Hi Andrew, I would normally agree with Kelly and recommend the iPhone 6. However, given what you said about your financial situation may not make it worthwhile. If you could find a really good deal on a 5S (I would probably wait and see what promotions come around for Black Friday and Cyber Monday) then the 5S will be an awesome upgrade for you. As Kelly pointed out, the difference in speed between the A7 and A8 is not nearly as significant as it was between the A6 and the A7 and for all practical purposes the camera improvements between a 5S and a 6 will be irrelevant for you. Whether the somewhat better battery performance is a major factor depends on how you use the phone and I would say that if you take good care of your device that you will easily be able to use it for the next 4 years even if during the last year you may not be able to upgrade to the new OS any more. I also feel that any smartphone like this doesn't have much more than a 4-year life span and providers certainly make it easy for people to upgrade after 2 or 3 years by offering upgrade options with contract which are either free or cost maybe $100 which is in most people's reach.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Lamanche Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 3:41 PM To: VIPhone Subject: iPhone 5S vs. iphone 6 Hi, Based on one’s financial situation, what is your opinion about getting an iPhone 5S as opposed to iphone 6? Please give me your honest opinion. Yes, I’m looking at the matter from the point of view of someone who will have to take a small loan to get a new iPhone. So I’d like to know whether I would notice a significant difference in performance between iPhone 5S and iPhone 6? Many of you on the list have been using iPhone for a variety of tasks in difficult situations. Please let me have your experiences. I read that iPhone 5S has a A7 chip which would make it possible for me to use Alex. I guess it has more other opportunities, advantages, I mean. On the other hand, iPhone 6 offers the A8 chip and maybe just maybe a different future possibility? Please let me hear your voices experiences. I’m not a particularly powerful iPhone user as yet. Many thanks Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
