David Hanak Pa Seputembara 12, 2012, Apple idabweretsa iPhone 5 kudziko lonse lapansi, yomwe inali chida chosinthira m'njira zambiri. Inali iPhone yoyamba kusiya cholumikizira chakale cha mapini 30 ndikusintha kupita ku Mphezi, yomwe ikadali ndi ife lero. Inalinso iPhone yoyamba kukhala ndi chiwonetsero chachikulu kuposa 3,5 ″. Inalinso iPhone yoyamba yomwe idayambitsidwa mu Seputembala (kupitilira kwa machitidwe a Apple), komanso inali iPhone yoyamba kupangidwa bwino pansi pa Tim Cook. Sabata ino, iPhone 5 idayikidwa pamndandanda wazida zakale komanso zosagwiritsidwa ntchito.
Na izi link mutha kuwona mndandanda wazogulitsa zomwe Apple imawona kuti ndi zachikale ndipo sizipereka chithandizo chamtundu uliwonse. Apple ili ndi dongosolo la magawo awiri pakupuma kwazinthu izi. Mu gawo loyamba, mankhwalawa amalembedwa kuti "Vintage". M'malo mwake, izi zikutanthauza kuti mankhwalawa sakugulitsidwanso mwalamulo, koma zaka zisanu zayamba pomwe Apple ikhoza kupereka kukonzanso pambuyo pa chitsimikizo ndi zida zosinthira. Pambuyo pa zaka zisanu kuchokera kumapeto kwa malonda, mankhwalawa amakhala "Obsolete", i.e. osatha.
Zithunzi
Pamenepa, Apple yathetsa chithandizo chamtundu uliwonse ndipo sikuthanso kugwiritsa ntchito chipangizo chakale, chifukwa kampani ilibe udindo wosunga zida zotsalira. Chidacho chikasanduka chipangizo chosatha, Apple sichikuthandizani kwambiri. Kuyambira pa Okutobala 30, iPhone 5 idawonjezedwa pamndandanda wapadziko lonse lapansi, womwe udalandira zosintha zomaliza za pulogalamuyo ndikufika kwa iOS 10.3.3, i.e. mu Julayi chaka chatha. Chifukwa chake uku ndi kutha kwa zomwe ambiri amaziwona ngati foni yamakono yowoneka bwino kwambiri nthawi zonse.
