Video: iPhone 5 Vs. iPhone 4S Side-By-Side Performance Tests

Darrell Etherington

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Monday, September 24th, 2012


Want to see exactly how the iPhone 5′s speedy new A6 processor compares to the now-somewhat-pokey iPhone 4S A5 chip? I shot a side-by-side comparison shot of the two devices executing a number of tasks, including simple stuff like opening webpages and Facebook, to more processor intensive tasks like exporting a 1o second 1080p HD video in iMovie. Check it out, the iPhone 5 seems to edge the older phone in just about every area, but to varying degrees. The iPhone 4S is the white one on the left, by the way, and the iPhone 5 is in black on the right.


Company: Apple
Website: apple.com
Launch Date: April 1, 1976
IPO: NASDAQ:AAPL

Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook Air) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod, the...

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