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Apple unveils flagship smartphone iPhone 5S.

This week, Apple launched its new flagship smartphone sporting a fingerprint sensor, an improved camera and up to twice as fast as the previous generation.

So far, the iPhone 5S looks to be another stellar smartphone entry. Priced £20 higher at starting price, compared with last year’s iPhone 5, Apple was not afraid to make the new smartphone more expensive than competition from the likes of Samsung, HTC and Sony.

However, this pricey proposition comes with an improved camera compared to previous iPhones, as Apple physically increased the size of the image sensor for significantly higher low-light performance, which should result in better pictures captured in the often-poor lighting conditions.

Interestingly, the iPhone 5S also marks Apple’s first introduction of a fingerprint reader called Touch ID. The sensor sits under the traditional home button, allowing users to unlock their iPhones just by swiping their finger across the home button, without a password – a major leap forward in both phone security and usability. Five fingerprints can be stored to unlock the iPhone, but only one can be associated with a personal iTunes account.

Apple claims that the fingerprint data is only stored on the phone and is not sent over the internet or stored on Apple’s servers.

The iPhone 5S looks relatively similar to last year’s iPhone 5, but is now also available in gold.

Furthermore, Apple concurrently launched the iOS 7, a complete redesign of Apple’s mobile operating system, also available for existing iPhones, including the iPhone 4, 4S and 5.

But who said the iPhone is all about the esthetics? The latest processor, the Apple A7 combines a new 64-bit architecture with improved processing capabilities, which should result in a doubling of the speed of the phone compared with the iPhone 5S.

Lastly, good news for busy users: the iPhone 5S aims to achieve a longer useful battery life than the iPhones that came before it, with up to 10 hours talk time, 10 hours LTE browsing, and 250 hours standby.