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Consumer Reports gushes over the iPhone 5, calls it ‘the best iPhone yet’

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:38PM EST
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The general verdict on the iPhone 5 seems to be, Maps application aside, that it’s an absolutely killer product. And now Consumer Reports has added its weighty voice to this consensus by declaring that the iPhone 5 is not only one of the best smartphones it’s ever reviewed but has dubbed it “the best iPhone yet.” This is particularly noteworthy because Consumer Reports has never been a rubberstamp for Apple (AAPL) products, especially when it famously refused to recommend the iPhone 4 over the “Antennagate” flap. Happily for Apple, though, the publication has no such qualms about its latest smartphone.

In particular, Consumer Reports praised the device’s “larger, 4-inch display,” its “thinner and lighter profile” and “4G LTE access” and said that Apple had added “a host of innovative features” to make the iPhone 5 a world-class smartphone. The publication also heaped praise upon improvements to the Siri voice assistant and said that the smartphone’s 8-megapixel camera was the best it had ever seen on a smartphone outside of the 41-megapixel camera featured on Nokia’s (NOK) 808 PureView. Consumer Reports even pulls its punches on the widely-derided Maps app, calling it “competent enough, even if it falls short of what’s available for free on many other phones.”

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Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.