September 20, 2013
iPhone 5S released
Apple released the iPhoneApple's smartphone line — touch-first mobile computing and the App Store ecosystem since 2007. 5S on September 20, 2013 — debuting Touch ID fingerprint authentication and the 64-bit A7 chip.
What it was for
Touch ID enabled secure app login and Apple PayApple's contactless payment system — tokenized card data on iPhone and the web. foundations; the A7 made 64-bit ARMA CPU architecture family known for energy efficiency — dominates smartphones and growing in servers and laptops. mainstream and pushed AndroidGoogle's open mobile operating system — the dominant platform for smartphones worldwide. OEMs to match. Developers gained LocalAuthentication APIs and a performance ceiling for ARAugmented reality — overlaying digital graphics on the real world through a camera view. and graphics-heavy apps years earlier than expected.
Companies
- Apple
Why it's here
The 5S made biometrics and 64-bit mobile CPUs standard expectations.
Why it mattered
Fingerprint auth and 64-bit chips changed security and performance baselines for mobile dev.
What it solved
Phone unlock and payment auth relied on PINs; mobile CPUs were still treated as 32-bit platforms.
Media
- ImageIPhone 5s
Rafael Fernandez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Related
- iPhone goes on saleJune 29, 2007
- iPhone 5 releasedSeptember 21, 2012
- iPhone 5C releasedSeptember 20, 2013
- Android announcedNovember 5, 2007
- T-Mobile G1 releasedOctober 22, 2008
- Samsung Galaxy S releasedJune 4, 2010