If I sell my 32GB 4 now, I can get about the price of a new 4S w/ contract, basically getting me a free upgrade. Then when iPhone 5 comes out who knows when, I'll have the newest iPhone available, which will probably sell for the price of an iPH5 w/ contract. Contracts aren't an issue because I'm using another lines upgrade this time and mine will be up in February.
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Why I'm buying the iPhone 4S when I already have a 4
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I'm buying two iP4S. I will be upgrading a 4 and a 3GS. 2 lines on my ATT account are eligible. I have a 3rd line that will be eligible in 02/12. I will use this line to upgrade to the 5 next year on my line.
But WHY are you going with the 4S? Why not stick with the 4?
For me, I am considering making the jump to take advantage of GSM + CDMA in one. I love Verizon but I also have plans to be out of the country next year for maybe 4-6 months and I think having my iPhone will make life easier rather than travel with an airplane-mode iPhone 4 (for music and apps) and buying a burner phone everywhere I go.
The 1080p video and 8MP camera are just icing on the cake. And the Assistant thing will be something cool to check out, but I am sure it will become much more useful and bug-free within a year or two (for now, I think it will mostly be a cool demo to show to people).
BTW, I don't think the math adds up. If you upgrade twice and lose money each time, you will have lost as much as waiting an extra year and taking a bit of an extra hit on the original product. In the mean time you have just re-upped your contracts, which limits your ability to choose different carriers/plans later should the opportunity arrive to get a better deal. I guess we'd have to run some real hard numbers to see for sure.
For me, I am considering making the jump to take advantage of GSM + CDMA in one. I love Verizon but I also have plans to be out of the country next year for maybe 4-6 months and I think having my iPhone will make life easier rather than travel with an airplane-mode iPhone 4 (for music and apps) and buying a burner phone everywhere I go.
The 1080p video and 8MP camera are just icing on the cake. And the Assistant thing will be something cool to check out, but I am sure it will become much more useful and bug-free within a year or two (for now, I think it will mostly be a cool demo to show to people).
BTW, I don't think the math adds up. If you upgrade twice and lose money each time, you will have lost as much as waiting an extra year and taking a bit of an extra hit on the original product. In the mean time you have just re-upped your contracts, which limits your ability to choose different carriers/plans later should the opportunity arrive to get a better deal. I guess we'd have to run some real hard numbers to see for sure.
Im just going to wait till 2013 when Apple releases like the iPhone 6 with like 4G, bigger screen, etc.