For readers who are considering buying the Apple iPhone 5 or the iPhone 5C smartphone, here is a specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia. The comparison could help readers make an informed decision.

Display and Design

The iPhone 5 comes with a 4 inch LED backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 640 x 1136 pixels resolution. The iPhone 5C also comes with a 4 inch LED backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 640 x 1136 pixels resolution.

The iPhone 5 comes with 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm dimensions and weighs 112 grams. The iPhone 5C comes with 124.4 x 59.2 x 9 mm dimensions and is comparatively heavier, weighing 132 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The iPhone 5 is equipped with a 1.3 GHz dual core swift processor and Apple A6 chipset. It comes in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The iPhone 5C is also equipped with a 1.3 GHz dual core swift processor and Apple A6 chipset. It comes in 16 GB and 32 GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

Both the devices run on the iOS platform. The iPhone 5 comes loaded with the iOS 6 operating system, which can be upgrade to the iOS 7. The iPhone 5C comes loaded with the iOS 7 operating system.

Camera

Both the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 5C sport an 8 MP primary camera with features like autofocus, LED flash, simultaneous HD video and image recording, touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection and HDR photo. The secondary camera on both the devices is 1.2 MP.

Battery

The iPhone 5 comes with a non-removable Li-Po 1440 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 8 hours on 3G or music play of about 40 hours. The iPhone 5C comes with a non-removable Li-Po 1510 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 10 hours on 3G or music play of about 40 hours.

Price in Australia

The iPhone 5 16 GB variant is priced at around AU $799.95, the 32 GB variant is priced at around AU $849.95 and the 64 GB variant is priced at around AU $899.95. The iPhone 5C 16 GB variant is priced at around AU $659.95 and the 32 GB variant is priced at around AU $729.95 in Australia.

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