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HOLIDAY GADGET BUYING GUIDE

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iPhone 5


I reviewed my share of smartphones and then some, and began to get bored with them. A few made a lasting impression. Apple finally launched its iPhone 5, with a larger video screen welded to a wondrously thin body. The new $199 phone arrived with new software, the iOS 6 operating system. The upgrade was deservedly brutalized for its awful street maps feature, but most of the changes, such as to the Siri speech recognition system, were more welcome.

iPhone 5

The new iPhone is bigger but thinner than previous models and works with faster cellular networks known as 4G. The 16 GB version starts at $200 and comes with the iOS 6 operating system. “The upgrade was deservedly brutalized for its awful street maps feature, but most of the changes, such as to the Siri speech recognition system, were more welcome,” Bray said.

Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press

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