iPhone 4S vs. 'iPhone 5': Thickness Comparison [Photos]

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Posted September 5, 2012 at 8:36pm by Shalom Levytam

iResQ has posted some photos comparing the thickness of the iPhone 4S to the 'iPhone 5'.

The most interesting thing we see here is the fact that the iPhone 4 and 4S are thicker than the iPhone 5 by the thickness of the back glass. So here is an easy way to imagine the thickness of the iPhone 5: remove the glass backplate from your iPhone 4/4S and there you go! That's the approximate thickness of the iPhone 5.

The site also notes that the fully assembled unit has a good feel.

"Having the mostly assembled unit in our hands feels nice. It fits in the pocket just fine and I can see myself getting used to the longer screen rather quickly."

Take a look at the photos below or hit the link for more.

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iPhone 4S vs. 'iPhone 5': Thickness Comparison [Photos]

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Emily . M - October 29, 2014 at 11:16am

I don't know, please tell me which iPhone is the thickest now please.

Faixan - September 14, 2012 at 5:44pm

As one who has to manage several hundred iPhones and Androids... I'll take the SIII over the iPhone 5 everyday of the week and twice on Sundays. No competition. As a corporate device and in the mobile managemnet field, it isn't even close. Apple is a nightmare. Apple will not release vital API's for development. Want to make a GPS tracking location on Apple. Nope. Apple won't allow apps to auto start on restart. Know many employees who will choose to turn on their own tracking??? Google has a ways to grab the corporate brass ring the way RIM did, but they certainly are leaps and bounds ahead of Cupertino.

Silver bird - September 7, 2012 at 2:49am

Looks like they've changed the connector

TheCondor - September 6, 2012 at 6:13pm

Its the goophone i5. Search it you'll see

Kingz - September 7, 2012 at 2:28am

4s does pretty much have the best battery life out there

John Sands - September 6, 2012 at 3:17pm

It will be great if apple make an effort to get a better battery lifetime, that is most important than the thick...

Ak - September 6, 2012 at 9:30am

Apple just. Make money that's they do which is good I m waiting to see the iphone 5 how good will be iphone 5

Mobo - September 6, 2012 at 3:37am

I dropped my iPhone 4s i sand now it sounds like trumpet is playing, i cant stand it Well thanks to the speaker grill hopefully it will prevent from speakers getting damage

Mobo - September 6, 2012 at 3:33am

No more speaker getting damage

Joe - September 5, 2012 at 10:23pm

If that iPhone has that ugly grill for speaker and mic I will not buy the iPhone, no lie. It looks plain ugly. Hopefully the grill will be like the 4 and 4S.

Luck - September 5, 2012 at 8:53pm

To be honest I dont see any reason to upgrade and pay another 500.00 for the same thing. Come on! It is the same old design and nothing changed. Apple needs to start making bigger screen size phones to compete with the rest.

Nick - September 5, 2012 at 9:03pm

The screen size is going to be bigger. It's going to be taller, not wider though (4" diagonal).

smate333 - September 5, 2012 at 10:28pm

ha, he says "compete with rest". Apple sets the standard, the rest follows. Nuff said.

Darryn - September 6, 2012 at 1:33pm

I don't see any real reason to go from my amazing 4S to the 5. I'm yet to get a good enough reason. A bigger screen is not enough. And a quad core CPU would only be useful if my current iPhone can't cope with the load, which it can... Reasons anyone?

iHateiPhone - September 6, 2012 at 2:35pm

Full 4G support