Apple has recently launched iPad 2 with A5 chip processor and now it is planning to launch its next version of smartphone iPhone 5 by equipping this processor to enhance performance, graphics and battery life. Like iPad 2, upcoming iPhone 5 will be more responsive to the touch input. With the A5 chip under the hood of iPhone is aimed to facilitate finer FaceTime videoconferencing and better gaming on iPhone.
The A5 chip in iPhone 5 is built on the dual-core ARM design and each running at the 1GHz while the A4 processor in iPhone runs at single 1Ghz processor. Hence, A5 chip would double up the speed in every type of input on iPhone 5 such as multitasking, browsing Internet, sending e-mail, videoconference etc. The A5 chip, introduced by Apple on the launch of iPad 2, is designed to amplify gaming capabilities on iPhone 5 along with FaceTime videoconferencing to battle against top-notch gaming consoles and Windows 7 phones equipped with Xbox games.
Moreover, smartphones integrated with A5 processor inflate the processing power to run ‘computationally intensive applications’ such as browsing or editing photos, running movie and video applications. This processor would add to the more horsepower to use media-intensive applications device than of a single-core processor. This dual-core iPhone version is not the first smartphone to the roost as Motorola’s Atrix 4G is coming up with the power of dual-core ARM processor plus the promise of nine hours of talk time and also LG Optimus 2X is slated to be available later this month will integrate dual-core chip.
This new iPhone 5 having A5 under the hood will is projected as a bridging medium between Macbook and tablets. This upcoming iPhone 5 can be connected to the dock, screen and keyboard to use as it as a laptop. Hence, a chip like A5 will be a major overhaul in smartphone industry by converting phone into a laptop.