Gonna take the plunge and upgrade to the iPhone 5s from the iPhone 4. What should I expect. Anyone have any stories upgrading to the 5s from the 4? 
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Upgrading from an iPhone 4 to the iPhone 5s today!! What to expect?
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That was my original plan but my iPhone 4 is quite slow on iOS 7. I need that speed!
Gonna take the plunge and upgrade to the iPhone 5s from the iPhone 4. What should I expect. Anyone have any stories upgrading to the 5s from the 4?
I just did.
I like -
5S is faster
Faster 3G and supports 4G
Bigger screen
Speaker is louder
Touch ID
Facetime audio/video isn't limited to wifi
Don't like -
Power button rattles
Touch ID/Home button feels cheap makes a cheap "clack" noise
Colour seems off i.e. yellow appears more green
Build and material doesn't feel as robust as the 4
That's actually quite a big upgrade.
I liked the heaviness of the glass/metal of the 4/4s line. But I'm strange - I like heavier things. The new phone will be lighter with a bigger screen and you will most likely notice an increase in speed, depending on how you use your phone.
I liked the heaviness of the glass/metal of the 4/4s line. But I'm strange - I like heavier things. The new phone will be lighter with a bigger screen and you will most likely notice an increase in speed, depending on how you use your phone.
I just upgraded from the iPhone 4 to the 5S this week.
WOW!
before my phone was slightly sluggish, power consumption wasn't great and I had to turn off quite a bit of the functionality of iOS7. Then there was the Home Button not always working.
With the 5S...I get faster phone. better response, games that work fine with extreme graphics and no need to shut down a lot of apps. Touch ID which is cool (work makes us use a passcode so i can skip that). Colors that are brighter. Being able to use the "turn off apps" by flipping a lot easier. Cool camera features, Slo-Mo/Pano/ExtremeShutter...
Also, the screen feels brighter and the icons don't seem as hideous...probably just me getting more and more used to the new iOS7 Candy Colors.
Lighter, but not as light as I expected...my wife has a iP5 and hers always felt lighter but again probably just used to it.
Better Headphones. Better connector that can be inserted anyway. The Vibration seems lighter now, I use it for Alarm.
WOW!
before my phone was slightly sluggish, power consumption wasn't great and I had to turn off quite a bit of the functionality of iOS7. Then there was the Home Button not always working.
With the 5S...I get faster phone. better response, games that work fine with extreme graphics and no need to shut down a lot of apps. Touch ID which is cool (work makes us use a passcode so i can skip that). Colors that are brighter. Being able to use the "turn off apps" by flipping a lot easier. Cool camera features, Slo-Mo/Pano/ExtremeShutter...
Also, the screen feels brighter and the icons don't seem as hideous...probably just me getting more and more used to the new iOS7 Candy Colors.
Lighter, but not as light as I expected...my wife has a iP5 and hers always felt lighter but again probably just used to it.
Better Headphones. Better connector that can be inserted anyway. The Vibration seems lighter now, I use it for Alarm.
Gonna take the plunge and upgrade to the iPhone 5s from the iPhone 4. What should I expect. Anyone have any stories upgrading to the 5s from the 4?
Bigger screen, much more speed .... it is an huge upgrade.
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This is exactly why I went for the 5c!
iPhone 5c surely handles better than 5/5s
First thing I noticed was the longer screen. Then how light it was compared to the 4s. Then eventually the SPEED!
No complaints so far with it for about an hour now. The speed is phenomenal. No buttons that rattle. So far so good.
For me it's the other way around. He doesn't even like to hear about the awesomeness that is my golden iphone.
I also upgraded from 4 to 5s. Its really a big difference. I just dont like the clicking noise on my touch id/home button. But all in all im loving my gold 5s
I had a 4s and now a 5s. I only got it because my 4s started to give me some problems otherwise I would have waited until the 6 or 6s came out.
For me, I find it just a bit faster and that is all. I know others have found far more benefits than I have and I am glad for them. My only beef which is less relevant to model but to IOS is the continued path Apple takes of form over function where text in some areas are still either very tiny or not bold enough to read easily if you don't have 20/20 or better close up vision.
My guess is you will like the 5s very much and it still remains an amazing piece of technology for the price.
For me, I find it just a bit faster and that is all. I know others have found far more benefits than I have and I am glad for them. My only beef which is less relevant to model but to IOS is the continued path Apple takes of form over function where text in some areas are still either very tiny or not bold enough to read easily if you don't have 20/20 or better close up vision.
My guess is you will like the 5s very much and it still remains an amazing piece of technology for the price.
Jumped 4S-5S
from what i've noticed its extremely faster, lighter, way better camera, larger screen which is AMAZING (used to be anti-bigger screen) and even feels way better in hand
from what i've noticed its extremely faster, lighter, way better camera, larger screen which is AMAZING (used to be anti-bigger screen) and even feels way better in hand