iPhone 5 vs. 4S
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- omahadesigns
Is there any real reason to get the 5 over 4S?
I want internet, GPS and games. Not sure what else I need.
- kenteeko0
Then I'm not sure what you're asking. Any smartphone will do what you ask.
- ok_not_ok0
I'll wait for the next batch or next Gen...just in case this first batch of phones have bugs or glitches.
- Miguex0
You are welcome
- Hombre_Lobo0
Extra row of icons!
You'd be a fool not to!
- calculator0
Cool, another iphone5 thread...
- animatedgif0
- Processor is better
- Screen is bigger but might need two hands to use properly now
- Camera is the same
- Back has less glass on it
- Black metal parts might only be painted so might show wear and tear worse
- You'll need a dongle if you have an expensive speaker dock- Camera is a little bit better, colors are more deep now and ehanced.benfal99
- debatable till you read the specs and realise it's the sameanimatedgif
- But if it makes you feel better about dropping $600 we can say it's "deeper" or "richer"animatedgif
- "shallower and poorer"CanHasQBN
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- vuc0
Looking at the comparisons between them there really isn't a lot to differentiate the 5 from the 4S. I am getting the 5 to upgrade from the 4 which I think is a worthy enough upgrade. If I had the 4S, I would probably think twice.
- monospaced0
I guess the biggest difference would be network speed (true 4G)
- I can't even use up the 200MB plan I'm on, so there's no point in my opinionmonospaced
- 200mb per month? damn, i use about 2+ gigs a month. mostly gets sucked up in netflix/streaming music apps.lvl_13
- chossy0
4G in my opinion is the only considerable advantage.
In Britain though this will probably only be useful / used in a small percentage of the country so in a couple of years perhaps the iphone 5 would be more of an option as it can make better use of a potentially wider 4G network.
- benfal990
They says iPhone 5 is a beast for games, its super powerful and could be one of the best game machine in all the smartphone yet.
Screen is larger too, will be cool for the upcoming games.
The iPhone5 is more powerful than the best PowerBook of 2005. The best powerbook of 2005 benched 1,000 and the iPhone5 1,600 .... (check Gizmodo, they talked about that yesterday)
- 7 year old computer. Absolute current phone. Android phones are faster.chossy
- Why on earth would someone buy a phone based on how powerful it is for gaming?404NotFound
- It also makes powerful PHONE CALLSernexbcn
- "one of the best game machine in all the smartphone" <- bullshit Apple marketing speakzarkonite
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- benfal990
I dont understand people complaing about the iPhone. You seems to want a revolution each time they show a new iPhone. Forget it, they are just updating a super good machine every year. The iPhone is an amazing piece of technology and its getting better and better on every version of it. End of the story. You dont expect a revolution when they bring a new MacPro, you just want better technical specs. Think the same with the iPhone.
- Because the media hoopla sets the expectations too high.404NotFound
- way to take responsibility for your own mind and actions. blame the media.jaylarson
- It's not like Apple don't hype up any new release.Eighty
- welcome to the real world. Companies are hyping up their stuff.benfal99
- oh Eighty, show me an example of Apple hyping their release...monospaced
- inhaler970
Something people forget to mention is the new processor that the Iphone 5 has, and also has yet to be tested in real life which is claiming (not by apple) to me more powerful than powerbooks, which is a lot to say. Maybe it may not be a huge upgrade from the 4s or 4, but to people who are still using the 3g or 3gs, this will be HUGE!
This probably means a lot of heat issues will be on the news, and probably why the back isn't made of glass but of metal. Also the advantage of the LTE network, which if you live in an LTE network, will be massive. But people will just focus on the exterior and think oh its just bigger. Well if it ain't broke, dont fix it. IF apple can sell Millions and millions of phones in a short span, they have a great product, they don't need to massively change every year. Just updating the internals is enough.
- ernexbcn0
If you don't have a 4S then sure.
- Nathan_Adams0
How many people would be realistically upgrading from a 4S to a 5? Don't most go on 24month contracts?
I'm quite chuffed to be moving up from my current iPhone 4, although I must say, the iPhone 4 still feels pretty good for a 2 year old phone. More than the 3G did 2 years ago (and way more than any phone I had previously come upgrade time).
- chossy0
The 3GS was brilliant any subsequent phone released from Apple has simply been one which is faster.
Nobody is saying the iphone isn't amazing but what people are saying is that subsequent releases are just minor improvements on the same amazing phone.
- How fucking dare you try to be reasonable!ian
- how can it be any other wayset
- Well the first iphone was pretty revolutionary in terms of changing the whole mobile phone marketchossy
- That is how it can be any other way.chossy
- and whats wrong with that concept?benfal99
- so you think they can change the whole mobile market with every update? ...... lolset