Design The iPhone 5c was redesigned using polycarbonate housing, which is strengthened by a steel band. However, due to the material of design changes, the phone weighs 132 grams, which is 20 grams heavier than both the 5 and the 5s, but still lighter than older iPhone models. The design of the iPhone 5c is also considerably thicker but closely similar to the design of the
iPod Touch (5th generation) models, which is also available in a variety of colors but is constructed with different materials. Other minor changes include a different camera assembly and the design of the mute/ringer switch. This iPhone received positive reviews for its design claiming that it was the most durable iPhone ever. The iPhone 5c was offered in several colors.
Software The features
iOS, Apple's
mobile operating system. The
user interface of iOS is based on the concept of
direct manipulation using
multi-touch gestures. Interlock control elements consist of sliders, switches, and buttons. Interaction with the OS includes gestures such as
swipe,
tap,
pinch, and
reverse pinch, all of which have specific definitions within the context of the iOS operating system and its multi-touch interface. Internal
accelerometers are used by some applications to respond to shaking the device (one common result is the undo command) or rotating it vertically (one common result is switching from portrait to landscape mode).
Jony Ive, the designer of iOS 7's new elements, described the update as "bringing order to complexity", highlighting features such as refined typography, new icons, translucency, layering, physics, and gyroscope-driven
parallaxing as some of the major changes to the design. The design of both iOS 7 and
OS X Yosemite (version 10.10) noticeably depart from
skeuomorphic elements such as green felt in
Game Center, wood in
Newsstand, and leather in
Calendar, in favor of flatter graphic design. iOS 7 adds AirDrop, an ad-hoc Wi-Fi sharing platform. Users can share files with an iPhone 5 onwards, the
iPod Touch (5th generation),
iPad (4th generation), or
iPad Mini. The operating system also adds Control Center, which gives iOS users access to commonly used controls and apps. By swiping up from any screen–including the Lock screen–users can do such things as switch to
Airplane mode, turn Wi-Fi on or off, adjust the display brightness and similar basic functions of the device. It also includes a new integrated flashlight function to operate the reverse camera's flash
LED as a
flashlight. The functions as a media player, and includes
Apple Maps and
Passbook. The mapping application includes
turn-by-turn navigation spoken directions, 3D views in some major cities and real-time traffic. Users can rotate their device horizontally to
landscape mode to access a collage of album covers. The 5c includes
Siri, an
intelligent personal assistant and
knowledge navigator. The application uses a
natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of
Web services. Apple claims that the software adapts to the user's individual preferences over time and personalizes results. iOS 7 adds new male and female voices, new system setting functionalities, a redesign to match the rest of the operating system, and integration with Twitter, Wikipedia, Bing, and Photos. The last version of iOS it supports is iOS 10 in 2016. (The latest version is 10.3.3; the update to 10.3.4 is not necessary because the GPS problem does not occur on the 5c.) iOS 11 drops support for the iPhone 5c, as the phone ceased production in September 2015, and it is also a 32-bit iPhone. Facebook comes integrated through Apple's native apps. Facebook features can be directly accessed from within native apps such as Calendar which can sync Facebook events, or use Facebook's
like button from within the
Apple App Store.
iTunes Radio, an
internet radio service, is also included on the iPhone 5c. It is a free,
ad-supported service available to all iTunes users, featuring
Siri integration on iOS. Users are able to skip tracks, customize stations, and purchase the station's songs from the
iTunes Store. Users can also search through their history of previous songs.
Hardware The iPhone 5c uses most of the same hardware as the iPhone 5, with some minor changes. Compared to the iPhone 5's aluminum body, the 5c is made up of a unibody hard-coated polycarbonate body with a steel-reinforced frame, which also acts as an antenna. The iPhone 5c is available in multiple bright colors for the back — blue, green, pink, yellow, and white, with a black glass front. The iPhone 5c uses a
system on chip (SoC), called the
Apple A6, the same chip that powered the iPhone 5. The SoC comprises a 1.3
GHz dual-core processor, 1
GB of
RAM and a tri-core PowerVR SGX543MP3 running at 266
MHz. The iPhone 5c has new LTE antennas that now cover more LTE bands than any other smartphone according to Apple. The 5c features a 4-inch
Retina, multi-touch display, which has a 640×1136 pixel resolution. Storage capacities available are fixed at 8, 16, or 32
GB; plug-in
memory card are not supported. The iPhone 5c uses a Nano SIM card, same as the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5. The rechargeable
lithium-ion battery with a charge capacity of 1510mAh The iPhone 5c retains the 8
MP back camera similar to the iPhone 5 but with a different camera assembly. The front camera, which is accessible through the
FaceTime and camera apps, has a lower resolution at 1.2 megapixels. The iPhone 5c lacks the major new features introduced in the iPhone 5s. It does not have the iPhone 5s's
Touch ID fingerprint scanner. It also does not have the 64-bit
A7 SoC with the M7 motion co-processor. However, the iPhone 5c does support snapping still photos while video recording and 3x digital zooming. The iPhone 5c was the last iPhone that has a 32-bit processor and one of the last iOS devices to have a 32-bit processor, along with the
iPad (4th generation), which has a
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