Apple Announces the iPhone 5S

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landguy1 said:

famousringo said:

adriane23 said:

Just like the 4, there's no compelling reason for me to upgrade to the 5S. Marginal increases/improvements should never warrant a yearly phone upgrade. That's like buying a new laptop every year. Sadly, all phone manufacturers are following Apple's footsteps as there's only so much you can "innovate" in a year's time.

Who upgrades yearly? Only the most deranged technophiles. Most upgrade on a two-year cycle, because that's how the contract goes. Hence why the enclosure changes once every two years.

The 5S is targeted at 4S owners, who will be upgrading to a larger, brighter, more colorful screen, a far superior camera, LTE networking, four times the compute power, a fingerprint scanner and numerous other improvements. Plenty of incentive to upgrade. 

As an owner of a 4s, you are right.  My contract ends in a little over a month.  But, there is no real reason for me to upgraade to a 5s.  It has very little difference from my 4s.  Very small screen size increase.  Same OS.   Games run mostly the same and the interface is no different.  I will be heading to a different company to get a better camera and larger screen.  Also, I did my 4s on Sprint and it is the WORST cell service in the world.

This is the first time I've ever seen Apple's software support actually spun as a negative.