A lot has changed ever since this guy came out (iPhone 5s) screens got bigger and bezzels
got smaller and today in 2018 you can pick this thing up (iPhone 5s) for less than hundred
dollars so is it worth it how does it perform and should you get one or should
you even be using one let's find out the Starwood designed this is one of the
legendary designs from Apple in fact Apple is still selling this design and
the square-shaped body has the iPhone se it does have some upgraded processors
and a better camera and it's definitely gonna be a little faster than this guy
but it's also gonna be a lot more expensive
where with this thing you can get a use 5s for less than hundred dollars factory
unlocked and not only that this is still one of the best phones you can get for
one hand use unless you have to budget for the SE which has also significantly
dropped in price ever since the iPhone 10 and make sure you check that review
if you haven't already and in the meanwhile I'll really appreciate if you
take a second out to subscribe but anyways back to the topic you can't fall
for the small screen size this thing still has a lot of power and features
packed in this little body holding it in hand is still feels quite premium and
even stands out with competition to the iPhone X so to put into simple words
there's nothing the iPhone X can do and this thing can't when it comes to deal
usage it's so beautiful looking phone and honestly the only downfall in terms
of design would be the 4-inch display and has we started moving towards bezel
as phones and a bigger screen size it won't be much longer the big bezel
phones would start to disappear but if you are okay with the small screen size
for now this thing definitely has a lot to offer it's also one of the few phones
with a headphone jack so you may also see that has added benefit other than
that we have a 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera which is a little
outdated nowadays but is still gets the job done the back facing camera is 8
megapixels which is also a little outdated when it comes to pixels but
performance wise it performs just fine the pictures are still really sharp a
lot of detail and good colours and that's honestly what matters here
especially if you're taking pictures to upload them on Instagram snapchat or
anywhere on the internet because they will end up compressing your pictures
and videos so a 8 or a 12 megapixel camera after the compression wouldn't
really make a big difference or moving on speaking in terms of stories this is
where the iPhone 5s is we left behind the 5s was available in
16 32 and 64gb but for the most part if you're buying a used you will probably
find it in 16gb to be honest 16gb is very limited storage in 2018 the best
choice on the iPhone X is 64gb which is also arguably less than it should be so
living with a 16gb device would be even harder and would limit the storage you
do have to compromise a lot in terms of performance the amount of apps you can
download the amount of songs and pictures and all of that data you can
have on your phone so if you're interested in the 5s go for a bigger
storage than the bass one it will ask you a lot longer also speaking terms of
storage after upgrading to iOS 11 I did get some storage back since iOS 11 is a
little smaller and a little more optimized and that optimization does
make the iPhone 5s still usable in 2018 it's running on 64-bit system with the
Apple a7 chip and surprisingly enough this thing came out with iOS 7 and look
at it today still fighting competition with iOS 11 now with iOS 11 up noticed
there's a lot between you pressing the button and the application actually
launching up and data also takes a little bit longer to load on the iPhone
5s but the good thing is once the app is up and running it won't really make a
difference if you're using it on a 5s or an iPhone X new phones are definitely
faster but there are ten times the money and can bring that with the price the
iPhone 5s is totally worth it especially when playing games I've
noticed the gaming experience isn't that bad comparing how all this phone is and
how affordable it is nowadays it overall does a great job although in some games
I've noticed graphics are a little compromised to keep up with performance
and the iPhone 5s does heat up a little bit but that's normal when playing high
intensive games other than that looking at the home screen scrolling around you
won't really find a big difference from iOS 10 to hours unless you notice the
small animation changes or the control panel which is an easy giveaway and I'm
talking about iOS 10 and 11 here because I've noticed after a win to iOS Levin
the phone seems a little bit slower than they used to be an apple recently
admitted to slowing down devices on purpose to save battery losing power
causing unexpected shutdowns so this is something I figured out before Apple
officially declared it and it kind of makes sense looking at it from Apple
side partial effort in making you upgrade to
a newer device and partially maintaining the standard of even old devices I
personally had problems with my iPhone 5s suddenly powering off even when the
battery was 20 to 30% now you are able to get the performance back and remove
the software limitations by replacing your battery it's actually fairly cheap
and easy and you can do it yourself at home if you absolutely want the
performance back now using third-party apps and serving our content it does
take a little bit longer to load when I reviewed this phone with iOS 10 I was
quite happy with performance with iOS 11 it seems to be a little more compromised
in terms of speed but the native animations things like control panel and
the basic software performs pretty good like everything is the instant quick and
snappy you don't feel like you're using old phone until you start loading
content that's the only place that takes a little bit longer and that's when you
feel like you have old device in terms of battery life it has a 15 70 milliamp
battery which is smaller but the phone is even smaller it has a small processor
and a smaller display to power and if you do end up replacing the battery you
will get a few extra hours on usage but to put into perspective the phone I have
takes about two hours to fully kill the battery when playing high intensive
games and I never ended up changing my batteries and I had this phone for about
two years now and it was heavily used doing regular self like I would in a
normal day like checking social media listening to music it kind of gets me
half way through the day if I compromise how much I'm using my phone I can pull
it off till school ends by carrying a proverb Aang would be ideal with a phone
like this and this is what I get for my phone things might be a little different
for you it totally depends on how old your phone is if the value was every
placed and how heavily your phone has been used but again if value became an
issue it can easily be changed in fact I'll link a replacement kit down below
along with some affordable power banks but wrapping things up in terms of
performance it still performs really good for someone who doesn't want to
spend a ton or for someone who doesn't use their phone that much and comparing
to what you're paying you're still getting a lot is so fully functional
phone great camera and if you're okay waiting a few seconds for stuff to load
up you can save a ton the small body size is great for one-hand use and very
comfortable to carry around the only thing I will recommend is go for
something higher than the base storage but
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