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iPhone 5S - huge upgrade over iPhone 5
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Don't worry aka777, a year from now the roles will be reversed. SA Spyder will be on here gushing over the iPhone 6 and we'll be on here saying it's not worth the upgrade from the 5s for a mere 0.3" screen increase and minimal increase in real world speed
The year after that he will be back telling us the 6s is a worthless upgrade compared to his iPhone 6. Round and round the carousel goes...
I'm a parent and I care.
So do i, i got my wife's 5 upgrade and got a space grey 64gb and my son got my 5 64gb. She wouldn't notice the difference
Don't worry aka777, a year from now the roles will be reversed. SA Spyder will be on here gushing over the iPhone 6 and we'll be on here saying it's not worth the upgrade from the 5s for a mere 0.3" screen increase and minimal increase in real world speed
The year after that he will be back telling us the 6s is a worthless upgrade compared to his iPhone 6. Round and round the carousel goes...
lmfao. Realist ish I've seen posted here in a long time!
Complete BS. You're one of those people that let's Apple tell them things they can see for themselves based on some arbitrary benchmarks.
If you've used a 5 and 5S, you'll notice that the 5S does NOTHING twice as fast as the 5. The only thing I've noticed where it's a marked improvement is in the camera.
Everything else, like launching apps, web browsing, playing most games, etc. is very close in performance.
Technically the superior device?
Lets see what you said in an earlier post here :
I get that you like the look of the 5c, but that is some serious kool-aid you must be drinking to think that year-old internals is better than the current flagship
OP is saying the difference is palpable, i'm saying if you're upgrading from a 5 its not. 5S is a good phone...but in my opinion you're not missing out on much if you're an iPhone 5 user, the differences aren't 'huge' in everyday use. However if you're a 4S user or lower then yes go for it.
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I've only been using my 5s and iOS 7 for about an hour or 2 and I'm very happy. The one place I instantly saw the processing power was using cloudscrob to send play info to last.fm. On my 5 it would come up and say scanning. The 5s comes up and is already done scanning the second it is open. Touch ID is awesome. I haven't touched the camera yet which was the feature I was most excited about.
I love my 5S but I don't see any performance differences. Maybe in games, but apart from that, nothing.
Yes 5s is far better then 5 and its shows the world that why iphone is best in smartphone business.
You have got to love Apple marketing. I play with both demos at work, and there is no noticeable difference. Once I upgraded the 5 to iOS7 I really couldn't tell much difference. I had to keep looking at the home button to remember which one I was using. I love Apple marketing, because they are truly geniuses at getting people to believe catch phrases.
Just in case anyone was wondering about when I restored my back up-
The phone became very slow like my 5, and not instant like when I tried the ones in the Apple store. The solution to this was to reset all settings (NOT content and settings) and the phone ran just as fast as the Apple store ones. I was happy to be able to keep all my text messages and photos all while having a good battery and fast phone. Just thought i'd like y'all know in case anyone had this problem.
The phone became very slow like my 5, and not instant like when I tried the ones in the Apple store. The solution to this was to reset all settings (NOT content and settings) and the phone ran just as fast as the Apple store ones. I was happy to be able to keep all my text messages and photos all while having a good battery and fast phone. Just thought i'd like y'all know in case anyone had this problem.
I just got a 5s myself. I added a new line bought the 32GB 5s . Went a bought a slider texting phone (pretty much the smartest dumb phone there is, no data plan required) and put it on that new line so that new line only costs me $10/mo.
I added this new line for my son since he's been asking me for a phone, so it made sense for me to do it. I see almost no difference in performance from the 5 which I've been using almost a year now. It's OK since I sold the 5 in literally 10 minutes, so I got a new 5s and put $200 back in my pocket
I do like the upgraded camera. Image quality enhancement is minimal. What I do like very much is the wider field of view of the camera, it's almost like going from 28mm to a 24mm. What this means is in a tight room, you can fit an extra 2 people in the photo.
If you have the iPhone 5, it definitely not worth the upgrade if you had to add money to do it. Even if you had an upgrade to burn, I'd save for it next year. But if you're in a similar situation as I am where you need to add a line to your account, then definitely take advantage of your carrier. Frankly I'm surprised they allow this (I called them twice to confirm it's not against their policy, before I even finished my question they knew exactly what I was trying to do), adding a new line with a 5s then put a dumb phone on that line. That $10/mo x24mos doesn't even pay for their $450 subsidy to Apple...
PS I'm glad I added a line for my son, it's nice to be able to communicate with him anytime while he's at school.
I added this new line for my son since he's been asking me for a phone, so it made sense for me to do it. I see almost no difference in performance from the 5 which I've been using almost a year now. It's OK since I sold the 5 in literally 10 minutes, so I got a new 5s and put $200 back in my pocket
I do like the upgraded camera. Image quality enhancement is minimal. What I do like very much is the wider field of view of the camera, it's almost like going from 28mm to a 24mm. What this means is in a tight room, you can fit an extra 2 people in the photo.
If you have the iPhone 5, it definitely not worth the upgrade if you had to add money to do it. Even if you had an upgrade to burn, I'd save for it next year. But if you're in a similar situation as I am where you need to add a line to your account, then definitely take advantage of your carrier. Frankly I'm surprised they allow this (I called them twice to confirm it's not against their policy, before I even finished my question they knew exactly what I was trying to do), adding a new line with a 5s then put a dumb phone on that line. That $10/mo x24mos doesn't even pay for their $450 subsidy to Apple...
PS I'm glad I added a line for my son, it's nice to be able to communicate with him anytime while he's at school.
I agree, it's a little faster than my 5 in everyday use and the TouchID is cool and I like the gold and the new camera, but I wouldn't have upgraded if I didn't have an upgrade on another line available. It's a no-brainer if you can upgrade without cost, but having to pay a large ETF to get it? Waste of money. It's better but not that much.
Yup, I only upgraded from my 5 because I had an extra upgrade and it was basically free to do so.
Every iPhone has been outstanding for at least 2 years, more likely 3-4. No shame in keeping your iPhone for years.