Although if money wasn't a factor I would choose the 6 over the 5s for the reasons already stated, one factor which I feel is even more important is the amount of memory on the phone. I would suggest that it is more important over the long run to have at least a 32gb phone than it is to have a 6. Although we have Apple Pay in the U.s. many of us can't use it because our banks don't support it yet. I will also say that even though people say the difference in the battery life between the 5s and 6 is not that large, I find it to be quite significant. The difference in price between the two phone should only be $100 which I know can be a lot of money. The bottom line is that you need to decide which of the feature changes you care about.
On 10/26/14, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Andrew and Shawn, > > Shawn, you made a good point which I forgot. The support for Apple Pay would > be a very compelling reason for me to get a 6 if I was living in the States. > But as you mentioned, Canada won't see Apple Pay for a while although it > would be my guess that Apple Pay will be in Canada before too long as our > financial and credit card systems are similar. I fully expect that I will > upgrade again next year, but with Apple Pay taken out of the equasion there > really isn't enough reason to upgrade from a 5S to a 6. > As far as how much of a compelling reason Apple Pay is for you, Andrew, that > is entirely up to you. I am very intriqued by it and feel it is very well > thought out and implemented based on what I heard about it. It appears to be > an Apple product in the old way when Apple would not release half-baked > stuff as they sometimes have done in the last couple of years. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Shawn Krasniuk > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 6:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: iPhone 5S vs. iphone 6 > > Hi Andrew. I agree with Sieghard about getting a 5S. I know with myself when > I got my 5S, I was only getting $60 for my 4S. I wanted a 32 GB 5S but I > settled for 16 because it was only $100 so I only had to pay about $40 for > it plus $15 for the sim card from Telus. > > As for processors, I'm not a power user as well. I don't use Safari because > I have a Mac to surf the internet with. So the A7 chip is good enough for > me. As long as I can use Alex on my phone, that's good enough for me. Yeah > sure, the A8 chip on the 6 and 6 Plus sounds good, but like Sieghard said, I > don't think there would be any improvements to speed. Also, we in Canada > can't use Apple Pay, which is one of the biggest features of the 6 so > there's really no point. I'll worry about upgrading when iOS can no longer > be upgraded on my 5S. > > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > >> On Oct 26, 2014, at 5:40 PM, Andrew Lamanche <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. 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