Im new to iPhones and I got a 4s a few days ago
I am a bit worried now
Since the 4s was released only last november Do you think the iPhone 5 will have a VAST advance in technology and features or will it be a slight advancement
In short do you think the iPhone 5 will make my 4s look "stone age"
I am not talking about camera or internal advancements like speed
Just talking about advancement that will be noticeable to the casual customer
Going on the iPad 3 specifications, then no. Forget Android v IOS as Apple seemingly are not attempting to match like for like specs. They just want their product to be the best it 'needs' to be without creating problems for developers and people with a 2 year old phone, who don't want their device to suddenly be rendered obsolete by massive jump in system specs year after year.
So processor wise expect something of similar performance to this years iPad 3, it really doesn't need to be that much faster as it won't be driving a higher resolution screen than the new iPad.
From most of the rumors it seems 4" for the screen size, and form factor probably thinner than the current model.
Perhaps a bump to 12mp camera, but not necessarily needed as even the current iPhone 4S takes arguably better photos than the HTC One X I also have and it's got a higher mp count. The fact that the One X's camera also protrudes from the back of the phone body/chassis, makes me suspect if apple are going thinner than the 4S this year, they may keep the camera the same as the 4S, improve the lens slightly, but not use additional space on a camera when battery improvement would be more important especially in a thinner form factor.
So other than
larger screen (modestly so by comparison to the rather gargantuan new Android devices)
Thinner form factor
Similar processor to existing
More memory probably
Same camera likely (it's still prob the best camera on a phone period)
4G LTE support (the other most obvious edition this year)
That will be your lot.
So basically no. I'm sure it will be a great phone, and I'm sure you will 'want one' like everyone else here, but needing one and making your 4S obsolete ? Absolutely not.