The latest and greatest incarnations of the iPhone will go on sale this Friday. Of course, several members of the press have been allowed to get their hands on the full-throttled 5s and entry-level 5c. By and large, the reviews have found the 5c to be a more affordable (and colorful) reinvention of the iPhone 5, while the iPhone 5s is just about the best phone out there.
The iPhone 5c: A more colorful iPhone 5
CNet's senior editor Scott Stein gave the iPhone 5c four-out-of-five-stars and sums the device up as a $99 version of the "iPhone 5 in a more colorful case."
The only new additions to the 5C (versus the old 5) are iOS 7 coming preinstalled, new LTE antennas that work with more international carriers, a better low-light-sensitive front-facing FaceTime HD camera, and a slightly increased internal battery versus last year's model -- better on paper, but not on a magnitude that most people would appreciate.
John Gruber of Daring Fireball gives a warm reception to the 5c, but similarly describes it as a re-purposed iPhone 5 in a different coat. His own benchmark tests found the "5C review unit scored nearly identically to my personal iPhone 5."
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