HOWTHEYWORK:iPhone 5C leaked specs point to dual-core CPU, Siri support

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Friday, August 30, 2013

Editor’s note: Check back every Saturday for the latest guide to making the most of your shutter. We’ve seen the low-cost iPhone or the iPhone 5C a number of times in multiple colours thanks to leaked videos and images. However, not much is known about the hardware specifications of the phone except that it might feature internals similar to the iPhone 5. A new report claims to shed some light on the specifications of the low-cost iPhone.According to SIM Only Radar, the iPhone 5C will be powered by a dual-core CPU, and will have a 4-inch screen, just like the iPhone 5, with a resolution of 640x1136 pixels. The site cites a specs sheet that it received from a tipster as the source for this information.The sheet mentions that the iPhone 5C will have 1GB of RAM, and will come in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB storage variants. It will sport an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 1.2-megapixel front facing camera camera and run iOS 7 complete with Siri which would be available in English, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian and Spanish, as per the tipster.The iPhone 5C will reportedly be 6 grammes lighter than the iPhone 5 at 106 grammes and will measure 124.2 x 58.4 x 7.6mm. The iPhone 5 measures 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6mm. If this is true then the phone would almost be the same size as that of the iPhone 5.However, Apple has not officially acknowledged the presence of a low-cost iPhone. The low-cost iPhone or iPhone 5C has leaked several times. Alleged pictures of the iPhone 5C have revealed a plastic polycarbonate body back panel in White, Blue, Red, Yellow and Green colours, a round camera lens and LED flash, lightning connector port, Apple logo and iPhone branding.Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 5S along with the iPhone 5C on September 10 in San Francisco.ndtv.com