iPhone 5 updates and Battery Life

- It's never a bad time to buy a new phone, iPhone or not. Buy it, use it, be happy with it. The iPhone 5 will be getting iOS 7, so fear not.

- Camera is decent enough to take good photos, but whether it is good enough to replacing point & shoot cameras or not is entirely up to your preferences. For me, I will say no.

- Most updates won't cripple battery life that badly. The people whom are reporting their bad battery problems on the forums here are only a small portion of users, in most cases anomalies. 95% of the users out there have normal battery life and they won't post it here because they don't have a problem.

So don't be fooled and afraid of updating your phone just because you see and hear people complaining about bad battery life on their iPhones. If you really encounter any bad battery problems after updating to a new firmware, the first remedy I would suggest would be to restore your phone via iTunes. In most cases, it would be the easiest solution.

 

Not really sure what you're talking about here. Sounds more like paranoia than anything. You do realize that they frequently release mid-year software updates, right? In addition, whether or not you update the software is completely up to you. I have not noticed a battery life reduction on the latest updates, for whatever that's worth.

As to your other questions, the iPhone 5 camera is excellent. I haven't carried a point and shoot in years. It's only a bad time to buy if you like the latest and greatest. The 5S will probably be out in September or October. If you don't care, then get the 5. You won't regret it.

 

What they mean is that they are worried that Apple will fully optimize iOS 7 only for the new iPhone that ships with it, which is a perfectly valid concern.

 

6.1.4 killed my battery , it's horrid now, in 5 hours my phone is at 10% from a 100%. Stay away ppl!

 

well....i'm not the only one

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5012245?start=45&tstart=0

 

If you can wait another 4 months, then just hold off for the release of the 5s. If you can't wait then get a 5. I love mine and will be using it for at least 3 years. It will not be obsolete anytime soon.



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The think is about a stand alone camera or any type of camera is that it can zoom in without blurring up the pic.


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I have the most current version of iOS on my phone. My battery seems the be about the same as it was when i got it.

 

The iPhone 4S got all of the iOS 6 features the iPhone 5 had so they dont leave out stuff no. Older models they do. Personally I'd wait until the next iPhone and see if it suits your needs then. No iOS updates have affected my battery