This is going to be, without a doubt, the question of the week: Is it worth it to go from iPhone 5 to iPhone 5S? The iPhone 5S will be released next week in the United States, but at the moment in Spain we do not have an official launch date. Taking into account the technical specifications of the terminal, we can anticipate that Yes, it is worth switching from iPhone 5 to iPhone 5S, which, by the way, we did not say in the case of the iPhone to the iPhone 4S. This time we do consider that Apple has introduced enough elements to make the leap.
Of course, you have to take into account the economic section. If you bought your iPhone 5 free or if you have a two-year contract with an operator, this implies that the iPhone 5S is going to be expensive. However, the good thing about Apple devices is that they are resold quite easily through recycling programs like those that Apple offers or even through eBay itself. For example, right now for my white 5GB iPhone 32, Apple offers me about $ 450, a figure that will be higher on eBay, without a doubt (at least in the United States). Based on this data, then maybe it is not so far-fetched to upgrade to the iPhone 5S. But, Why is the iPhone 5S better than the iPhone 5? We go for points.
- Design and Touch ID: the finish of the new home button is completely in line with a phone with these characteristics. Of course, the main attraction of the iPhone 5S is its "Touch ID", that is, the fact that it allows us to unlock the terminal in just one second by placing our finger on the home button (no need to press it). This process is faster than putting a password on the iPhone and, of course, makes the terminal much more secure (hopefully the theft will decrease with these new systems).
- Camera: Apple does not put more megapixels, but it does enlarge lenses to make the pixels larger and, therefore, the quality of the photos improves. To this must be added the new LED flash, automatic level adjustments and two new modes: "Burst" (allows you to take 10 photos per second) and "Slow-motion" (slow motion recording at 120 fps).
- Processor- The A7 chip promises to be five times faster than the A6 chip in the iPhone 5 or iPhone 5C.
And you, will you go from iPhone 5 to iPhone 5S?
More information- iOS 7 Golden Master is now available
I take this same post to congratulate you for following up on the keynote, it was almost like being there, you worked it out a lot! thank you.
Already on this post, my iPhone 5 is free and if they really pay it well in the recycling program possibly update ...
You are going to get much more in secondhand or ebay pages than what apple will give you
I usually do it in used apples, they are super serious and very comfortable, they collect sales and bring you purchases ...
The apple thing if… You lose money….
But when will it be available in SPAIN? that's what's important to me because otherwise I won't be able to recycle it
Exactly, why could it be December? It seems like a long time just selling the 4S which is the only one available in the online store ...
It is not yet known how much they will give in the points program? I paid it to the tile at the Movistar store, so it is fully paid, and I am interested in that idea of the points program, but if it really is worth it, they usually give a rubbish for your old mobile, worse good to have what happens.
Well look. Here you basically expose 3 reasons why to go from an iPhone 5 to a 5S. I with only one reason will dismantle the fact that it is NOT worth it.
What are you going to do on an iPhone 5S that you won't do on an iPhone 5? How many times are you going to use the SlowMotion? Have you ever had an iPhone stolen and have your super secret information been accessed because you do not have a password or it is »easy» to decipher? Are you going to play a game that on the iPhone 5S that looks worse on the 5 or does not work?
Sincerely. I see the change from 4S to 5 MUCH more important than the change from 5 to 5S. Based on these things. When the 4S came out, the main function was Siri which was not in Spanish until iOS 6 (iPhone 5) the screen was still 3,5 ″ instead of the jump reached with iPhone 5 and its 4 ″ repeating the same identical on iPhone 5S the camera, although it was the same now, there is not much difference either (when the JB comes out for iOS 7 we will have SlowMotion in iPhone 5, don't worry about it) the iPhone 5C just released is nothing more than an iPhone 5 made of cheaper external materials »a HIGHEST price (€ 600 for 16Gb) which makes the iPhone 5 built of the same material as the iPhone 5S on the outside but inside the 5C devalues much less than what the 4 were devalued when the 4S came out (which were externally the same) or the 3G when leaving the 3GS)
For all this and without wanting to extend myself further (which could give even many more reasons) I say NO to 5S having a 5. But a BROKEN NO.
