Iphone 5S / 5C

[dmac1969]

2 and a half years on still using my 4 , still dont fancy upgrading to a newer model. The first time I have ever kept a phone after upgrade day!

[teesee]

Have really enjoyed the 5, looking forward to iOS 7 on the 18th. I think the 5S 120fps video will be a great feature, but I can't really justify upgrading just for that! This post over on gizmodo uk is a pretty interesting reason to keep buying apple though.

http://m.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/09/one-huge-reason-to-not-switch-to-android-or-windows

[faheem08]

the quality on 5c is not apple lol

[Deako]

The 5C is fantastic quality. Have you actually played with one? The 3G and 3GS both had plastic rear shells.

[Golfgirl]

Does mean that I need to reassess my contract because if I'm keeping my 4S, there's no point in paying a monthly charge. I am in need of a PAYG sim but one with either Orange or Vodafone as they're the only two that have a decent signal at work.

I've just switched to a SIM only contract.  I was paying £20-25/month but was out of contract.  I wanted to cut costs so switched to a SIM only deal for £8/month (with Orange).  It's only a 12 month contract too.  If I'd have just upgraded and started a new 'normal' contract I'd be tied in for two years and still paying around £25 a month.  With SIM only you have the flexibility to buy a new phone when it suits you, rather than when your contract dictates.

Im still rocking an old skool 3GS, so will seriously be looking to upgrade, as its getting slow and tired.  Be nice to have a decent camera option on a new phone and also have something tha doesnt take ages to load.

Same here with the 3GS, although I am in the process of getting a 4S.  I've found the 3GS a bit slow recently and there's hardly any choice of covers for it these days, it won't take iOS 7 and I just want something a bit newer, although I'm not fussed on having the latest model.  From what a lot of people have said the 4S is better than the 5 anyway.

I have the 4S and am struggling to justify the jump to the 5/5S. The jump is nothing like the leap from 3GS to 4S.

Glad to hear that!

[stealthwolf]

^^^I've been considering doing the same. My 4S is still good and there's nothing that the 5 or 5S seem to have that will entice me to upgrade. Which plan did you go with? Data is more important to me than text or calls.

[mrxbox360]

I've just switched to a 30 day SIM only contract £18.I was paying £47 a month but was out of contract.I wanted to cut costs so switched If I'd have just upgraded and started a new 'normal' contract I'd be tied in for two years and still paying around £35 a month plus.With SIM only you have the flexibility to buy a new phone when it suits me,as for the new iphones i cant see the point ive a 64gb iphone 5 in warranty until middle of next year

[Scottymon]

Yeah, I've got an iPhone 5, upgrading for that amount of cash just isn't worth it...  one of the things that annoys me about Apple (as well as having to have iTunes) is the 16/32/64GB pricing, a mate just bought a ridiculously cheap (£7 p/m inc. handset) windows phone and whacked a £15 Class 10 64GB MSD card in there... Apple want 100's of pounds more just so they can solder it directly onto the PCB for you.  

[Golfgirl]

^^^I've been considering doing the same. My 4S is still good and there's nothing that the 5 or 5S seem to have that will entice me to upgrade. Which plan did you go with? Data is more important to me than text or calls.

500 mins, 500 texts, 30 photo messages and 350mb data for £8.  Slightly different to what they advertise online but I just rang them up to see what they could do and that is what they offered, which is good enough for my needs.  I negotiated the photo messages as I had them with my old plan.  They were initially reluctant to let me keep them but didn't take much persuading LOL.

[stealthwolf]

Do the photo messages get sent free over 3G/Wifi? Or do they charge for it? 350MB data is about double my last month's usage.

[Golfgirl]

The 30 photo messages are free, sent over 3G I assume.  But I've never been charged for them.

When I last upgraded 3 years ago it was the day before my birthday.  I'd already agreed a talk plan with them and then asked if they could give me something extra for my birthday as I'd been a loyal customer for several years.  The result was 30 free photo messages, which I've managed to carry over onto my new sim only contract.

The 350mb internet shows up as two lots on my bill for some reason.  It comes up as 100mb free internet and 250mb mobile internet.  Not sure why, but I definitely get 350mb, of which I never use more than half of.

[Scottymon]

It's intersting how they are seperating it out there, as MMS uses 3G afaik... I wonder if that's where your 100MB free comes in - however you could topple that with some decent sized images in your MMS's - if it works for you then who cares>?  But just for sh!ts and giggles, I'd send out some hefty MMS's to test the theory.

[Deako]

Just use iMessage out of your 3G data.

[Golfgirl]

But the person you're sending it to also needs an iPhone for that don't they?  Otherwise it just gets sent as a normal MMS.

[skard]

But the person you're sending it to also needs an iPhone for that don't they?  Otherwise it just gets sent as a normal MMS.

Tried WhatsApp? Cross platform and great for pics/video sharing