Apple Iphone 5, 4th year ownership review

Today's my 4th year Anniversary owning my Apple Iphone 5 16GB.  Bought my Iphone 5 white under Maxis One Club contract back in 27 December 2012.  

I'm quite satisfied with the Iphone 5.  Back in 27 December 2012, I had a choice of Iphone 5 and Samsung Note 2 N7100.  Thank God I picked the Iphone 5.  As based on my cousin's experience, Samsung Note 2 can last barely 2 years.  Typically, the Mainboard, Screen, Digitizer or Battery will fail (at least 2 of the above).  Also, Note 2 Android update up to Kitkat only.  Unlike  IOS, my Iphone 5 now running Latest IOS 10.2.

 Above: Chipped Glass Screen protector caused by Previous casing.  Below 2 photos.

So far it's a reliable, tough (due to Glass screen protector and Targus Hybrid casing) and user friendly companion. Just updated to IOS 10.2. A bit laggy while playing Subway Surfers. Camera quality's decent but terrible at Low light shooting.

The Drawbacks, 16GB barely enough. Thanks to Google Photos, managed to backup and Spring clean my photos. Now left 500+/- MB storage.

Battery replaced once Jan this year by Brotan (of Lowyat Forum) and OEM battery now shows sign of deteriorating.  Below, Screen shot of Typical battery life.

There's 2 annoying things about Iphone 5 and IOS.  Their Apps requires updating every DAY.  Yes, Everyday there's AT LEAST 1-5 apps needs updating.

There's 1 particular Annoying App that Required updates every 3-5 days.  A WHOOPING 30 updates in 6 months.  It's no other than Airbnb.  Each update 100+ MB.  Very Bad for my 16GB Iphone 5.  Latest update's version 16,49.2 (Yes, 50 updates).

Another annoyance's the Storage.  I had myself to blame by picking 16GB version.

Overall rating 9/10. Highly recommended. But get AT LEAST 64GB.

That's all folks, thanks for having the time and patience to read this blog entry.  An original Jefferson Lim's production.  Copy like a man, please acknowledge my work.  Don't plagiarize.

Gadget 101: List of Phones I've used

As per title.  I owned my 1st phone back in 1999.  I was 20 years old then...  My 1st phone's a Green Nokia 5110.  It was with me for 2 months only coz It dropped off my pocket.

The reason why I came up this this is because of worrying trend in past 2 years.  A normal Malaysian will change phone on average TWICE A YEAR!!!  For my case, barring stolen or lost, my loyalty to my phone can be seen below.  I keep a phone for AT LEAST 8 months (Nokia N8, SonyEricsson K850i up to 7++ years (SonyEricsson K618i).  On average, I changed phone once every 2.5 years.  My Current phone, Iphone 5's nearing 4 years Anniversary coming December.

 Here's the list of my phones I owned:


Primary Phones  / Secondary Phone

1) Nokia 5110 (June 99 to Aug 99)

2) NEC DB500 (UK-spec) Aug 99 to Aug 00) - Sold off

3) Nokia 3210 (Aug 00 to April 2002) - Sold off/ Siemens C35i (April 2001 to August 2001) - Sold

4) Ericsson T39m (April 2002 to April 2004) - Sold / Alcatel OT512 Gold (Sept 2004 till Oct 2005) - Sold

5) Sony Ericsson T610 (April 2004 to Nov 2005) - Traded in) / Nokia 6510 (Oct 2005 till Oct 2007)

6) Nokia 3230 Symbian (Nov 2005 to Dec 2006) (Traded in)/ Nokia 6510 (Oct 2005 till Oct 2007) - Stolen

7) SonyEricsson K618i (December 2006 to October 2007)  / (Oct 2007 till October 2013)

8) SonyEricsson K810i (Oct 2007 to Nov 2008) - Traded in/ Sony Ericsson K618i (Oct 2007 till October 2013) (Still keeping, Still alive, collecting dust.  My toughest phone ever.  Refused to die)

9) SonyEricsson K850i (Nov 2008 to July 2009) (Sold off) / Sony Ericsson K618i (Oct 2007 till October 2013)

10) Nokia N79 (July 2009 till April 2012) - Still with me but Motherboard and Screen KO / Sony Ericsson K618i (Oct 2007 till October 2013)

11) Nokia N8 (April 2012 to 27 December 2012) - Sold off @ Lelong.

12) Apple Iphone 5 Maxis Set Silver. 27/12/2012.  Current primary phone.

13)  Iphone 5   /Sony Xperia Z Ultra (October 2013 to June 2014 (STOLEN)

14)  Iphone 5 (Currently using, Battery replaced once Feb 2016, Still running IOS 10 smoothly). 

Back then, as a Maxis One Club member, I was given a choice of Iphone 5 OR Samsung Note 2 for RM999, 2 years contract. Imagine back in Dec 2012 IF I choose the Samsung Note 2...  I would have stuck at Jelly Bean, Memory full, Maybe screen OR digitizer OR motherboard KO) / Huawei Honor 3C H30-U10.  (7/7/14 till now)

15) TARGET NEXT PHONE (Next 6 months, no hurry): 

Iphone 6S 64gb (Refurbish) Comp-Asia/ Huawei Honor 8  

MY QUESTION:

What did you do to your old phone other than Selling it off?  Did you recycle it properly?

For me, I sold off Phone 2-4, traded in phone 5-6, 8, 9,11.  Still keeping Phone #7 (The SonyEricsson K618i's Still alive and well) and Phone #10 (Dead).

That's all folks, thanks for having the time and patience to read this blog entry...  Happy Malaysia Day everyone!

This blog is OPTIMISED for IPhone 5 viewing!

In this blog entry, I'm proudly announcing that this Blog is OPTIMISED for IPhone 5 viewing from 1 February onwards.  Yes, I'm a proud owner of IPhone 5 since 27 December 2012.  Bought for RM999 under Maxis Once Club (MOC) but tied to 2 years contract RM155 monthly commitment.  I shall review my IPhone 5 on March 27 (ie. after 3 months using the phone).

So far battery life's impressive.  Best usage time 9 hrs and 30 mins and best Standby time 1 day 16 hours.  Average usage time 7 hours and average standby time 20 hours. THIS MEANS I Don't need POWER-BANK as I charge before I sleep and it lasts till 11pm the next day.

Note that My iPhone 5 is running on iOS 6.0.2! 

 This is the BEST Battery life among the IPhone family but still LOSE to my Previous Symbian Belle Phone, the Mighty Nokia N8 (still got good resale value, I sold for RM400) with up to 18 hours usage time and 60 hours standby time.  Still the undisputed KING of battery life among the Smartphones.

Here's some screenshots of this Blog surfing on SAFARI web browser with IPhone 5:

On 15 February, I discover this new apps called ILoaderPlus.  Here's some screenshots. 

I bought the full version for USD1.99 (RM6.20) and am enjoying the features.  It allows up to 100 photos upload in 1 go, automatic resize to 800x600 pixels and lastly automatically uploads to my Picasa album (which supports my Blogger.  In short, I don't need to waste time resizing 1 by 1 photo like last time, no need to upload 5 by 5 like previously and up to 1 Mbps upload per 5 files (using my 10 Mbps MAXIS HOME Fibre).

That's all folks, thanks for having the time and patience to read this blog entry.