I completely agree with you. The changes from 3G to 3GS were not many, but from 4 to 4S the changes were big, and from 4S to 5 already enormous. I went on Christmas from 3GS to 5, and it is a missile, I am very happy with it, and once you have tamed the violet halo, the mobile is almost perfect. I paid a pasture for the 5 32GB White and free, and since then it has worn front and rear protector, housing with screen cover and sock, and I have not dropped it even once, but Apple offers me € 350, a THEFT !
It is true that novelties attract, I would dare to say that all lovers of technology, but you have to see the difference between what you have in your hands and what is new, and I do not even see that it is completely useful that it is double fast than the 5 neither having the fingerprint sensor nor the double LED nor the slow motion thing, because with «SnappyCam» I manage very well.
I also say NO to 5S!
In my case, the reason that would make me go from 5 to 5S would be in the long term, the change in architecture has a lot of influence (just see how iOS 4 knocked out the iPhone 3G just for using ARM v7 instructions), but, to go from 5 to 5S this year? definitely not.
The most logical reason for whether to change it is the economic one ... if you hold on for one more year with the 5 it will lose a lot of value. Technology is going very fast and prices are falling at the same speed.
I prefer to sell my iPhone 5 at a good price, to have a good base to buy the 5s to sell the 5 at a low price and have to put more out of my pocket for the 6.
I think that all of us who read these articles like technology and invest in it .. if not, it would still be with 3gs, which is still valid as a smartphone
Yes but no. Until now the outgoing model was the previous one. However, now there is the 5C which is exactly the same as the 5 but cheap NOTHING and with worse materials which makes the iPhone 5 devalue less than what the 4S was devalued in its day when the 5 came out since it does not there was a plastic "4C" and it was the same non-plastic glass 4S that was priced less.
For God's sake, watch your spelling !!!
The iPhone 5c contrary to what they think, will devalue the iPhone 5 at resale. Would you like a discontinued iPhone 5, without warranty, when for a few dollars more you get one with all the Apple support? The truth is for an aluminum case, no. It's worth it ...
I disagree. No more. Nobody will prefer a plastic iPhone 5C to an aluminum iPhone 5 and materials the same as those of the iPhone 5S. For that they already have Samsung. Also, I don't know why you take it for granted that an iPhone 5 cannot have a warranty. What is Apple Care for? Is there no iPhone 5 with 2,3,4,5 months that still have more than half a year of warranty with the possibility of contracting the Apple protection plan?
In the end, the 5s costs € 699 and the 5c € 599.
To buy a 5c I buy an iphone 5, better design and equal benefits.
What I hate about apple is that they try to differentiate products based on software features, see Siri, panoramic photo and now burst mode and slow motion. Things that of course could be done in previous versions but they want you to buy the new model.
I do not know if this year I will have to change, if I do it will undoubtedly be 5s (I still have 4). Now, if I had a 5 I wouldn't change it for a joke. If it will go a little faster but the new thing is a bit sad .. there will be so much difference in the photos? I do not believe it. And paying for the fingerprint is bullshit.
Apple continues to make phones with better components and they really are the phones that last the longest, I have not had any that have lasted so long (3 years and it works perfectly) but they are starting to fail a bit.
HAHAHA!! I like it, I think the same, that if, in case anyone is interested, I am selling my free 5 GB white iphone 64. It is from August 16 for € 550 if someone wants it.
