The iPhone 5s Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi on September 17, 2013 9:01 PM EST- Posted in
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Apple’s new H6 ISP brings with it a modernization of the video recording options for the iPhone 5s. The default video record mode is still 1080p at 30 fps, but there’s also a new 720p 120 fps “slo-mo” mode as well. In the latter, video is captured at 120 fps but optionally played back at 30 fps in order to achieve a high speed camera/slow motion effect. The result is pretty cool:
In the camera UI you can select what portions of the video you want to play back at 30 fps and what portions you want to leave at full speed. The .mov file is stored on NAND as a ~27Mbps 720p120 without any customizations, however when you share it the entire video is transcoded into a 30 fps format which preserves the slow motion effect.
The slo-mo mode is separate from the standard video recording mode, it’s the next stop on the dial in the new iOS 7 camera app. Video preview in slo-mo mode also happens at 60 fps compared to 30 fps for the standard video record and still image capture modes.
Camera preview frame rate, toggling between slo-mo and normal modes
Adding high speed camera modes to smartphones is a great step in my opinion and a wonderful use of increases in ISP and SoC performance. I would like to see Apple expose a 1080p60 mode as well. Technically 1080p60 does require slightly more bandwidth than 720p120, but I’d hope that Apple targeted both in the design of H6 and simply chose to expose 720p120 as it’s an easier feature to market.
Standard 1080p30 recording is also available:
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vampyren - Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - link
Great review, Sadly i feel so limited in iOS these days and also the screen size is just to small for my taste. I use Galaxy S4 and i'm really happy with it. my iPhone5 is still performing well as well but i use it less and less these days, hopefully Apple will make a larger screen phone next time. That might make me more willing to use iphone but not with 4inch.AEdouard - Sunday, October 6, 2013 - link
I'm sure they'll be offering a bigger option in 2014, for the regular iPhone or a new ''large'' iPhone model alongside the regular 4 inch option.Samwise - Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - link
Anandtech, please review the Droid MAXX.Duck <(' ) - Thursday, October 3, 2013 - link
Hello Anand, it seems that you actually are inflating the benchmark scores in case of apple for some unknown reasons. For ex- iPhone 5 in YouTube vids scores around 2300 while you show 2800. Check here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iATFnXociC4Duck <(' ) - Thursday, October 3, 2013 - link
You people are complete LIARS !!! Will never visit your site again. You have been bribed by apple but your website will suffer loss in reputation.varase - Thursday, October 3, 2013 - link
I wonder if any of these Android benchmarks are tainted by gamed benchmark code.mohammedkarou - Sunday, October 6, 2013 - link
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Hrel - Monday, October 14, 2013 - link
I think in the 16:9 aspect ratio a 5" screen would probably be best. I'll never buy an apple product so I guess it doesn't really matter to me. But I think a thin bezel with a 5" 1080p screen is the way to go.Bossrulz - Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - link
Hi Anand. I am planning to buy my first iphone in the form of 5S.Is it worth to buy or to wait for iphone 6 ?
Is it good to buy in USA or in the country where I live in ?
Does iphone have internatiobnal warranty ?
beast from the east - Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - link
Intel only ever dominiated in sales, not processing power.I have installed Apple systems for 25 years, pre-Intel Macs, Apple's computers had twice the performance per clock cycle than the Intel equivalents. From the Motorola chips through to PowerPC.
That's one of the many reasons why graphics, video and the scientific community used Macs.
This chip is a beast, we all know it. With the best relationship in the mobile market with Developers that get paid for their work, a fantastic SDK, and Dev's talking about an hour to recompile to 64-bit. I think Apple will be alright.
Trying to pick holes is just 'Roid-Rage, plain and simple.