Watch What Happens When an iPhone 5 Is Glued to the Ground

December 21, 2017 iPhone 5, Videos, viral video, Watercooler

Gadget geeks scrambled to Apple stores around the world Friday to get their hands on the iPhone 5. If you didn’t dedicate yourself to standing in line at 2 a.m. (or do the smart thing and order online), you might still luck out and find one just laying in the street.

That’s what happened to people strolling through a busy square in Amsterdam, but it was a little too good to be true.

A couple of Dutch pranksters glued the prized smartphone to the ground and recorded what happened.

BONUS: iPhone 5: All the New Stuff

iPhone 5: All the New Stuff

Bigger Screen

The most noticeable change in the new iPhone is its larger, 4-inch screen. The display actually isn’t any wider than the previous one, but instead extends length-wise to a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. Its resolution is 1,136 x 640 pixels — that’s not quite high-def, but it still has the same pixel density — what Apple calls a retina display. The taller screen allows for five rows of apps (plus the permanent row on the bottom), and Apple says its colors are better, too.
LTE

The iPhone 5 is the first iPhone with LTE connectivity, and it’s going to work on the networks of AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, as well as many others across the globe. To accommodate so many different LTE bands, Apple had to split the iPhone 5 into three different models, only one of which works on CDMA networks. That’s a departure from the “world phone” approach of the iPhone 4S, but at least Apple was able to integrate both the LTE and voice radios into the same chip, saving space in the device.
Lightning Connector

The 30-pin dock connector, which has been on Apple portable devices since 2003, is now obsolete, replaced with the much smaller Lightning connector, the name being a play on the Thunderbolt connector on Apple’s Macs. Apple says it’s 80% smaller than the old dock connector, and had the extra advantage of being reversible (no more “getting it wrong” the first time you try to insert it). Of course, the new jack means many old accessories won’t work with the iPhone 5 — unless you buy Apple’s $29 adapter, that is. Even if you do, the adapters don’t support exporting video, so you’re stuck with AirPlay for that.
Thinner Design

All this beautiful new technology means Apple was able to shave off a couple of millimeters of thickness. Thanks in part to the new connector, the combined-radio chip and integrating touch electrodes right into the pixels, the iPhone 5 is just 0.3 of an inch thick. It’s also lighter, weighing just under 4 ounces.
A6 Chip

The iPhone 5 sports a new processor, the ARM-based Apple A6. Apple claims that it’s twice as fast as the A5 chip in the iPhone 4S, and has twice the graphics performance. Like its predecessors, it’s optimized for iOS to save power. The phone is rated to last up to eight hours of talk time and 10 hours of video playback.
EarPods

Yes, those horrible white earphones that you get with every iPhone are finally getting an upgrade. The new earbuds are called EarPods, and they have a ported design for deeper bass. Apple says it approached the EarPods’ design by crafting them to fit many different kinds of ears first, then built speaker drivers to fit them.
Improved Camera

The iPhone 5 has more camera abilities, too. The rear iSight camera is still 8 megapixels, but now there’s a built-in panorama mode that can combine many photos into a single 28MP image — an ability coming to the iPhone 4S in iOS 6. The camera’s also said to be 40% faster with better low-light performance and improved image stabilization for video. Finally, the front-facing camera is now an HD FaceTime camera.
Enhanced Siri

Siri‘s learned a trick or two with iOS 6, and is now able to launch apps and understand things like sports scores. Siri can even post tweets and and Facebook updates for you. She’s also conquering new territory by coming to the new iPod touch.