Upgrade iPhone tomorrow?

By Medking
in iPhone - iOS/tvOS/watchOS

 Share

Recommended Posts

Mentor

Medking

Posted
Posted

Hey everyone,

Right, I know this is a speculative thread and I've read the majority of websites out there debating about the iPhone 5 (4GS or whatever)?

I'm due for an upgrade tomorrow with my carrier. I'm currently using a 3G (yup, old school). As some might remember, my 3G went for a swim about a year and a half ago... it's been working fine (relatively) up until recently (last month) whereby I basically can't get signal... the SIM is rarely detected as being in the phone, and this causes texts to be delayed or phone calls to go straight to voicemail etc...

So, I'm wondering, would you upgrade to the 4S? Or wait?

I can theoretically wait until August (when the contract actually runs out)? after then I'd have to figure something out if the new iPhone wasn't going to be until October... not to mention I'm not sure my phone will last...

Medking

Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1074195-upgrade-iphone-tomorrow/
Share on other sites
Experienced

Manish

Posted
Posted

If you're having major problems with basic phone functions (i.e. calling and texting) then I'd definitely consider getting it repaired or buying a new device. It might be worth taking the iPhone down to an Apple Store to see if they can fix the problems. If that's not possible or they charge too high a price for the repair, then I'd just get the 4S (or whatever else) sooner rather than later.

It's likely that Apple will be sticking to an October release for new iPhones (doubt it'll be called 4GS, probably just "the new iPhone"), which is probably too long to hold off for if you're having the issues you've described. I'd say the jump from the iPhone 3G to 4S is pretty big anyway, plus you'll (most likely) receive the next iOS revision. If you feel ashamed of your 4S when the next iPhone does come out, you'll be able to sell it for a decent price (especially since you'll have a longer warranty to offer than others doing the same).

Mentor

Medking

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Thanks Manish - appreciate the response!

Yes unfortunately I did look at getting it repaired but because of the water damage to it Apple basically won't do anything with it... meaning I'd have to take it to a third party which tbh I'm not too bothered by.

Good suggestion though of selling it on. Not sure if I'm correct in saying this but I think O2 unlock for free... (at least they did back in the day) meaning I could probably get a fairly decent amount for it...

Experienced

Manish

Posted
Posted

Thanks Manish - appreciate the response!

Good suggestion though of selling it on. Not sure if I'm correct in saying this but I think O2 unlock for free... (at least they did back in the day) meaning I could probably get a fairly decent amount for it...

No problem. And yes, O2 do still unlock iPhones for free at any time for Pay Monthly customers (you just need to fill out a form online).

Mentor

Medking

Posted
  • Author
Posted

I'd wait until iPhone 5 comes out...

But from what I've read that looks like it will be in October (reveal)? so that could mean released to the markets in November...

If it were June I could wait... but from what I've read that doesn't look like it will be the case?

Proficient

ybrett23

Posted
Posted

Thanks Manish - appreciate the response!

Yes unfortunately I did look at getting it repaired but because of the water damage to it Apple basically won't do anything with it... meaning I'd have to take it to a third party which tbh I'm not too bothered by.

Good suggestion though of selling it on. Not sure if I'm correct in saying this but I think O2 unlock for free... (at least they did back in the day) meaning I could probably get a fairly decent amount for it...

apple will do an out of warranty replacement for ?120

Mentor

Medking

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Wait until June 11th ? that's the date of Apple's WWDC Keynote, and if they don't announce it then (including availability) they'll most likely announce it in September.

Thanks for the advice. Think I'm leaning on waiting atm. Shall see how I feel when I get up haha.

Another general question for everyone: what contract option would you go for? (i.e. would you preference data//texts etc, and what amounts?)

Also, what would you recommend going for (price-wise) for a contract?

Because doing some basic math it looks like going for the 32GB with only 500MB of data, 100 minutes, and currently unlimited texts as a free extra is the cheapest. (21.50 a month plus cost of phone)?

But then I don't know if 500MB is enough for the 4S? Many seem to indicate that going for a gig is safer. (100 minutes would be more than enough, I barely use minutes at all)

Any recommendations in that area would be appreciated... do you think it's worth paying more up front for a marginally cheaper contract?

Grand Master

:: Lyon ::

Posted
Posted

I would say you better wait for iPhone 5 :) You don't want to regret for another 2 years, right? Better patiently wait for a few months with a "crappy" phone heh heh as the next iPhone is meant to be revolutionary

I'm on a 250 MB and it's enough for me :) I don't watch YouTube on my data and I can wait for Wi-Fi connection to update my apps

Grand Master

Shadrack

Posted
Posted

Possible to buy a cheap inbetween phone?

