iPhone 5S - huge upgrade over iPhone 5

[ematsui]

From some of the videos ive seen, the 5 did fine side by side with the 5s and in some cases beating or being dead even.

Im sure that will change over the course of the 5s lifetime as apps get optimized to the new architecture of the processor, but to say its huge without any real evidence is misleading.

 

[Italianblend]

I am enjoyng this thread. I'm waiting for my 5S and will be upgrading from 4S. Looks like I'm going to be very pleased.

 

[aka777]

I went from a 5 to a 5s and "huge" is not the word I would use to describe the upgrade.

Listing specs doesn't matter to me, how it operates in the real world does.

I think the tear down this week even said the parts are almost identical to the 5/5c.

I'm happy with my upgrade but anyone with a 5 or 5c should not feel like they are missing out on something huge.

Well, it's double the real world performance of the iphone 5. What more do you need for it to feel significant? Changing the chassis is a cosmetic upgrade. Even moving to a 4.5 or 5 inch display is hardly an upgrade - it's a choice.

The real magic is in the CPU / GPU / camera and so forth, which is where the speedtests illustrate that Apple has excelled - yet again.

 

[randy98mtu]

Thanks OP. I'm looking forward to powering up my 5s for the first time tonight.

 

[840quadra]

I would be curious to experiment with the two phones again once I get my 5S. I honestly didn't detect much speed improvement for applications installed on both phones by default, but I wasn't able to really work the 5S with applications that actually use the processing power.

I will be curious to see how things like iMovie and iPhoto work when saving changes, or compressing a completed movie. Some of the other tools I have for working on photos and videos, will hopefully be noticeably faster in the end.

 

[KPOM]

I would be curious to experiment with the two phones again once I get my 5S. I honestly didn't detect much speed improvement for applications installed on both phones by default, but I wasn't able to really work the 5S with applications that actually use the processing power.

I will be curious to see how things like iMovie and iPhoto work when saving changes, or compressing a completed movie. Some of the other tools I have for working on photos and videos, will hopefully be noticeably faster in the end.

I didn't have both a 5 and a 5s very long, but I agree with the other posters who say that, at least right now, real-world performance isn't that different. Remember, the iPhone 5 was no slouch, either. Anand initially thought it must have been the Cortex A15. That said, I agree it would be nice to see how optimized apps compare.

 

[EvilQueen]

Just wanted to say that the performance increase of going from the iphone 5 to the 5S is huge.

So for anyone who is on the side-lines and doesn't think it's a worthy update, the increase in speed of the 5S model is actually more than that of the 4s to the 5.

I think this is actually the best upgrade from any previous model or even generation so far.

I thing you are over stating it quite a bit. It's cool, but hardly at the level of awesomeness that you describe.

 

[ATC]

To be fair, you get iWork/iLife with any new iOS device purchase now, even a 4s.

That said, the 5s upgrade is a big deal. Touch ID and more LTE bands alone are worth it. Owners of the Verizon model in particular have their choice of using 3 national carriers on full LTE.

iWork/iLife for iOS is also free for iPhone replacements via AppleCare (I went through the process last week myself and now have iWork and iLife on all our iOS devices).

 

[coolio93]

Someone gets it!

It's alright, i'll just restore. I'd rather have a bad battery and slower phone and get to keep all my sentimental things.

That's kinda the meaning of a phone anyway, right?

Look here.

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=18005287#post18005287

 

[CEmajr]

Glad to hear it. I can't wait for mine to arrive in the mail.

 

[AAPLinc]

I would say the 5S is a huge upgrade over the 4S, but not the 5.

This is like when people said the 4S was a huge upgrade over the 4, or the 5 was a huge upgrade over the 4S. Not really. Besides having a spec/camera bump.

The only way you're ever going to feel like you got a huge, great upgrade is if you get a new iPhone every 2 years.

Getting every model...sorry, no you wont notice it as much. Let's be honest.

 

[darthastuart]

I have three kids, and I had iOS 7 on my iPhone 5 before upgrading. I tried the burst function in the camera and thought, okay, nice.

Burst on my new 5s? Insane. 100 pictures in a minute or two. Almost too fast.

And being able to fire up the camera quickly, and grab shots fast, with young children--that's a big win. So I really feel the speed.

 

[Merkyworks]

I went from a 5 to a 5s and just did a restore and haven't noticed any issues from it. Otherwise I would lose were I am in games.

 

[Boen]

Went from a 4 to 5s. Major upgrade for me... EXCEPT for the battery. My battery life is much worse on the 5s than my 2 year old 4!

 

[Bahroo]

Hmm, I don't feel like my iPhone 5S is that much faster than my iPhone 5. You don't really notice it that much except with things like launching the Camera , taking pictures in quick succession, or maybe playing a game like Infinity Blade III. It's faster yeah, but it's not something I'm blown away by. I guess because when I went from my iPhone 4 to 5 (skipping the 4S) it felt crazy fast but for this upgrade it's not really that noticeable. I was running iOS 7 on my iPhone 5 though so maybe that's why I don't feel like it's that much faster ? I'm not saying that the 5S is slow or anything, it's actually really fast and never laggy, I'm just saying that it doesn't feel immensely faster than my iPhone 5. I still love my iPhone 5S though and all the other features, especially the improved camera.

