thinking of upgrading to Iphone 5 form a 4S?

DriversEd

hi,
is there any reasons to upgrade, or more importantly, not to upgrade to the iphone 5 from a 4S?
i browse, email text and call like everyone, and am on the move in either a car or truck all day. i have a small number of apps, but do have google maps, and like it, google drive, youtube etc. are these still on there? and i have an ipad, but its in the house mainly, and very little connectivity really. i don't use the icloud, yet??!!
so, what do you experts think? i'm just due an upgrade, and would pass the 4s to the better half, its great, and reliable, is the iphone 5 as reliable?

thanks,

ed

naasrd

DriversEd wrote: »

hi,
is there any reasons to upgrade, or more importantly, not to upgrade to the iphone 5 from a 4S?
i browse, email text and call like everyone, and am on the move in either a car or truck all day. i have a small number of apps, but do have google maps, and like it, google drive, youtube etc. are these still on there? and i have an ipad, but its in the house mainly, and very little connectivity really. i don't use the icloud, yet??!!
so, what do you experts think? i'm just due an upgrade, and would pass the 4s to the better half, its great, and reliable, is the iphone 5 as reliable?

thanks,

ed

Not sure what you mean about reliable. In fact it wouldn't be in my vocabulary when it comes to an iphone. The 5 is superb, superior to the 4s, in the way that was to the 4 and the 4 to 3GS and so on.

1ZRed

Just wait until September when the 5S comes out and it'll make it more worth your while. It's not a smart move buying the 5 now with a new one right around the corner. Even if you don't want the 5S, the 5 will get a slight price cut.

Piliger

From what you say I really don't see any point in upgrading so soon. I would wait until 2014 and the 6 (if it is called that). You don't push the capabilities of the phone as a high powered device and the 5 or 5S wouldn't make any difference to your life as far as I could see.

Zcott

Since you use Google drive, Maps, etc, why not think about an Android phone?

FourFourRED

Your iPhone 4S is still a very good phone for what you appear to be using it for. I would wait for the iPhone 5S which should be here in three months or less and that will be a very significant upgrade to your current phone as the rumoured leaks show double the amount of RAM & a 12mp camera etc. Best to just wait for that and get more value for your money.

danger_mouse_tm

Truck driver here. I upgraded my nokia lumina 800 to the 820 because of the option to get larger text size. It also performs way better in terms of speech to text and voice dialing over bluetooth (plantronics m50).

DriversEd

thanks for the advice people, its much appreciated, as thinking of changing is always a wrench!
danger mouse, thats something to consider, ill be thinking on that one.
if i were to change to an android, whats good? or this a blasphemous question to ask here??;-)
is the much touted HTC an android? will the google apps and maps work on these?

1ZRed

DriversEd wrote: »

thanks for the advice people, its much appreciated, as thinking of changing is always a wrench!
danger mouse, thats something to consider, ill be thinking on that one.
if i were to change to an android, whats good? or this a blasphemous question to ask here??;-)
is the much touted HTC an android? will the google apps and maps work on these?

Google makes android so you can bet first priority goes to their android brand. The HTC One is by far the best android phone and has a build quality that rivals the iPhone 5. Would sooner go with that than the S4 because it's overrated, imo.

Piliger

My older brother has an android and all the Google apps are way better on my iPhone5 than his brand new Galaxy. I advise you to stay with your 4S and wait.

danger_mouse_tm

There's a couple of us using the windows phone in our trucks and we have a couple of iphone users. I can safely say that those of us that are using windows phones are using the phones to their maximum potential..e.g using nokia drive, podcast lounge, etc. The iphone guys just picked up the phone because that's what they were told to get in the phone shop.
I think with the ability to resize the live tiles on the lumina, there's no better phone out there for using while driving. I've positioned my own live tiles in such a way, that I can just glance at the phone and tell if I have new email, social notifications and weather updates. Another great useful feature ( and I don't know if it works on the iphone in the same manner) is the phone's ability to line into the stereo for playing music/podcasts etc, but when a call comes in, the music fades down and the call is routed into the bluetooth earpiece. Nice feature as I think the hands free car kits pick up too much background noise especially in the trucks.
Obviously, Microsoft's marketplace isn't nearly as populated as Apple's app store or Android's Google play but everything I need is on it.

Piliger

Only idiots but windows phones. Slow, messy, difficult to use, illogical interface, jittery screens, it's just a mess. But hey, if money is an issue then get a cheap smart phone with android or windows. The best costs money and the iPhone is the best and most expensive.

TBi

Piliger wrote: »

Only idiots but windows phones. Slow, messy, difficult to use, illogical interface, jittery screens, it's just a mess. But hey, if money is an issue then get a cheap smart phone with android or windows. The best costs money and the iPhone is the best and most expensive.

Anyone who calls windows phone slow clearly has not used it, which makes the rest of your comment moot.

If you want slow (real slow) get a cheap android!

0ph0rce0

Piliger wrote: »

Only idiots but windows phones. Slow, messy, difficult to use, illogical interface, jittery screens, it's just a mess. But hey, if money is an issue then get a cheap smart phone with android or windows. The best costs money and the iPhone is the best and most expensive.

Always one retard fanboi who has to ruin a good thread :rolleyes:

Stick with what you have till the end of the year, there will be a new phone a coming soon.

But if you want it, just get it cause there is always going to be a new one coming every time you buy a phone, and if you keep holding off you'll never get a new one

blinkey 101

DriversEd wrote: »

hi,
is there any reasons to upgrade, or more importantly, not to upgrade to the iphone 5 from a 4S?
i browse, email text and call like everyone, and am on the move in either a car or truck all day. i have a small number of apps, but do have google maps, and like it, google drive, youtube etc. are these still on there? and i have an ipad, but its in the house mainly, and very little connectivity really. i don't use the icloud, yet??!!
so, what do you experts think? i'm just due an upgrade, and would pass the 4s to the better half, its great, and reliable, is the iphone 5 as reliable?

thanks,

ed

I have the iPhone 5 and tbh its just a stretched version of the 4s there is no difference at all.

i'm sorry I got the 5 now. i'm still trying find a major difference in the two phones. waaaaaay over rated phone .

iPhone 5 is having major problems with apps crashing. If I were you id wait for the iphone 6 with its 12 mp camera etc .

TBi

blinkey 101 wrote: »

I have the iPhone 5 and tbh its just a stretched version of the 4s there is no difference at all.

i'm sorry I got the 5 now. i'm still trying find a major difference in the two phones. waaaaaay over rated phone .

iPhone 5 is having major problems with apps crashing. If I were you id wait for the iphone 6 with its 12 mp camera etc .

I quite like the extra row of apps, great having more on the main screen. Also can read more before scrolling, things seem squashed on the 4s now.

What major problems are you talking about? I have no issues with crashes (bar being on a beta). Any sources?