Hi, I'm interested in the phone if you still have it
I'm the same as you, I have an iPhone 4 and I don't know whether to change to the 5s but in my case if I would see big changes from the iPhone 4 to the 5s since the difference is big and well for me if I could use a 5s, but in the case of People who have a 5 would not change it for a 5s xD but above all I prefer the 5s to wait for the 6 since it is said that it will have a bigger screen and that of more inches I never liked
With this post (pablo ortega, I expected more from you in the analysis) you can see how you try to get your readers to make the change from 5 to 5s, when it really isn't worth it… Has Apple paid you to publish these things? There is really nothing you say that my iphone 5 cannot do when they put iOS 7 on it ... (only the limitation of the fingerprint sensor) the rest with software update could be added ... the only thing you are doing is favoring the mindless consumerism
If it's any use to you ... I do exactly the same thing every year. I write off my old iPhone for the new one in question. In this way I always consider the acquisition of the new iPhone's without spending more than € 100/150. There are always some delusions to whom you can add your iPhone (as long as it is well cared for) for € 500 or even € 550 (depending on the need and impatience of the individual) When I went from 4S to 5 I only needed to put € 120 of my money and I had a new mobile. I hope to do it for 5S too. Greetings!
Processor: The A7 chip promises to be five times faster than the A6 chip in the iPhone 5 or iPhone 5C.
Where do you get that from?? on the apple page it says double, nothing 5 times….
hahahaha I too when I read that I said… .eh?
Gentlemen comes from the fact that the Apple are very smart and to scam people they have not done anything other than to compare the A7 with the processor of the first iPhone on the market, the author of the article is right, he has written exactly the words of Manzana.
It has just been confused when comparing it to the A6. I have read the same thing in apple store ... it is just a small error.
So, hahaha I take a 2-year contract and I always catch the 'S' from 3GS, 4S and now 5S ... This way I save myself the problems of deciding whether or not to switch to another model every year.
This is exactly what everyone should do, if we already know that there will be an iPhone x S then we just have to wait for it, it is where the "real" changes come from.
So, hahaha I take a 2-year contract and I always catch the 'S' from 3GS, 4S and now 5S ... This way I save myself the problems of deciding whether or not to switch to another model every year.
Well honestly, I do not quite understand. The differences between 5 and 5S are even smaller than between 4 and 4S and yet you promote change now and it seemed unjustifiable then with 4.
Many times I get the feeling that Apple fanboys are capable of justifying everything.
For now I will continue with my iPhone 4 until Apple decides to make it obsolete.
The changes from 4 to 4s were minor, since they were only camera and processor
Sorry but you're wrong because in addition to the changes to the processor and the camera (which were important since it has better focus, lighting, speed, mpx, allows panoramic views, etc.), Bluetooth was improved to 4.0 and battery life increased from 7am to 8am in conversation.
And it seems that we have already forgotten but the 4s introduced the SIRI assistant that was the great asset of this phone (hence the S) and this is how Apple presented it that now it seems that we have already forgotten it or it is not important when in its day everyone said it was the bomb.
What happens is that as in its day there was a great disappointment because the screen size did not change and the design did not change but nevertheless now neither but as it brings the super Touch ID reader with which it seems that no one could live without it, now You have to go from a 5 to a 5s because if you are not OUT and you are not COOL.
Go now….
Now you go and tell the millions of iPhone 5 buyers that their terminal is discontinued, out of circulation, that it will no longer be sold, that they have replaced it with the new 5s and all that in less than 1 year of life! BRAVO APPLE
All phones per year will go into the background
Clear! because technology evolves a lot in a year but should they remove it from the market ??? It is something that I understand because it is the same as 5 ... but explain it now to those who have bought it that now it does not even exist for apple
I have never had an iPhone S I have always had the models with major changes from the iPhone 3g (3g, 4 and 5) since I consider that the important changes come every two years. So I wait for the iPhone 6 that I hope has a larger screen and a different design.
I'm also expecting the same and apparently Apple is following the market and I aspire and hope they put a better screen, obviously the redesign of the device and the touch id and other well-polished 5s improvements.
If I had a chance to do it, although I confess that every year it costs me more since I continue to earn the same and everything is costing me more, also I already bought the xbox ONE and it was always 500 hard
I'll keep my iPhone 5 ... Now, when the iPhone 6 comes out, then if it would change.
If you have an iPhone 4 or 4s, then if you notice the jump to 5S, but then better wait for 6.
If you have 4s or earlier it is convenient to go to 5s, but going from 5 to 5s is not justified at all, I always change the model every 2 generations, so that the experience of having something new is radical and not a mere whim.
