- Jun 11, 2012
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I love the touch ID and iOS7- those are the "killer features" that are drawing me to pick up a iPhone 5S. And the gold color has me interested. Short of going to the Apple store, I've read all kinds of things about the 5S and iOS7 and like what I'm reading. BUT... I'm still on the fence for the following reasons
1) This is the first time I really haven't a good reason to upgrade.
3GS? C'mon- first smartphone? Hells yeah!
... followed by the crushing realization that AT&T in NYC was awful and I was missing work calls on it, which lead to the Droid- solid phone call abilities, it was the one smartphone I didn't worry about dropping- it was built like a tank. HOWEVER... Android was a POS and just awful, had that beta feel, totally unrefined compared to the 3GS.
Which lead me back to the iPhone 4- no problems there. Then the S3 came out and after playing around with it, I felt that this was it- that Android had righted all its wrongs. Fortunately a family member's phone was on the fritz and they could care less what phone they had, so we traded my phone for their upgrade.
And now I'm back to Android and my predicament. My S3 works great. Really, I have nothing major to complain about with the phone. I even like the design- I think the S3 hits a bit too close to 3GS terrirtory, but I like that design- what can you say, I like curves on my phone! And with all my family members content with their phones, nobody really needs an upgrade. Or wants the S3- they are all solidly in the Apple camp. So it's like I'm upgrading just for the hell of it and that bothers me a bit...
2) For the first time in iPhone history for me- there is no Jesus color I need to have. I can't tell which one I like- I'm pretty sure the silver one is out. It's down to the gold vs. space gray.
3) iOS 7? What's like to use?
The good thing about 2 and 3 is that it can easily be solved by a trip to the Apple store this weekend.
The bad thing is I'm afraid that a trip to the Apple Store will only push me toward a new 5S.
With me justifying the purchase as another trade off between another family member and their upgrade for the iPhone 6!
What's the Kindle app like on iOS? I have a Kindle Fire so I would love to access the books and magazines I have. It's too bad you can't access the instant video on it... oh well.
How are the google apps on iOS? Is google translate and drive available? How is google maps?
How is Apple's maps app?
How much HD space is available on the 16gb? 32gb?
1) This is the first time I really haven't a good reason to upgrade.
3GS? C'mon- first smartphone? Hells yeah!
... followed by the crushing realization that AT&T in NYC was awful and I was missing work calls on it, which lead to the Droid- solid phone call abilities, it was the one smartphone I didn't worry about dropping- it was built like a tank. HOWEVER... Android was a POS and just awful, had that beta feel, totally unrefined compared to the 3GS.
Which lead me back to the iPhone 4- no problems there. Then the S3 came out and after playing around with it, I felt that this was it- that Android had righted all its wrongs. Fortunately a family member's phone was on the fritz and they could care less what phone they had, so we traded my phone for their upgrade.
And now I'm back to Android and my predicament. My S3 works great. Really, I have nothing major to complain about with the phone. I even like the design- I think the S3 hits a bit too close to 3GS terrirtory, but I like that design- what can you say, I like curves on my phone! And with all my family members content with their phones, nobody really needs an upgrade. Or wants the S3- they are all solidly in the Apple camp. So it's like I'm upgrading just for the hell of it and that bothers me a bit...
2) For the first time in iPhone history for me- there is no Jesus color I need to have. I can't tell which one I like- I'm pretty sure the silver one is out. It's down to the gold vs. space gray.
3) iOS 7? What's like to use?
The good thing about 2 and 3 is that it can easily be solved by a trip to the Apple store this weekend.
The bad thing is I'm afraid that a trip to the Apple Store will only push me toward a new 5S.
With me justifying the purchase as another trade off between another family member and their upgrade for the iPhone 6!
What's the Kindle app like on iOS? I have a Kindle Fire so I would love to access the books and magazines I have. It's too bad you can't access the instant video on it... oh well.
How are the google apps on iOS? Is google translate and drive available? How is google maps?
How is Apple's maps app?
How much HD space is available on the 16gb? 32gb?