Hi, You forgot to mention the updated imaging processor, and better low light capabilities. I think both might help better a blind persons use of OCR.
hth Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 13, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ricardo, Damashe and others, > > I think Damashe is more or less correct in that the 4s and 5 camera specs > are mostly the same. It seems the main difference in hardware is the > Sapphire lens cover and some sort of better low light performance. They also > mention "precision alignment of the lenses" to which Rob from the Today in > iOS Podcast asked "hmm, so the 4S lenses were not precision aligned? Just > saying". Some other camera improvements may simply be due to the faster > processor which may lead to improved image processing, but the Panorama > mode, for example, is simply an iOS 6 feature which the iPhone 4S will also > get. One other difference between the 4S and 5 is the fact that the front > camera on the 5 is a high definition camera capable of 720P for Facetime and > Skype video so it's just a bit easier for your sighted friends and family to > see those spots you missed shaving or the imperfection in how the ladies > applied their make-up *smile*. > > I think a few real improvements are in the touch screen which now uses > different technology and is supposed to register touches in a more precise > way, the fifth row of icons due to the larger size is nice, the 3 > microphones which probably improve noise cancellation properties are nice > and apps and stuff will open just a bit faster. LTE I think is highly over > rated unless you use your iPhone to download a lot fo stuff or you use it as > a hotspot to download with your computer. When LTE coverage is as good as 3G > coverage right now then maybe it's nice to have. Battery life from all > appearances is very much the same as on the 4S and I have not yet heard > anything as to whether the RAM has been increased, Apple did not mention it > although most assume it's now 1 Gig instead of 512 Mb, once again this will > improve the overall experience by making things a touch faster here and > there and maybe some apps perform just better with the faster processor and > more RAM. > > I must agree with Raul, none of the improvements cause a big "Wpow" effect > for me. One thing I think would have been a nice touch is if they had > included that button to attach the wrist loop which the new iPod Touches > have. Those, by the way, are very interesting and have received a huge face > lift over the fourth generation. I think with the new 5 MP auto focus camera > apps like money reader, Digit Eyes and even OCR apps should do quite well > and become much more useable on an iPod Touch. Too bad it didn't get a GPS. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
