IPhone 5C
IPhone 5c in blue
3- axis gyro, accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
0.9 W / kg
GSM, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, DC - HSDPA, HSPA , HSUPA, LTE, CDMA2000 ( CDMA2000 Only when in Europe not available CDMA model iPhone5, 4)
802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz and 5GHz ), Bluetooth 4.0
Lightning, headphone jack
The iPhone 5c is part of the seventh (depending on how you count also the fifth ) Smartphone generation of iPhone series of U.S. company Apple Inc. The device is based functional on the in-house operating system Apple iOS and can by the user mainly by finger contacts on the multi -touch screen be served. The operating system version in the introduction was 7.0, the current version is 7.1. It is available in five colors with 8, 16 or 32 GB of flash memory since the September 20, 2013 in Germany (8- GB version in Germany since March 17, 2014), since October 25, 2013, the iPhone 5c also available in Switzerland and Austria.
Design
The iPhone 5c is inspired by the design of the operating system iOS 7. The smooth polycarbonate case whose sides are rounded to the rear, is available in five colors: blue, yellow, pink, green and white. The front is black in all color variations. The concept of the plastic back shell Apple used in 2008 and 2009 with the predecessors of iPhone 3G and 3GS.
5c together with the iPhone, a protective sheath has been presented, which is made of rubber and having holes on the back. The covers are available in 6 colors, providing up to 30 color combinations of the iPhone and protective cover are possible.
Back of the blue iPhone 5c
Blue iPhone 5c with black sleeve
Technology
The device is available since the market launch with 16 or 32 GB flash memory, from the March 18, 2014 launched the sale of an 8 GB version in Germany. The touch screen (manufacturer name retina display ) resolution of 1136 × 640 pixels at has a diagonal of 4 inches ( 16:9 ). This corresponds to a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch (ppi ). The screen surface is made of durable special glass.
The device has the in-house Apple A6 SoC as the processor unit for user applications.
The advanced backside illumination camera ( back camera manufacturer name Apple iSight) takes photos with eight megapixels and video in Full HD. The front video camera with the so-called FaceTime video system features a 1.2 - megapixel resolution and can record video at a resolution of 720p.
The device supports, among others, the LTE networks, the network operator German Telekom, Vodafone and O2.
Marketing
The instrument and all the essential technical details were first introduced by the manufacturer at September 10, 2013 in Cupertino, just days before the scheduled launch. In this context, the iPhone 5s was first shown. The product presentation was led by Apple executives Phil Schiller and resulted in extensive press coverage worldwide.
The iPhone 5c could be pre-ordered from the manufacturer a week before the start of sales. The exact origin of the model designation " 5c " is not known. One possible meaning could be "color" due to the different color variations of the iPhone 5c, which means color in American English.
On March 18, 2014 Apple introduced a smaller 8 GB version of the iPhone 5c for Germany, France, Great Britain, Australia and China. Apple hoping to gain higher sales in the mid- Smartphone -price segment. In addition, there is a LTE phone an alternative to the iPhone 4s, which has no LTE represent.