{"id":13999,"date":"2017-02-28T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=13999"},"modified":"2017-05-16T08:35:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T06:35:46","slug":"review-apple-iphone-5s-16-gb-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/review-apple-iphone-5s-16-gb-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Apple iPhone 5s 16 GB &#8211; Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTo upgrade or not to upgrade?\u201d that is the question. Since Apple added the \u201cs\u201d versions to their range, many have been quick to make the change, but is it worth it?<\/p>\n<p>So, what has Apple done this time around to persuade users to ditch their iPhone 5 and upgrade to the 5s? Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14002\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14002\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14002\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/apple-iphone-5s-400x400-imadpppchtqzjknf1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/apple-iphone-5s-400x400-imadpppchtqzjknf1-300x300.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/apple-iphone-5s-400x400-imadpppchtqzjknf1-150x150.png 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/apple-iphone-5s-400x400-imadpppchtqzjknf1.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iPhone 5s<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today, the 4\u201d screen seems minuscule when compared against the over 5\u201d 6s and 6s Plus \u201cmonsters\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most noticeable improvements are TouchID \u2013 which, as Techradar comments is \u201cphenomenal in the way it works, making it possible to have a phone that is as secure as having a passcode, but without the irritation of having to enter it a million times a day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The biggest downfall is the 4\u201d screen size, only 0.5\u201d bigger than the iPhone 4. While the upgrades may not be immense, they are still impressive<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s technology has grown in leaps and bounds in the past three years, but the 5s is still a high-quality iPhone and well worth considering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key specs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4.0\u201d LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen<\/li>\n<li>Resolution: 640 X 1136 pixels<\/li>\n<li>Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating<\/li>\n<li>8 MP autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash<\/li>\n<li>2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular<\/li>\n<li>iOS 7, upgradable to iOS 10.0.2<\/li>\n<li>Apple A7 chipset<\/li>\n<li>Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based)<\/li>\n<li>No card slot<\/li>\n<li>1 GB RAM 16\/32\/64 GB storage capacity<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth: 0, A2DP<\/li>\n<li>USB: v2.0, reversible connector<\/li>\n<li>Up to 10 h (3G) talk time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Pros: <\/strong>TouchID fingerprint sensor; fantastic camera; powerful core; good resolution for its screen size<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cons: <\/strong>Expensive; only 16 GB onboard memory; no card slot; questionable battery endurance; 4\u201d screen;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/offers\/62549085\/Apple+iPhone+5s+16GB+Silver?sst=5s+iphone%2Cfkey&amp;ssp=1&amp;sso=0&amp;rc=rgroup2\"><strong>iPhone 5s available from R4,999<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTo upgrade or not to upgrade?\u201d that is the question. Since Apple added the \u201cs\u201d versions to their range, many have been quick to make the change, but is it worth it? So, what has Apple done this time around to persuade users to ditch their iPhone 5 and upgrade to the 5s? Let\u2019s take<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/review-apple-iphone-5s-16-gb-black\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[900,1656],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/apple-iphone-5-release-1066217-TwoByOne.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13999"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13999"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16131,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13999\/revisions\/16131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}