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Buying 5s today, buyers remorse, 14 day trial?

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americaroma

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I've been wanting to buy an iphone for a while now, sold my M8 actually after realizing it was too big and missed the compact size of my iphone 5 i had owned previously.

So i was thinking, if i buy an iphone 5s unlocked version from verizon (if they sell one full priced without an account). Do i have the 14 day period to return it IF for some reason i really like what the iphone 6 offers when it is officially announced on sept 9? Or is that something from buying directly from apple?
 
Here's what I would do in this situation.

I'd wait 8 days, because that's when apple is going to announce it. (9.9.2014)
Then I'd decide what I want.

If you don't like the iPhone 6 for whatever reason, you can get an iPhone 5s.

New phone, dropped price (probably $99, assuming it'll be the same as past products)
It's a win-win.
 
americaroma said:
I've been wanting to buy an iphone for a while now, sold my M8 actually after realizing it was too big and missed the compact size of my iphone 5 i had owned previously.

So i was thinking, if i buy an iphone 5s unlocked version from verizon (if they sell one full priced without an account). Do i have the 14 day period to return it IF for some reason i really like what the iphone 6 offers when it is officially announced on sept 9? Or is that something from buying directly from apple?
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If you buy from verizon directly, you can return within 14 days however you will have to pay a $35 restocking fee.

If you buy from apple, you can return within 30 days (no questions asked/no fee)
 
juanrp said:
Here's what I would do in this situation.

I'd wait 8 days, because that's when apple is going to announce it. (9.9.2014)
Then I'd decide what I want.

If you don't like the iPhone 6 for whatever reason, you can get an iPhone 5s.

New phone, dropped price (probably $99, assuming it'll be the same as past products)
It's a win-win.
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That was the original plan, and what i was wanting to do... but i remember it was so difficult to find an iphone5 2 years ago, i ended up finding one only 2 months after.


Anyway i think i'm gonna follow your advice, gotta be a bit more patient and like you say, its a win win situation.


I also think i need an account with verizon if i wanna buy from them, i dont have one so i really have no choice either to buy online. I might as well just wait 8 more days to see whats going to be upgraded.
 
americaroma said:
That was the original plan, and what i was wanting to do... but i remember it was so difficult to find an iphone5 2 years ago, i ended up finding one only 2 months after.


Anyway i think i'm gonna follow your advice, gotta be a bit more patient and like you say, its a win win situation.


I also think i need an account with verizon if i wanna buy from them, i dont have one so i really have no choice either to buy online. I might as well just wait 8 more days to see whats going to be upgraded.
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Good, good.

Remember that the 5S is future-proof. It's a great phone.
It'll still be a good phone when the 6 comes out. (Except for the features that might be exclusive to the 6)

:)
 
I'm in the same boat pretty much.
I have been on Android for the past year and cannot wait to come back to iPhone. It's all I can do not to run out today and get the 5s.
 
juanrp said:
Good, good.

Remember that the 5S is future-proof. It's a great phone.
It'll still be a good phone when the 6 comes out. (Except for the features that might be exclusive to the 6)

:)
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its not future proof. what happens if the new phones start coming out with more ram and more and more apps are made for this? I can see once that happens the older phones will slow down quite a bit.
 
x-evil-x said:
its not future proof. what happens if the new phones start coming out with more ram and more and more apps are made for this? I can see once that happens the older phones will slow down quite a bit.
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Well, the 64-bit architecture in the A7 chip isn't even being used to its full potential.

Let me rephrase what I said.
'This is probably the most future-proof iPhone.'

It'll be good for a couple years. Compared to the 4, 4S, 5, etc.
 
americaroma said:
That was the original plan, and what i was wanting to do... but i remember it was so difficult to find an iphone5 2 years ago, i ended up finding one only 2 months after.


Anyway i think i'm gonna follow your advice, gotta be a bit more patient and like you say, its a win win situation.


I also think i need an account with verizon if i wanna buy from them, i dont have one so i really have no choice either to buy online. I might as well just wait 8 more days to see whats going to be upgraded.
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It's possible Verizon will be doing pre orders, that's how i got my iPhone 4.
They mailed it to me on launch day.
 
juanrp said:
Well, the 64-bit architecture in the A7 chip isn't even being used to its full potential.

Let me rephrase what I said.
'This is probably the most future-proof iPhone.'

It'll be good for a couple years. Compared to the 4, 4S, 5, etc.
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so what will happen after the ram is upgraded to older phones with less ram after ios8? with apps being updated for the memory ...
 
x-evil-x said:
so what will happen after the ram is upgraded to older phones with less ram after ios8? with apps being updated for the memory ...
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I guess that's true.
We'll have to see, because it doesn't look like the RAM is going to be increased for the 6.
We'll see after it's announced.
 
12vElectronics said:
That's cool, but maybe that's because it's not an accepted norm to abuse the return system like it is here.
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No pretty sure we get a fair share of morons here in the UK to!

We just have better consumer protection laws in Europe than in the states. Like if your iPhone developed a fault after a year, you can get it repaired because you can argue it was obviously a manufacturing fault to begin with, (obviously not if you just drop your phone and it breaks!).

But saying that, we pay 20%+ more than you in the first place, so swings and roundabouts!
 
lol...why buy an iphone now when the new one is going to be in our hands in about 2 weeks lol. This is pretty comical..
 
juanrp said:
Good, good.

Remember that the 5S is future-proof. It's a great phone.
It'll still be a good phone when the 6 comes out. (Except for the features that might be exclusive to the 6)

:)
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Nothing is "future proof." Maybe "3-4-year-proof." ;)







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