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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Emily . M - October 29, 2014 at 11:16am
I don't know pleas TELL ME which I phone is the thickest NOW PLEASE
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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.
http://www.iphonbuzz.com/iphone-5-iphone-4s-and-iphone-4-heres-the-technical-differences-between-apple-smartphones.html
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Silver bird - September 7, 2012 at 2:49am
Looks like they've changed the connector
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TheCondor - September 6, 2012 at 6:13pm
Its the goophone i5. Search it you'll see
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Kingz - September 7, 2012 at 2:28am
4s does pretty much have the best battery life out there
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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...
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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
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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
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Mobo - September 6, 2012 at 3:33am
No more speaker getting damage
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Billfold - September 6, 2012 at 3:18am
I thought it was the length that was most important. Apparently it's the girth
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Joe - September 5, 2012 at 10:23pm
IF THAT IPHONE HAS THAT UGLY ASS GRILL FOR SPEAKER AND MIC I WILL NOT BUY THE IPHONE NO LIE IT LOOKS PLAIN UGLY HOPEFULLY THE GRILL WILL BE LIKE 4 AND 4S
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Linkin - September 5, 2012 at 8:54pm
I came
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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 shit. 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.
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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).
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smate333 - September 5, 2012 at 10:28pm
ha, he says "compete with rest". Apple sets the standard, the rest follows. Nuff said.
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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?
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