If you buy a new iPhone 4 now, will IOS 6 come installed on it?

Dragoro · Nov 10, 2012, 07:38 PM

Or would I have to update to it?

AFDoc · Nov 10, 2012, 07:51 PM

You will most likely have to update as I'm sure they had a pretty big stockpile of 4's. Of course it may come with 6.... I got a refurb a bit ago and it had 5.1.1.

Erock2 · Nov 10, 2012, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by AFDoc

You will most likely have to update as I'm sure they had a pretty big stockpile of 4's. Of course it may come with 6.... I got a refurb a bit ago and it had 5.1.1.

They come with it PreInstalled now, at least all of the one's i've sold. You can tell on the box, the new box has a picture of iOS6 as a screenshot on the phone (You can see passbook)

sandwicher · Nov 11, 2012, 02:40 AM

Got an iPhone 4 last Wednesday with iOS 5 installed. 8gb black from apple.com.

Beeplance · Nov 11, 2012, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by sandwicher

Got an iPhone 4 last Wednesday with iOS 5 installed. 8gb black from apple.com.

I'm curious as to your reason for buying a 8GB iPhone 4 now. Why did you buy it instead of the 16GB 4S?

sandwicher · Nov 11, 2012, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Beeplance

I'm curious as to your reason for buying a 8GB iPhone 4 now. Why did you buy it instead of the 16GB 4S?

Hello! The iPhone was for my mother actually. She doesn't believe in paying hundreds for a phone, so I got her to recontract an iPhone 5, sell it off, and purchase a iPhone 4. Basically that made her pay much less.

Dragoro · Nov 11, 2012, 07:19 AM

With all the complaints of iOS 6 ruining the battery time on iphone 4s, should I hold off to install it if it doesnt come installed already? Mine arrives in mail tomorrow and kinda scared about upgrading to ios 6 with all those websites saying it kills the battery.

ste1164 · Nov 11, 2012, 08:33 AM

Mine came installed with iOS 6 when I got it from the apple store.

KieranDotW · Nov 11, 2012, 08:49 AM

A friend of mine just bought one right from the carrier, it only came with 5.1.1.

IFRIT · Nov 11, 2012, 09:52 AM

A friend bought a 4S a couple of weeks ago and it had iOS 5 on it.

Dragoro · Nov 11, 2012, 10:08 AM

Would you guys recommend installing ios 6 on it? Or does iOS 6 really kill the battery life?

Sedrick · Nov 11, 2012, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragoro

Would you guys recommend installing ios 6 on it? Or does iOS 6 really kill the battery life?

My new 4S came with 5.1.1 (thankfully). I see no reason whatsoever to put iOS6 on it.

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AFDoc macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Colorado Springs USA for now	You will most likely have to update as I'm sure they had a pretty big stockpile of 4's. Of course it may come with 6.... I got a refurb a bit ago and it had 5.1.1.
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Nov 11, 2012, 02:40 AM	#4
sandwicher macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2012	Got an iPhone 4 last Wednesday with iOS 5 installed. 8gb black from apple.com.
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Dragoro Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2010	With all the complaints of iOS 6 ruining the battery time on iphone 4s, should I hold off to install it if it doesnt come installed already? Mine arrives in mail tomorrow and kinda scared about upgrading to ios 6 with all those websites saying it kills the battery.
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ste1164 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2009	Mine came installed with iOS 6 when I got it from the apple store.
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KieranDotW macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada	A friend of mine just bought one right from the carrier, it only came with 5.1.1.
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IFRIT macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2012	A friend bought a 4S a couple of weeks ago and it had iOS 5 on it.
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Dragoro Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2010	Would you guys recommend installing ios 6 on it? Or does iOS 6 really kill the battery life?
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