Now that the iPhone 5 is here, it was only a matter of time before reviews came pouring in. Expert opinions are one thing to give a perspective about the phone but the true details come from regular users who talk about how the phone feels when they use it on a daily basis to make calls and send messages and the like. While there have been some impressive reviews about the phone and its performance, there have been several complaints from consumers. There appear to be issues that are common to all owners while a few of them seem sporadic but it is worth reading anyway.
For starters, the screen on the iPhone 5 received a lot of favorable reviews as it appeared to be more durable than the ones on its predecessors but the back and the sides of the phone are more prone to scratches. This seems to be a common problem and it is best to avoid placing the phone next to keys and the like. Moreover, the delicate exterior seems to have been damaged in the shipping as several owners complained of phones with scratches immediately after unboxing. The internals of the screen seem to be causing some sporadic problems. Air bubbles are a common issue while flickering is also reported by many. One flaw in design is that the light from the screen is leaking out from between the phone and the power button, something not many are impressed with.
A serious connectivity issue that a lot of users are facing happens to be the phone’s ability to connect and hold WiFi connections. It appears that the iPhone is not very good at connecting to background networks or even detecting them in some cases and a lot of the phones fail to hold on to the network after working for a while. Moreover, the WiFi networks aren’t being used to their full extent as internet on the phone is quite slow with them.
Build issues continue to pour in and one of the common but trivial ones is that the iPhone is not heavy enough and this results in difficult handling. Apple prides itself in the fact that this is the lightest phone it ever built but it could be a little heavier and sturdy according to people who have had the phone slip through their fingers.
