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iPhone 4S - upgrade to 5 cost

  • 26-03-2012 7:52pm
    #1
    SomeDude
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    I'm thinking of getting the iPhone 4S on contract. Just wondering when the new iPhone eventually comes out how much it is likely to cost to upgrade from the 4S?? I guessing that the iPhone 5 will be out in the autumn.


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  • #2
    eeloe
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,752 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeloe


    It'll be about €1,328 I'd say....

    In fairness, if you take out a contact now, you won't be upgrading when the 5 is out, your only option will be to buy the 5 outright for its current RRP


  • #3
    SomeDude
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭SomeDude


    I'm not prepared to pay more than €1,327....

    So, I take from your comments that it is not possible to upgrade until the end of a contract. If that's the case I think I'll wait for the iPhone 5.


  • #4
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,485 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    Ahh cmon now...Not already

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



  • #5
    Shane732
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭Shane732


    Deep Thought wrote: »
    Ahh cmon now...Not already

    What do you mean?

    I'm sure you'll find a multitude of threads like this one from a year ago... :pac:


  • #6
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,533 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Would you not wait for the iPhone 6?

    Seriously you're asking us for the price of a phone that's many months away from launch, may not even be released this year, no specs or prices are available and you want us to tell you how much it would cost you to upgrade from a contract you haven't signed yet?


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  • #7
    SomeDude
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭SomeDude


    Yeah, that's exactly what I'm asking. I never had a phone on contract before, I had pre-pay phones when I was younger and since then company mobiles. Just wondering if anybody could advise if I can upgrade later in the year and if so what a likely cost would be.


  • #8
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    If you buy a phone on contract, then your operator won't offer you an upgrade until your minimum contract period is nearly over. So if you sign up to an 18-month iPhone 4S deal today, it'll likely be Autumn 2013 before you are offered a favourable upgrade to the iPhone 5S, or whatever the hell it's called then.

    If you want to change phone midway through a contract you either have to pay full whack for it, or buy the pay-as-you go phone for almost full whack and put your SIM in it.

    "Full whack" in an iPhone's case is €600 for the most basic version.


  • #9
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,004 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    You might have better luck asking here:Future planning


  • #10
    kjl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭kjl


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Would you not wait for the iPhone 6?

    Seriously you're asking us for the price of a phone that's many months away from launch, may not even be released this year, no specs or prices are available and you want us to tell you how much it would cost you to upgrade from a contract you haven't signed yet?

    Not strictly true, I would guess the new phone will cost

    €599 for smallest memory
    €699 for midsize memory
    €799 for largest memory

    @OP, the iPhone 4s is still a really nice phone and a definite upgrade to the iphone 4


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