The Apple iPhone 5 is the best iPhone in the market, but that really isn't a surprise, is it? But then again, for a phone that costs Rs. 45,500, it better justify the expense. The iPhone 5 is an incremental update over the 4S, but the best phone incrementally improved is equal to a huge improvement.

Blazing fast performance; Much improved display; Widescreen aspect ratio brilliant for multimedia; Lighter than the iPhone 4S; Excellent build quality; Camera is improved over the 4S; Doesn't heat up like the 4S; Surprisingly good battery life

Costs a lot of money; Nano SIM is a pain to procure; The OS just looks plain dated; Apple has messed up the Maps; big time

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4" Retina Display; 4G LTE Ready; iSight Camera

Doesn′t support NFC; Apple Maps needs work

The iPhone 5 is more than just Apple's latest high-end smartphone. In a world of huge slabs of phone the iPhone's thin profile makes it different to the Galaxy S4 , Sony Xperia Z , HTC One , BlackBerry Z10 , Nokia Lumia 925 and the rest of the high-end phone lineup.

Apple is out to rule the world smartphone market once again with the release of the latest iPhone, dubbed simply the iPhone 5 . Unlike some of the previous models that were released by Apple in the past few years, this new one actually brings several major changes to the table, including a larger...

Sharp 4-inch retina display; iOS 6 brings 200 new features to the iPhone including improvements to Siri and Facebook integration; Computing and graphics processing tasks are handled much better with the new Apple A6 SoC processor; Faster mobile data is available with support for both HSDPA and LTE...

Lacks NFC wireless technology for currently developing mobile payment systems; Comes with a new dock connector called Lightning that makes old docks and other accessories obsolete

The iPhone 5 does everything well. It's beautiful, super fast, has great battery life, is tied to the best app store out there, and it takes incredible photos and video. There's no reason you wouldn't want an iPhone 5, unless of course you desire the flexibility and choice that only an Android phone...

+ Incredible hardware: thin; lightweight; beautiful; different; + Amazing camera; + Gorgeous display with fantastic outdoor visibility; + Uncompromising performance; + Great call quality; + LTE connectivity; + Terrific battery life; + Lightning connector is small; reversible; + Included EarPods have...

- iOS 6 is generally more of the same, - Polished metal edges are prone to chipping and scratching; Apple logo on back scratches easily, - Lightning is proprietary and adapter isn't cheap, The iPhone 5 is available now (though you might have to wait a few weeks to get one) through the Apple store,...

The best iPhone yet - but given the power of the competition and the high price, not the best smartphone.

Great design, Larger screen, Quality camera, It's quite hard to dislike an iPhone, no matter whether you love or disdain Apple's ethos; It's just so simple, with a quality screen and a real effort made into the design; And it's fair to say, rather obviously, that this is the best iPhone ever made.

High price; Poor maps; Ageing OS; The iPhone 5 isn't without its faults though – it's a handset that suffers from an ageing OS that doesn't look overly different from when it was launched five and a half years ago.

When we review a product, we're usually given a sample by the manufacturer that's been hand-picked just for us to test. The hardware has been examined for defects, every feature has been fully vetted and scrutinized, and the software has been triple-checked.

Elongated display provides easy access to more apps, and makes for pleasant, un-letterboxed widescreen viewing; Lots of iPhone 5-ready apps to choose from already; Apple-engineered A6 processor is wicked-fast.

Anodized aluminum rear plate, particularly in black, has a reported propensity for scratches; Video recording picks up a surprising amount of audio interference, even in a quiet room; Updates, while all worthwhile and technologically impressive, won't make your jaw drop with awe

Most people anticipated seeing the iPhone 5 surface last year but, of course, Cupertino had different plan, instead opting to beef up the iPhone 4's internal hardware and leave its chassis virtually untouched.

Super fast; larger display; thinner body; solid battery life; LTE; improved camera

Some apps still need to be updated for the larger screen; if you've invested in iPhone accessories you'll need a $30 Lightning adapter to use them; Apple Maps feels half-baked -- though this is an iOS 6 feature and a Google Maps app is coming

The Good Larger display LTE radio Extremely fast Thinner Lighter The Bad Apple Maps Scratch prone No NFC After months of persistent rumors and Apple's high-profile unveiling, the iPhone 5 has finally arrived on the market.

Larger display; LTE radio; Extremely fast; Thinner; Lighter

Apple Maps; Scratch prone; No NFC

The best iPhone ever produced, bar none -a solid handset that offers an unparalleled user experience

Amazing build quality; perfectly executed design; blazingly fast CPU; excellent gaming; vastly superior camera and video --a solid all-rounder

A lot of applications aren't yet optimised for the 4-inch display and Maps isn't up to scratch