Round-up of iPhone 5 reviews: It's all good
Ahead of the iPhone 5’s official release on Friday, hands-on reviews from major newspapers and tech sites have started to roll in. We’ll have our own evaluation ready for you very shortly, but we thought it would be an interesting exercise to round up the sentiments pouring out thus far. And it probably won’t surprise you by this point to hear that the reviews are almost universally positive.
Considering the iPhone 4S was similarly well received and the iPhone 5 is basically a thinner, lighter, faster, and less-slippery iteration, this isn’t really a surprise. The iPhone 4S was the fastest (and best) selling phone ever – and indeed, the iPhone 5 notched up a record-breaking two million pre-orders within 24 hours, double the previous record holder (the iPhone 4S). While we technocrats might be unhappy with Apple’s severe lack of ground-breaking advances, it’s also easy to see why Apple sticks with its winning formula.
