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It's worth mentioning again that the iPhone 5S sports Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, 3G and 4G connectivity, with special mention of the latter as this phone supports the most LTE bands than any other smartphone of its vintage, allowing even more people to take advantage of the super-fast network.Īs is now standard on iOS, the Control Center gives you a quick way to control Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, which are accessed with a swipe up from the bottom of the screen as mentioned before. It's annoying because it means Apple Pay won't work with the iPhone 5S, even though it has the Touch ID component. The latest iPhones and iPads have put Apple's NFC connectivity game on the map, but it's sadly lacking on the iPhone 5S. Not even the plastic clad iPhone 5C could tempt the firm to give us a bit of contactless tech, and it clearly paints a picture of where the brand stands in this area. Unsurprisingly the iPhone 5S comes will all manner of connectivity options, but NFC is still the high-profile absentee at the Apple party. I timed a charge at just a little over two hours from nearly dead – that's great if you just need a slug of juice on the run. However, here's a great little update that will cheer you up: the iPhone 5S charges phenomenally quickly. With a new battery and iOS 9.2.1 (Low Power Mode and all) you might see a significant improvement, but this is a phone that's going to struggle to get to the end of the day if you use it in any serious capacity. Those are still disappointing battery scores, though. There is a caveat here: if you buy a new iPhone 5S from Apple you'll get a brand new battery, not one that's been charging and draining for the past two-and-a-half years like the one in the techtadar test unit – it's pretty much on its last legs.

With the latest iOS 9.2.1 installed, we were seeing drops of around 15% every half hour when gaming, and a whopping 15% every 10 minutes when using the sat nav in Apple Maps. By the time we ran the test with iOS 9.2.1 that was up to 33%. With iOS 7.1 we saw a 17% power drop in our techradar video loop test, which is decent enough, but with iOS 8.1 that became an even larger 25% drop. It's not horrendous, and if you're an iPhone user you'll be used to a faster battery drain, but there's definitely a wistful air that hangs over me every time I check out the battery percentage in the top-right corner. Talking also drained the power pack, and Apple originally quoted up to 10 hours on 3G back in 2013. I can't see how the claims of eight hours' browsing on 3G holds any water, as that was one area that really hurt the battery and caused the phone to heat up.