What year did Apple release the iPhone 5s?

Apple released the iPhone 5s in 2013. Apple announced the phone on September 10, 2013, and released it to customers in the United States and several other countries on September 20, 2013. The release year, rather than the announcement date, is the expected answer to this question.

The iPhone 5s was introduced alongside the colorful iPhone 5c. It retained the iPhone 5’s compact 4-inch display and aluminum design, but added major internal upgrades. Its Touch ID fingerprint sensor was built into a redesigned Home button, and its Apple A7 chip was the first 64-bit processor used in a smartphone.

The phone launched with iOS 7, which introduced a flatter visual design, Control Center, AirDrop, and iTunes Radio. Apple sold nine million iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c units combined during their first weekend, although the 5s was difficult to find at launch because Apple did not offer normal preorders for it.

A common mix-up is using 2014, the year the iPhone 6 replaced it as Apple’s flagship. The iPhone 5s remained available at a reduced price until Apple discontinued it in 2016.