
The
iPhone 5 is a
touchscreen-based
smartphone developed by
Apple Inc.. It is the
sixth generation of the
iPhone and succeeds the
iPhone 4S. The phone is a slimmer, lighter model that introduces a higher-resolution, 4-inch screen to the series with
16:9 widescreen
aspect ratio. The phone also includes a custom-designed
ARMv7 processor called the
Apple A6, an update to Apple's mobile operating system known as
iOS 6, and support for
LTE.