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Featured User Reviews Since September, the Apple iPhone 5 has spent lots of quality time in the top five of the Official Smartphone Rankings. That streak may come to an end this week as the people have it trending down in sixth place.

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The popSLATE case gives your iPhone a secondary E Ink display

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Is the iPhone and iOS due for a revolution in 2013?

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Featured user review Apple iPhone 5 11-30-12

Featured User Reviews The PhoneDog took a good nap and is back on track with this week's Featured User Review segment.

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Apple said to test carrier 4G LTE networks before approving iPhone 5 for use on them

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Unlocked iPhone 5 now available for purchase from Apple's online store

Ios As was rumored earlier today, Apple has begun selling unlocked versions of the iPhone 5 on its website. The unlocked iPhone 5 models are GSM and are offered in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB variants for $649, $749 and $849, respectively. All of the...

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from 2012 by Taylor Martin 4

Unlocked iPhone 5 models rumored to be going on sale as early as tonight

Ios It's now been around two and a half months since the iPhone 5 was first introduced, and Apple has yet to reveal when it will begin offering unlocked versions of its new handset to customers. Anyone that wants to buy one of those models may...

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Will.i.am, no normal human being wants your gimmicky iPhone accessory

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Apple iPhone 5 Challenge, Day 3: iOS is showing its age

Ios Aaron's back with the Apple iPhone 5 Challenge! In this day 3 video, Aaron discusses mail problems and overall stagnation when it comes to iOS 6.

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Apple iPhone 5 Challenge: Day 1

Phone Challenges By Aaron It's time for another 30 day challenge! This time around, the extended review cycle goes back to iOS with the Apple iPhone 5 - the first Apple smartphone that Aaron hasn't owned since the iPhone 3GS. Join Aaron as he finds out over the...

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from 2012 by Evan Selleck 36

AT&T selling refurbished iPhone 5 units for $100 less than new models

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Apple and Samsung given approval to add Galaxy S III, Jelly Bean and iPhone 5 to lawsuit

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Featured user review Apple iPhone 5 11-7-12

Featured User Reviews After movement between the first and second place devices on the Official Smartphone Rankings last week, the Apple iPhone 5 held steady in third.

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Samsung Galaxy S III tops the People's Chart for fourth consecutive month

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Nov 12

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"Apple's best yet!"

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4.4

This was a hard choice to make, there are sooo many amazing smartphones out there with multiple mobile OS's now. There's The Galaxy Note II with an older Android, the Nokia Lumia 920 with Windows Phone 8, there's the Galaxy Nexus 4 with Jelly Bean 4.2, etc etc etc. However, in my opinion, even though iOS hasn't really changed a whole heck of a lot visually since 2007 and the handset has only grown .5 inches, I still prefer quality and simplicity over cheap plastic with a difficult OS. Even... more...

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Apple iPhone 5 Written Review by Taylor

At long last, the long-rumored Apple iPhone 5 arrived last Friday and it is easily the most well put together smartphone we at PhoneDog have gotten our hands on. With a much-anticipated larger display, LTE connectivity, improved optics and oodles of enhancements in iOS 6, the iPhone 5 is exactly what Apple needed to stoke the fire. The iPhone 5 has everything it needed to both rack in new customers and keep upgrading customers content. Nothing more, nothing less. With prices starting... more...