds of thousands of games from the App Store, the A7 chip's 64-bit architecture and support for OpenGL ES version 3.0. iPhone 5s delivers incredibly rich and complex visual effects, previously only possible on Macs, PCs and gaming consoles.

Every iPhone 5s includes the new M7 motion coprocessor that gathers data from the accelerometer, gyroscope and compass to offload work from the A7 for improved power efficiency. Developers can also access new CoreMotion APIs that take advantage of M7, so they can create even better fitness and activity apps that go well beyond what other mobile devices offer. The M7 motion coprocessor continuously measures your motion data, even when the device is asleep, and saves battery life for pedometer or other fitness apps that use the accelerometer all day.

iPhone 5s introduces Touch ID, an innovative way to simply and securely unlock your iPhone with just the touch of a finger. Built into the home button, Touch ID uses a laser cut sapphire crystal, together with the capacitive touch sensor, to take a high-resolution image of your fingerprint and intelligently analyze it to provide accurate readings from any angle. Setting up Touch ID to recognize your fingerprint is easy, and every time you use it, it gets better. The Touch ID sensor recognizes the touch of a finger so the sensor is only activated when needed, preserving battery life. All fingerprint information is encrypted and stored securely in the Secure Enclave inside the A7 chip on the iPhone 5s; it's never stored on Apple servers or backed up to iCloud. Touch ID can also be used as a secure way to approve purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store or iBooks Store.

iPhone 5s makes it even easier to take great photos with the world's most popular camera. The all-new 8 megapixel iSight camera features a larger f/2.2 aperture and a new, larger sensor with 1.5μ pixels for better sensitivity and low-light performance, resulting in better pictures. These improvements, along with the Apple-designed image signal processor in the A7 chip and the new Camera app in iOS 7, provide up to two-times faster auto-focus, faster photo capture, automatic image and video stabilization, and better dynamic range. iPhone 5s introduces the new True Tone flash-the world's first for any camera-that variably adjusts color and intensity for over 1,000 combinations, so photos taken with a flash appear more natural. iPhone 5s also includes a new Burst Mode, Slo-Mo video with 120 fps, a new FaceTime HD camera for better low-light performance and audio-only FaceTime calls with iOS 7.

iPhone 5s features a remarkable thin and light, precision-crafted design that customers around the world love, including an anodized aluminum body with diamond cut chamfered edges, a stunning 4-inch Retina display and glass inlays. iPhone 5s is available in three gorgeous metallic finishes including gold, silver and space gray.

Apple iPhone 5s Specifications
4-inch (640x1136) IPS capacitive display, 326ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 2 with oleophobic coating
1.7GHz dual-core Apple A7 dual-core processor
PowerVR SGX 544MP4 GPU
1GB of RAM
16/32/64GB of internal storage
8MP autofocus iSight camera with dual-LED (True Tone) flash
1080p@30fps Full HD video recording
1.2MP front-facing camera
Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID)
DC-HSDPA 42Mbps, LTE 100Mbps
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n / dual-band / Wi-Fi hotspot
GPS with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Non-removable Li-Po 1440 mAh battery
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6mm (dimension)
112g (weight)
Color: Black/Slate, White/Silver and Gold

Pricing and Availability
The iPhone 5S is available in silver, space gray and gold. The iPhone 5S release date is set on September 20 for Singapore and China. iPhone 5S release date in the Philippines is on December 2013. Here’s the postpaid contract as indicated by Apple:

• iPhone 5S 16GB — $199 cash-out on 24-month postpaid plan
• iPhone 5S 32GB — $299 cash-out on 24-month postpaid plan
• iPhone 5S 64GB — $399 cash-out on 24-month postpaid plan

Here’s the retail price of the iPhone 5S (without contract) as listed in the Hong Kong Apple Online Store:

• iPhone 5S 16GB – HK$5688 or Php32,000
• iPhone 5S 32GB – HK$6388 or Php36,000
• iPhone 5S 64GB – HK$7188 or Php40,500

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