Iphone 4s vs Iphone 5..

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  • Hrcules
    Hrcules Posts: 74 Member
    Didn't read anything but the title. But the iphone 4 sucks more than the iphone 5. Go android!
  • ElizaRoche
    ElizaRoche Posts: 2,005 Member
    neither.. samsung sIII
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    iPhone 5 all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!! Droid sucked for me. I had a iPhone 3GS for 2 1/2 years and loved it the whole time. I went over to a Samsung Galaxy 2 and had that for a year. Great phone but not as amazing as the iPhone. I had constant issues with apps not working and calling out the phone would freeze for seconds before connecting. Tmobile was horrible coverage as well which didn't help. I went back to AT&T and got a iPhone 5 and have been blown out of the water. iPhone is the phone for me.
  • RECowgill
    RECowgill Posts: 881 Member
    Either iphone is great, a good choice. I've been using them since the beginning and am an iOS developer so I know a few things about them.

    In terms of general performance, usage and features the 4s and 5 are pretty close. The 5 has one more core on the GPU but otherwise they perform about the same for most average tasks (although it is technically much higher performing, most apps dont take advantage of that yet).

    The 5 beats the 4s in the following ways: it is lighter and a bit thinner, using them side by side you'll feel the difference. The 5 has a widescreen, this is the new standard for iphones going forward and is more futureproof as more apps will be written for the widescreen display. The 5 is more damage and scratch resistant than the 4s, both can be damaged but the 5 just handles it better. The 5 has a better camera, both will take good pictures, but the 5 will do them about 20% better. The 5 has twice as much memory as the 4s, again more future proof.

    Otherwise you'll be hard pressed to come up with many real differences. For me the #1 improvement from the list above is the fact that its slightly lighter, the 4s by comparison feels like a brick. We are talking about very small numbers here, 112g vs 140g, but you feel it in typical usage. The 2nd most important improvement is the slightly bigger screen. Its hard to beat the iphones for color and display quality.
  • RECowgill
    RECowgill Posts: 881 Member
    I don't know why some people decided to turn this into an Android vs the world argument. The OP wanted to know about the 4s vs 5, not "why is android so geeky-awesome-superior and iphones so loserish". Android vs iPhone debates belong in another thread.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    As an IT geek, I would steer clear of the iphone. Battery life is terrible! I used one for a month before I sent it back. I fail to understand why anyone wants one of these things. It USED to be because Apple had all the apps but that is no longer the case as Google Play is brilliant now. If you want my recommendation, go with an Android phone. HTC or Samsung are both good. If I had to choose between the two I would always choose HTC over Samsung.

    Look at it in another way... HTC have always been a telecommunications company. What they do is MAKE phones! Apple and Samsung have their fingers in too many pies to focus on the technology.

    I guess there is the cool factor with Apple... but I dont think it's cool that people are essentially buying what was supposed to be a mini tablet that had a phone interface stuck on it.

    Phone companies make phones... Apple makes errrrmmm... computers?

    As an IT guy myself(greek not by choice), i agree for the most part. The iphone is just a fad, the "COOL" thing... what's so special about it, seriously think about it?? The only answer someone can probably come up with "it's cool."

    Like the ipad, just a giant ipod.

    He's an IT guy, he's a chemist. Are you Bruce Banner good sir?

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