It is not worth it at all to go from an iPhone5 to an iPhone5s in the same way it is ridiculous to think that it was not worth it to go from a 4s to a 5 ..
a single reason and a lot of weight was enough to go from a 4s to a 5, increase in size ...
but going from a 5 to a 5s is a ridiculous waste of money, why? next year iphone 6 with increased screen and NFC associated with fingerprint home and NFC / HOME fingerprint payment apps, after negotiations and agreements between apples with third companies willing to massively implement NFC.
I consider the iphone5c an insult to all apple fans, and the 5s a simple izombies' quartermaster….
what news does it bring? processor twice as fast? 64 bit? more ram memory (to be confirmed) ...
for what ?
to play on a 4 ″ screen with the same resolution and 326 dpi?
have we gained battery? NO, same battery life as iphone5
have we won screen? NO, same size, same resolution
is the fingerprint sensor a revolutionary novelty? NOT on the iphone5s, since there will be no apps to take advantage of it, nor does it have an implantation to use it as a payment platform associated with NFC, the fingerprint detector being the security method used and the NFC the means of transmission.
the fingerprint sensor is only useful for unlocking and purchases in the store ... is it really necessary? DO NOT…
better camera ... if someone thinks that the improvement of the camera is a reason to buy the new idevice ... for 700 euros I can think of reflexes that last a lifetime if not decades with a quality that can not even be compared to the best smarth of the market….
My reasons for not buying the 5S (I currently have the 5):
-Because the changes are minimal. Despite what was announced about its processor, they also said last year that the A6 was a marvel, and its inclusion in the 5C shows that it lasts longer without problems. An improvement that comes every year, but that does not justify the expense. The same can be said for the camera, where the absence of more megapixels has disappointed many. The explanations about aperture and light input leave the average user indifferent, who does not understand this and does see that the competition floods their phones with megapixels. Serious mistake by Apple, which shows, as always goes its own way. The fingerprint sensor is a real pedantry, an absolutely dispensable device that only serves to teach the side that instead of drawing a pattern to unlock, you put the fingerprint. It is no innovation to buy a company specialized in fingerprint sensors to incorporate their work under another brand.
-Because IOS 7 is horrible. Its design is hideous, its features, compared to the competition, ridiculous. There is nothing in this software that prompts upgrade from IOS 6.
_Because its price is still very high. You pay 899 for the 64 GB model and you have a phone that is faster, unlocks with your finger and little else. For what it offers, and what others present, it is a disproportionate price.
-Because Apple no longer innovates, and begins to roll down in the fight for sales. I think that since the iPad, 2010, they have not released something new and important. Everything included every year, or they are logical hardware improvements, or acquired from companies (Siri, fingerprints). When released solo (Maps), disaster is assured.
-Because Apple does not listen to people. They live in a bubble, surrounded by bills, thinking that this is forever. To present itself at the end of 2013 with a 4-inch and 8 mp screen, when people claim otherwise, is to believe it too much. And that, as you see in the disappointing comments after this strange presentation yesterday, is starting to take its toll.
And there is no more; absolute disappointment, and the conviction that this is not fixed, but is completely sinking.
I don't even have an Apple product, or an iPhone to say that, I had the iPhone 4S and for business I bought the iPhone 5 and I felt that the iPhone 5 was flying and that is to be noted
Change my iPhone 5 for a new processor that I will practically not notice the difference because most of the apps that ordinary people use do not need it and also they did not change the camera, it still has the same design and touch id will not be fully developed because it is the first time to include it? I continue with my iPhone 5 and I wait for 6 if I continue with Apple
I congratulate you for being part of Apple and since I am a technology lover, I do plan to change
Thanks ?
Apparently the author was promised an iphone 5s terminal if he promoted the change from 5 to 5s ...
I have a 5 and in truth, apple is getting me tired, the same over and over again ... better performance .... an "upgrade" is not enough.
DO YOU OFFER SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE DOES? fingerprint reader like motorola atrix? slowmotion like the apps that already exist?
Screen on both sides? flexible? hologram? no buttons? as thin as a credit card?
I want to see something NEW!
