Hi Katey, I upgraded from a 4S to a 5S and the 5S is a beautiful phone. However, if I wasn't a bit of a gadget guy I could have easily stuck with the 4S for another year. Yes, the 5S is a bit faster, but for day-to-day stuff like making Phone calls, sending emails or text messages or just opening apps and doing normal stuff you should not expect to be blown away by how much faster it is. Apps maybe open a bit faster than on my 4S, but once they are open it is much the same experience.
I actually find that Voiceover and SIRI sounded slightly better on my4S than they do on my 5S. I don't think the volume thing is a big deal, it's annoying but hopefully something Apple will fix shortly. I guess you can always wait until 7.1 is released which shouldn't be more than a few weeks to see if some of this has been fixed. The Touch Id works well, I somewhat experience what some people have said in that for some reason it doesn't seem to like one of my fingers any more which I set up and which worked well before. I am planning to delete all of my finger print scans and redo them and then I'll see how it goes over the next few weeks and whether this happens again. Like I said, it's your choice if you want to upgrade. If you plan to do so on contract I would possibly think twice because I could potentially see the iPhone in 2014 which most likely will be the iPhone 6 if history serves (iPhone 4/iPhone 4S, iPhone 5/iPhone 5S) being a bigger deal and maybe a departure of the current form factor. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if next year there will be even more han 2 versions as Apple might add a larger size iPhone to it's line-up. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Katey Glass Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 7:01 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: considering updating from a 4s to a 5s Hello All, I've heard some of the problems some of you have had with the iPhone 5s, namely if you turn the volume in the rotor lower than 35% it won't go higher and of course some fingerprint reader issues. Does this effect everyone? Do you regret updating? Since the last iOS update my 4s seems more stable, no hypersensitivity issues and the phone after it rings stays in the ear piece. I realize the iOS will definately be faster, so what do you think? Katey Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
