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Model:
ME352LL/A
SKU:
1752845
Your price for this item is $499.98

Customer reviews

Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 1174 reviews

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  • Battery Life

    Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars

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96%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers are impressed with the iPhone® 5s 16GB's camera quality, ease of use, and size. Many also appreciate its lightweight design and good battery life, while some found the price and limited storage to be drawbacks. Positive feedback frequently highlighted the phone's performance and the convenient Touch ID feature. The sleek design also received praise.

This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.

The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
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  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Disappointed in the new iphone

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Unfortunately my new IPhone5S has a shorter battery life than my IPhone4S... Not only that the call quality is really crummy. I'm quite disappointed!

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Battery life, Ease of use

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Already broke

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Had the phone less than 30 days/ broke beyond repair no one knows why

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Good maps

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I love the phone but I'm not happy with the service I can always get on the internet but always losing service

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    very ordinary device

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The screen is very small but navigation is easy. I could not get the gold color so I was very disappointed.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Not too much different from iPhone 4s

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    This phone is just like the iPhone 4s not too much of a difference besides the finger touch to unlock.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Nice phone. Set up mediocre

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    Love the phone and the deal,, but set up was not so good....had to go to the Apple store to fix it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Upset

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Dropped it twice. Screen cracked twice. Get a heavy duty case and you should be okay :)

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Great phone for Apple lovers

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    Easy to adjust from iPhone 4. Glad I purchased it, and the price was within my budget.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    had it one month and it had to be replaced

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This phone suddenly started overheating and would not send photo texts and Imessages.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Not an iPhone fan

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Phone seems ok but I just am not an iphone fan. I prefer a Galaxy

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Love the iphone but the battery sucks

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The phone seems great except for the battery. It will be 100% charged in the morning, I unplug it and within a half hour it's down 10%. And that's without using it for anything. By mid-day I need to charge it again. VERY disappointed!

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    good phone

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I didn't really check out any other devises, locked into apple

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Sprint 5S

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I waited a long time to upgrade to the 5S- I don't know what to call this but the perfect storm. I have never had such a bad experience with a phone and service provider in all of the years that I've owner a cell phone. Sprint coverage might be the worst- but why could another Sprint user go along the same route as I did and not lose the call 6 times? Sprint operators offer no help- they told me there is no service at their house either now. Something about the LTE tower updates in the areas. Now is NOT the time to buy this phone is you live in Raleigh. I took it back within 14 days (thankfully!) and got BACK on w AT&T w a 5S and haven't lost a call yet. Booooo Sprint. You are not saving anything in the long run going with Sprint.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Phone not functioning according to advertisements.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The Best Buy staff was very uneducated on how to set up iPhone. After 2 and a half hours of numerous attempts, they finally got it working and during data transfer from our old phone to the new, they lost more than 50% of the contacts. This was a very disappointing and unexpected experience. I would never again go back to Best But for a new phone nor would I ever recommend them to anyone for a mobile product.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Camera quality, Processor speed, Size

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Blazing fast, but Touch ID feels beta-y

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The build quality. Wow. I've always loved Apple and their attention to detail. I went from an iPod touch 4g to this and the speed difference is mind blowing. I don't wait for ANYTHING anymore. Webpages over 4G load almost instantly and the ease of navigation with the forward and backward gestures in Safari makes the experience even better. The camera takes gorgeous photos. I've read mixed reviews in the battery, but for me it's just fine. I can get about 5 hours if very heavy use out of it before it dies. The ONLY thing that Apple really made a mistake with on the iPhone 5S is the Touch ID Sensor. For the first week it worked probably 9 out of 10 times and it was really convenient and even faster than Apple showed it was during the demonstrations. Now after owning it for two weeks and rescanning my fingerprint (the correct way) multiple times it sometimes works and it sometimes doesn't. When it does work, it will unlock my phone about 3 times and then it says "try again" until I wipe the home button down with my shirt. Sometimes it won't work at all, even after I reboot it, then 15 minutes later it decides to stop asking me to try again and let me into my phone. It just about feels like a battle making it work, which isn't quite what Apple had in mind when they were aiming for "technology is at its best when it disappears." It's a nice idea, but for now, at least for me, it's not ready yet. I really hope they fix some of that with an update! Because when it works, it feels like you're holding a piece of technology from the future. Oh and a bigger screen would be nice too....especially after playing with my friend's Note 3 lol

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Better phone than my iphone 4 but I'm not impresse

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It's a better phone than my iphone 4 but I'm not impressed to have bought and extended a new contract.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Complicated

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Can't get data/use data while on a phone call nor can you send or receive pictures either

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Its to small and hard to set up

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The phone is hard to set up and to small for my hands so makes it hard to type

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    #TeamiPhone ... Mistake

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    Phone was great the first week or soo. Now it's slow. Freezes vertical & horizontal at the same time. Just annoying. I'm over Apple.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Horrible signal

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Phone has horrible signal..brand new phone needed resetting 2 weeks after purchase..calls drop and phone freezer

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend