By: Aseem Gaurav on October 6, 2012
Despite the problems surrounding the iOS 6, Consumer Reports has concluded that iPhone 5 is the best yet and has ranked it “among the best smart phones in our Ratings”. It can be remembered that Consumer Reports in 2010 blasted the iPhone 4 for a faulty antenna.
Consumer Reports, which is published by Yonkers, New York- based Consumers Union, has picked fights with Apple before. When the iPhone 4 was introduced in 2010, the 76-year-old magazine refused to recommend the device because of a design flaw with its antenna that led calls to be dropped if it was gripped a certain way. The problems led Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to call a rare news conference to apologize and pledge to give customers free cases to fix the defect.
"Despite the widespread criticism it has received, Apple's new Maps app... is competent enough, even if it falls short of what's available for free on many other phones," reviewer Mike Gikas said on the group's website.
"As Apple has recently apologized and promised to fix these and other map glitches, we expect the Map app to improve in time," he further said.
The new iPhone 5 has received criticism for the new mapping software, for anomalies in directions and inaccurate locations of landmarks. Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook had apologized for the flaws and pledged the company will improve the software.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company began sales of iPhone 5 last month and within the first three days of the launch, it sold over 5 million units. With the launch, Apple switched to its own mapping software – taking data from from a range of providers including TomTom NV and Waze. However, errors quickly emerged after the software was rolled out.
Despite the problems surrounding the iOS 6, Consumer Reports has concluded that iPhone 5 is the best yet and has ranked it “among the best smart phones in our Ratings”. It can be remembered that Consumer Reports in 2010 blasted the iPhone 4 for a faulty antenna.
Consumer Reports, which is published by Yonkers, New York- based Consumers Union, has picked fights with Apple before. When the iPhone 4 was introduced in 2010, the 76-year-old magazine refused to recommend the device because of a design flaw with its antenna that led calls to be dropped if it was gripped a certain way. The problems led Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to call a rare news conference to apologize and pledge to give customers free cases to fix the defect.
"Despite the widespread criticism it has received, Apple's new Maps app... is competent enough, even if it falls short of what's available for free on many other phones," reviewer Mike Gikas said on the group's website.
"As Apple has recently apologized and promised to fix these and other map glitches, we expect the Map app to improve in time," he further said.
The new iPhone 5 has received criticism for the new mapping software, for anomalies in directions and inaccurate locations of landmarks. Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook had apologized for the flaws and pledged the company will improve the software.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company began sales of iPhone 5 last month and within the first three days of the launch, it sold over 5 million units. With the launch, Apple switched to its own mapping software – taking data from from a range of providers including TomTom NV and Waze. However, errors quickly emerged after the software was rolled out.
