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iPhone 4 owners will you get an iPhone 5

iPhone 4 owners will you get an iPhone 5

  • Yes but only if <insert your carrier> gives a decent subsidy

    Votes: 83 36.7%

  • Yes even if I have to pay full price

    Votes: 69 30.5%

  • No, I'm sticking with the iPhone 4.

    Votes: 74 32.7%
  • Total voters
    226
maflynn

maflynn

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As the title suggests, I'm curious to see who may opt for the IP5.

Yeah its wicked premature because we don't know any of the specs, but seriously has that stopped anyone before ;)
 
It would all depend how much my dad's 3G S would be worth, because i'd be giving my 4 to him, selling his 3G S and buying a 5.
 
If it is a worthwhile update yes. I wouldn't bother if it was like the iPhone 3G to 3GS jump.
 
Doubtful. I figure the next iPhone will be to the iPhone 4 what the 3GS was to the 3G: a decent, but unremarkable, upgrade. Sure, it'll be faster, probably have a couple new hardware features, but I don't think we'll see anything compelling enough to upgrade from the iPhone 4.

Unless the 2011 iPhone is a huge upgrade over the iPhone 4, I'll wait until the 2012 release to upgrade.
 
Absolutely. Selling the 4 and getting the 5 (4s, whatever). I don't care what it costs..though I expect to get a decent amount for the 4. It's in good shape.
 
I think we'll need to know what the iPhone5 is all about before we start putting out polls line this.
 
I may get it just to turn around and sell my 4 and make up the purchase price plus the price of an additional ip5 on my gf's upgrade. I may still have money left over. :D
 
I will also replace my 2010 13 MBP with the 2011 model, my iPad with iPad 2. and iPhone 4 with iPhone 4s. 2011 will be good.
 
I love new tech as much as everyone on here, but I am not sure there will be a need to upgrade. It usually takes some type of killer improvement like the 4 was over previous generations. At this point the phone is fast enough and does everything I need. I can't imagine I will need much more out of it. Who knows though - I will definitely be following what the 5 has to offer.
 
^ 1+ still a good 5 months before I can answer this. Plus it depends if I can still jailbreak. I don't do well with Apples restrictions.
 
I'll probably stick with the iPhone 4 until the 4G network rolls out, it's just a slick device and the specs will be relevant for awhile.
 
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it depends on the design and features. the only reason i bought the iPhone4 was because of it's new design. i really liked the flat glass front and back and stainless steel surround. it's also why i upgraded my MBP in 2008 and bought the new MBA... i'm a design junkie.
 
If 5 is way better than 4,I will buy one. But, if the differences between these 2 phones will be as the one between 3g and 2g, i won't.
 
No one really knows what the iPhone 5 will bring but I think there's a 90% chance it will NOT bring a new form factor and/or major changes. My thinking:

Major Changes, 10% Chance
Apple must keep up with Google on the hardware features front even if iOS is arguably more refined, stable, intuitive and easier to use than Android. The OS alone being superior won't succeed in the long run, Android is getting more and more refined by the month.

No Major Changes, 90% Chance
One word, "Verizon". If indeed we see a Verizon iPhone announced mid to late January 2011 it'll most likely be an iPhone 4 of the same specs as the AT&T iPhone 4. Can you imagine Verizon getting the iPhone 5 before AT&T? I can't. On the other hand can you imagine the opposite? Verizon getting the current iPhone 4 and then 3-4 months later AT&T getting the iPhone 5? I believe Apple has got to bring the two carriers in synch from the get go so I'm leaning towards "No Major Changes". Perhaps just a speed and/or RAM bump for both carriers as this would not take that much engineering effort.

Of course Apple could announce the iPhone 5 mid to late January 2011 on both carriers but not be shipping them till June 2011, but I doubt that'll happen. Apple typically hasn't done this except for when the first iPhone was announced.
 
I think the next iPhone will adopt a dual core Cortex A9 processor.

Apple really doesn't have a choice. The dual core A9 gives MUCH better battery life than the current cpu, since it uses a lot less power and generates much less heat in typical usage scenarios. Plus, every other smartphone this year will be offering it.

If the next iPhone offers some of these changes as well (atleast the 4" screen)...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1021233/

Consider me sold.
 
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