iPhone 5S - huge upgrade over iPhone 5

[hagr182]

The jump from iPhone 5 to 5s is simply gorgeous. Incredible some say - like the OP. Well you did go through alot to get that sweet device and might as well brag about it.

I had a chance of getting a 16gb silver 5S from a friend at 799, brand new, the reason being he did not plan his finances and either he got the phone or paid the bills.

I passed on it (I got bills to pay too after all), he ended up selling it at 750 to a relative.

I believe it´s a gorgeous phone, but my contract expires next year, so if the jump from 5 to 5s is incredible, my jump from 4s to 6 should be awesome!

 

[munakib]

I had a chance of getting a 16gb silver 5S from a friend at 799, brand new, the reason being he did not plan his finances and either he got the phone or paid the bills.

I passed on it (I got bills to pay too after all), he ended up selling it at 750 to a relative.

I believe it´s a gorgeous phone, but my contract expires next year, so if the jump from 5 to 5s is incredible, my jump from 4s to 6 should be awesome!

Oh, I was just using terms Tom Cook and rest of apple team use to overhype their products. I really didnt mean it to be gorgeous, its identical to the 5 (the jump cant be gorgeous)

Good on ya, I am holding out till 6 myself from my current white 5.

 

[Lightey]

5s improvements over the 5:

- A7 processor twice as fast as the A6
- Fingerprint sensor for easy secure unlocking
- Longer battery life
- Dual LED flash
- Gold color option
- 64 bit iOS
- Improvements to camera quality
- Slow motion video capture
- Facetime HD camera
- M7 coprocessor
- Free iWork / iLife
- More LTE bands packed in for international travel

Which of those things are worth $600 when you have a 5? None.

 

[nosnhojm]

Which of those things are worth $600 when you have a 5? None.

1. It wouldn't cost $600; it would be $650 (minimum retail price) minus your trade-in or resale from the 5...so we're looking at $250-300
2. I actually bought my 5 at full price, so purchasing a 5s is subsidized for me. That makes the net cost < $0

I understand your point, but it's only true for a subset of purchasers.

 

[wpalomine]

Coming from 5 to 5s is an improvement. Had an upgrade to spare, sold a 4s. Even with upgrade fees and tax, I netted $46 profit. I've been upgrading every year since the original iphone and have yet to cash out for an upgrade (sans original iphone- sold for $200, bought for $600+tax). Yup, I have multiple lines that are in use.

Personally, I don't think any iPhone upgrade is worth $199 from the prior revision. But jumping two or three revisions, maybe.

 

[user-name-here]

5s improvements over the 5:

- A7 processor twice as fast as the A6
- Fingerprint sensor for easy secure unlocking
- Longer battery life
- Dual LED flash
- Gold color option
- 64 bit iOS
- Improvements to camera quality
- Slow motion video capture
- Facetime HD camera
- M7 coprocessor
- Free iWork / iLife
- More LTE bands packed in for international travel

Which of those things are worth $600 when you have a 5? None.

That is some seriously flawed logic right there.

That's like if someone buys a car and you ask them, which one of those parts are worth $24,000? Obviously its not any one individual part that is is worth that much. It's the collective value of all the parts put together that makes a product worth what it is.

So yes, the above improvements definitely make the 5s a worthy upgrade over the 5 for those who can afford it. If you are not one of them that is understandable though that you would try to protect your 5 status by putting down the 5s any way you can like you did.