I really agree with iKenndac. Wait until after the next big Apple event if at all possible. If they don't say squat about it, probably not until Octoberish. I suspect it will have LTE (in the US anyway).

I have a 200MB plan. Overall I wanted to go cheap. I probably watch 2-3 YouTube videos a month over 3G. Meh, WiFi is so available the only time I need to bump it up is when I'm using Google Maps to get around a lot and streaming audio. When I go out of town I tend to use a lot more data.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • Microsoft announces 12th-gen Surface Pro with Snapdragon X2 processors

      By monterxz · Posted

      Can you read? I've said I'm willing to pay more for a notchless (no notch) 3:2 screen.
    • Microsoft unveils new Surface Laptop with improved trackpad, Snapdragon X2, and more

      By FunkyMike · Posted

      Not even an OLED display on the laptops. Also it seems that the laptop design isn't the same as the Surface Ultra model. Looks like bargain bin at high prices.
    • Microsoft announces 12th-gen Surface Pro with Snapdragon X2 processors

      By tsupersonic · Posted

      make your own notch - it's not that hard
    • VirtualBox 7.2.10

      By Copernic · Posted

      VirtualBox 7.2.10 by Razvan Serea VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, 7, 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x and 6.x), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD. Some of the features of VirtualBox are: Modularity. VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design. This makes it easy to control it from several interfaces at once: for example, you can start a virtual machine in a typical virtual machine GUI and then control that machine from the command line, or possibly remotely. VirtualBox also comes with a full Software Development Kit: even though it is Open Source Software, you don't have to hack the source to write a new interface for VirtualBox. Virtual machine descriptions in XML. The configuration settings of virtual machines are stored entirely in XML and are independent of the local machines. Virtual machine definitions can therefore easily be ported to other computers. VirtualBox 7.2.10 changelog: VMM: Fixed issue when CentOS 10 VM was not booting due to the message "Fatal glibc error: CPU does not support x86-64-v3" (​github:gh-642) Devices/EFI: Fixed booting issue when ARM VM had less than 1024 MiB of RAM assigned (​github:gh-679) USB: Fixed issue when it was not possible to attach USB device to headless VM on Apple Silicon/macOS 26.4.1 (​github:gh-631) Storage: Fixed issue when VIRTIO-SCSI device was not recognized as SSD device by guest system (​github:gh-634) Network: Fixed issue in E1000 emulation code which triggered debug log creation (​github:gh-645) Network: Fixed issue in E1000 emulation code which prevented OS/2 guest from booting (​github:gh-683) Linux Host: Fixed issue when VMs could not be started due to kernel oops (​github:gh-639) Linux Host and Guest: Fixed issue when kernel modules were failing to build with openSUSE 16.0 kernel Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for kernel 7.1 Linux Host and Guest: Added extra fixes for RHEL 9.8 kernel (​github:gh-676) Linux Host and Guest: Added possibility to build source code using NASM instead of YASM as the assembler (​github:gh-520) Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for Extended Data Control Protocol for clipboard sharing with Plasma on Wayland guests (​github:gh-33) Linux Guest Additions: Added extra fixes for preventing vboxvideo kernel module build with kernel version 7.0 and newer (​github:gh-655) OS/2 Guest Additions: Fixed issue when Shared Folders automount and clipboard sharing stopped working (​github:gh-551) Download: VirtualBox 7.2.10 | 170.0 MB (Open Source) Download: VirtualBox 7.2.10 Extension Pack | 19.1 MB View: VirtualBox Home Page | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • UK to ban under-16s from social media following a six-week trial with teenagers

      By FloatingFatMan · Posted

      OK, now ask yourself how are they going to enforce that law? By requiring every single adult to prove their age and provide their legal identity documents to an UNREGULATED 3rd party company that already has a long track record of multiple data breaches. Not to mention, parliament have voted AGAINST this ban, twice, and Starmer is going ahead anyway. So, where's the democracy here, because that looks like dictatorship to me. The solution here is parental responsibility, not government control. Run some public service announcements on TV and UK social media teaching parents how to setup parental controls. That's already been proven to actually work. But the, this is not and has NEVER been about keeping kids safe. It's about control and monitoring. Watching what you're doing online and controlling what you can see and what you can say.

  • Recent Achievements

    • Week One Done
      suprememobiles48 earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Month Later
      Windows Guy earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Month Later
      Prasann earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Week One Done
      Prasann earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • First Post
      Dys Topia earned a badge
      First Post

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      515
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      177
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      103
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      88
    5. 5
      ATLien_0
      70
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!