ROFLMAO....do you even know what you are talking about? How in the hell do you figure 3GS, 4S, 5S users have the 'latest' tech when all you get is a speed bump in those models? Don't you think the other models were 'latest tech' when they came out?
Let's look at the 3G-4-5 cycle. The 3G had a speed bump and brought '3G' technology to the iPhone. The 4 was a revolutionary design with a faster processor and an even better display and design. The 5 will been even more revolutionary bigger screen, 4G etc. when it comes out later this year. Each of these models not only came with an almost expected speed bump, they were also radical design changes with major features added.
Now let's compare that to the 3GS, 4S and 5S. None of these will have any major hardware design changes and when they come out, the design will already be a year old. All you get is a speed bump, which people in the other upgrade cycle get as well. While the first group of people enjoyed the newest and latest models and hardware first, you are just a has been with nothing revolutionary to show for yourself. In fact if there is anybody behind the techhnology curve, it is iPhone owners in your group.
If you can't understand this simple concept, I laugh at you.
Hi Saint
Do you know anything about technology? Or computers? Just asking because from this post it would appear you do not.
Let me ask you this: If a computer processor is placed in a cardboard case, does it perform worse? What if its placed in a titanium case, better or worse?
The answer is that the chips themselves have no idea what kind of case they are in, wouldnt you agree?
So if the chips dont know what kind of case they are in, how does a redesigned case (i.e. iPhone4) equal a boost in performance?
Lets narrow this down to whats called a "SOC" or System on a chip. I'll be very basic for you. An "SOC" contains a CPU, or main computer processor, a GPU, which is the graphics processor, and the RAM (memory). Of these 3, the CPU and GPU are the most important, and those two are the brains of the machine. The SOC in the 3GS had a cortex A8 processor at 600mhz, and a PowerVR SGX 535 GPU. Guess what the iPhone 4 has? A Cortex A8 processor (800Mhz this time), and a PowerVR SGX 535 GPU. Does that sound familiar? Well it should, cause those are the same components in the 3GS!!
So by now it should be clear to you what I mean when I say if you have a 4, you have old tech. THey took the components out of the 3GS, stuck them in a pretty steel case, and sold it back to you as new.
The 4S, while it looks the same, has a completely different SOC. This one is dual core, and is an architechtural upgrade to the Cortex A9 family, which processes more information on clock-for-clock basis. It also has a PowerVR SGX 543MP GPU, which is 7-9x faster than the 4/3GS. So you see, the chips in the 4S are light years ahead of the 4, and are therefore the "Latest tech".
Whenever the 3GS cant handle a software upgrade, the 4 won't be able to either, they are cut from the same cloth. The 4S will be relevent longer, just like the 3GS was relevent far longer than the 3G.
Sorry, you got fooled by the fancy case and whiz-bang screen, and got sold old tech.