By the numbers: The iPhone 5S vs. the Lumia 1020

Before today, Apple announced two new phones – the iPhone 5S and 5C. The iPhone 5C is aimed at the "budget" minded crowd and features flirty colors for the telephone itself. Upkeep is very subjective over at Apple HQ since the 16GB variant clocks in at $549 for off-contract pricing. Compared to the Lumia 520 which you can get for nether $100 off-contract you take no competition.

But what about the new flagship device at Apple? How does the iPhone 5S compare to the Nokia Lumia 1020, the flagship Windows Telephone device? We don't accept an iPhone 5S in our hands, simply we tin compare the numbers later on the break.

Quick overview

Didn't really care to follow the Apple tree news this morning? Here's what's the short version of what's new with the iPhone 5S. The chassis is similar to that found on the iPhone v. You're going to be getting the same four-inch display with 640 x 1136 pixels. What's new is really on the inside. The fleck powering the iPhone 5S is a new 64-bit A7 processor. Apple also put a new M7 motility processor in the iPhone 5S. This is a chip can continuously monitor and capture data from the accelerometer, compass, and gyroscope without using the main processor.

There'due south a new camera for iFans that features an f/2.2 lens with a sensor that is 15% larger than last generations iPhone five. The pixels are larger since Apple didn't increment the megapixel count in the photographic camera. It also captures video in slo-mo with a 120 frames-per-2nd mode.

And finally, Apple tree has added a fingerprint reader to the habitation push button on the iPhone 5S. They're calling the technology TouchID and it will serve as an easy manner to chop-chop unlock your phone. (Completely off topic, but the funniest tweet I saw today about the iPhone and the fingerprint sensor was this one.) The tech information technology cool and it'll exist interesting to see how it plays over the next few months.

So how does Apple's flagship device stack up confronting ours?

Now manifestly numbers don't tell the consummate picture and are only one part of device. But they do lead to some interesting discussions when comparison two devices.

What exercise you guys think of the new iPhone 5S? Audio off below.

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