Something that neither samsung nor sony nor anyone else has yet developed !!
But do not be surprised, IPHONE 6 = Ipad mini 2 + iphone 5s so it will be, the combination, I almost signed them with blood!
It is not worth it, I do not spend my time buying it on iTunes to occupy a lot of touch ID, slow motion one more cute, A7 because my iphone 5 with A6 and retina display does not ask anything from any other high-end phone of course there will be one or another application that occupies the powerful A7 although the developers are not stupid and want their applications to serve in the
most of the models
I am very happy with my iPhone 4S and the truth is that the 5 and now 5s never seemed innovative enough to make the leap, what if the screen is now 0.5 ′ bigger, because for me it is still the same, for That size the difference is not much, in games I prefer to play on the iPad that there is a difference in screen, for the rest the 3.5 ′ seems good to me. I hope the iPhone 6 brings with it a larger 4,5 ′ screen at least and wider than that would make the screen look bigger and be really functional. From now on, everything seems very silly to me
What can the iphone 5s do that the competition doesn't?
It's all I want to know…. What makes others unable to do?
In my case, I have had a 4S for three years and I am very happy with it. I just updated it to ios7 and it is like having a new mobile, but the truth is that you have to do things with your head. When the 4S came out, it was not worth the change because of the price and because it seemed out of place. What they have done now from going from 5 to 5S / 5C in months, well I would not change it if I had a 5. What I am going to do since my poor thing is already crying out for a change is when the iphone 6 and depending on the price it is good to buy the 5S or the 5C. Since the 5C is a 5S but basically colorful. And for what I use the phone is good for me. In addition, we must wait for the 4G to be deployed faster in Spain since, oddly enough, there are still towns that do not even have a 3G network. So it is better to wait for the services to adapt to the technologies, because it seems that the latter are always ahead since even the use of NFC at least as far as I go is not that it is very widespread.
Regarding the theft of the cell phone, now the thief can cut off the owner's finger and facilitate access to the terminal. Thanks Apple, as always making things easy for "Everyone."
javi beni ...
What are you going to do with an iPhone 5s that does not do the 5. Check:
-M7 motion coprocessor (slow motion and more), you say that with the JB you will have the slowmotion but like everything in the JB it will always be unstable and surely it will not be the same.
a7 chip
with 64-bit architecture .. the first smartphone with 64bit operating system, something important you do not think, it is 10 times faster than the a6
Fingerprint identity sensor: fingerprint reader unlocks the iphone in 1 second just by placing your finger on the button without the need for passwords.
Auto image stabilization; they do not add MP, if they do not greatly improve the MP they have which is 8mp
Burst mode: take 10 photos and grab the best photo of those ...
I describe it so you can ...
-unlock your phone with your fingerprint
-use slowmotion with your videos
-Have a processor that the phone will never stick to you.
-you upgrade to the new apple iphone, which with the sale of the iphone 5 being
better than the 5c you can sell it for a good price. you prevent your phone from being devalued,
-Many more things that you will surely realize.
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How many times have your phone been stolen and you have super secret information: I'll put something very logical, you may not have "super secret" information but there will always be someone who does, so the fingerprint recognizer is very useful in that moment.
As for the games, well the game will run better, however the iPhone is not a portable console for that to be a comparison term.
TRUE ... the change from the iphone 4s to the 5 is more important, but the change from the 5 to the 5s does not less, buying a 5c having a 5 is stupid totally agree with you, the jailbreak of the os7 has not come out so the there is still nothing exact ...
You say no to change, I would do it for me and I am sure that many people would also do it and many have already done it, but everyone has their point of view and everything is determined.
see you later…
Yes that would change. I love apple
Hello, I loved the 5s and I was about to buy one, however before I took on the task of seeing how much I could get an iPhone 5 on ebay, I was surprised that I could buy an iPhone 5 of 64 gb new with guarantee for only $ 650 USD, something like $ 475 Euros, so do not hesitate the price difference is huge, so I prefer to save a good money and have an older model for much less money. eye I'm Mexican, I don't know the prices on ebay from Spain