Just wait for apps to be updated to 64-bit and optimized for the 5S CPU.. Recompiling the apps to 64-bit alone provides a 25% performance boost as stated by Anandtech

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Went from a 4 to 5s. Major upgrade for me... EXCEPT for the battery. My battery life is much worse on the 5s than my 2 year old 4!

Turn off some features, things like diagnostics and usage settings, background app refresh etc... Did you restore from your iPhone 4 restore? That's probably why, restoring from a older phone always has some issue with it like battery life, some glitches, etc.

No doubt in my mind the 5s battery life is better then the iPhone 4

 

[Iphone5preorder]

I wanted to keep all of my texts with my wife as they started when we first met. I found a program, can't remember the name, that allowed me to export all my texts from her into a text document I keep on my laptop.

If anyone knows the name of this, it would be awesome. I love reading old texts. My iPhone 5 has texts from 2010 .

Thank you!

 

[gentlefury]

The ones I tried in the Apple store were SO fast compared to my 5. My 5S is being delivered today, but I'm scared to restore from my backup because I don't want bugs to carry over and make it slow again Sigh

My backup had no problems. All that carries over is saved data...no system info gets transfered.

 

[Bahroo]

I didn't have both a 5 and a 5s very long, but I agree with the other posters who say that, at least right now, real-world performance isn't that different. Remember, the iPhone 5 was no slouch, either. Anand initially thought it must have been the Cortex A15. That said, I agree it would be nice to see how optimized apps compare.

Anandtech has stated that they can get a 25% performance boost in apps just recompiling the app to 64-bit alone.. Let the developers have time to update their apps to the 5S soc and you will see a big difference

 

[afinch1992]

The ones I tried in the Apple store were SO fast compared to my 5. My 5S is being delivered today, but I'm scared to restore from my backup because I don't want bugs to carry over and make it slow again Sigh

my restore from iCloud seems to have been fine

 

[SA Spyder]

Yes iPhone 5S is better than the 5. I don't see how that's a surprise.

But to everyone already sporting an iPhone 5 which runs everything just as smoothly (there's no UI lag with an iPhone 5, and loading times between the 5 and 5S haven't changed a whole lot), it'll take a lot more than a gimmicky fingerprint sensor and a piss colour variant to justify spending hundreds on "upgrading."

iPhone 6 is where most iPhone 5 users are going to start being interested. 5S is nothing new. Just slightly refreshed.

This thread is just the OP convincing himself that the hundreds were worth it. Double the real-life use performance? Lol no dude. It might be quite a bit faster in GPU benchmarks but in real life use they're very, very close. And by real life use I mean making calls, checking email, browsing the web.

 

[randy98mtu]

Yes iPhone 5S is better than the 5. I don't see how that's a surprise.

But to everyone already sporting an iPhone 5 which runs everything just as smoothly (there's no UI lag with an iPhone 5, and loading times between the 5 and 5S haven't changed a whole lot), it'll take a lot more than a gimmicky fingerprint sensor and a piss colour variant to justify spending hundreds on "upgrading."

iPhone 6 is where most iPhone 5 users are going to start being interested. 5S is nothing new. Just slightly refreshed.

If you have an upgrade open on your account though, it doesn't cost anything. Buy 5s, sell 5 for more than you just paid for the 5s, rinse and repeat (until my 4 that my dad is using dies.)

 

[chrisaster]

Just wanted to say that the performance increase of going from the iphone 5 to the 5S is huge.

So for anyone who is on the side-lines and doesn't think it's a worthy update, the increase in speed of the 5S model is actually more than that of the 4s to the 5.

I think this is actually the best upgrade from any previous model or even generation so far.

Hmm performance seems like a minor upgrade and only few places. Camera features are the only things that get me...

http://youtu.be/VH8hGuFOk0k

 

[seble]

Went from a 4 to 5s. Major upgrade for me... EXCEPT for the battery. My battery life is much worse on the 5s than my 2 year old 4!

I followed the same path as you, the change is simply brilliant! I wouldn't say the batter is amazingly worse though, i'd say they're about equal so far

 

[Rafterman]

If you have an upgrade open on your account though, it doesn't cost anything. Buy 5s, sell 5 for more than you just paid for the 5s, rinse and repeat (until my 4 that my dad is using dies.)

But that means he would burn that upgrade and not have it available for iPhone 6.

 

[SA Spyder]

If you have an upgrade open on your account though, it doesn't cost anything. Buy 5s, sell 5 for more than you just paid for the 5s, rinse and repeat (until my 4 that my dad is using dies.)

Welp, 1) I already spent that "upgrade" on an S4 and have since went back to iPhone anyway and 2) I'd honestly have kept that upgrade for the iPhone 6. I like buying new milestone iPhones and not just the spec bump models.