The iPhone 4S has been given a price drop recently, going down to $149 from the previous $199 price tag. While this may prompt some of you to sell your old iPhone and finally make the jump to the 4S, others may be hesitant and would rather wait for the iPhone 5’s eventual release later this year instead. Question is, in which camp do you belong?
The iPhone 4S comes equipped with the A5 chip, a proprietary Apple design that houses a dual-core 800 MHz processor. The phone also has 512 MB of RAM to handle all the heavy duty memory allocation. Add to this the 16-64 GB of memory space (depending on the version of the 4S that you buy), and it’s clear to see that Apple’s latest iPhone is one powerful piece of technology.
Is Holding Out for an iPhone 5 Purchase the Right Decision?
All that hardware is put to good use in running the new iOS 5 (and by extension, the iCloud) at optimal settings. It’s worth everyone’s while to run those two programs at the settings they are meant to run, too, because they represent Apple’s new direction in systems structure design: Centralization. Centralization is the structure design that makes accessing files quicker and more convenient through central hubs.
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This means that with the new mobile operating system, users could now get to their desired files more easily through specially programmed file type hubs. In the same manner, the iCloud also has a secondary function as the central hub for all of a user’s Apple gadgets. Simply stated, Apple has made the gadget experience more streamlined; a definite plus for gadgets where streamlining is a crucial characteristic.
To further sweeten the deal if you do decide to trade your old iPhone for the 4S, the smartphone also has Siri (and currently, it is the only gadget that has the program). Short for Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface, Siri is the 4S’s virtual assistant that is activated by voice to carry out instructions.
More amazingly, it also has the ability to talk back to users. While still in its beta stages despite being commercially released, it has already proven itself to be a nifty piece of future-tech, and one can only imagine what future iterations of the program will showcase.
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This future iteration will probably be released concurrently with the iPhone 5. Along with a new-and-improved Siri, the iPhone 5 will also contain the A6 chip, which is reported to have a quad-core processor pumping out 1.5 GHz of processing juice. The 5 will also have 1 GB of RAM installed. With the specs nearly doubling, one can only assume what else Apple will be bringing to the table to make full use of the said specs. The only thing which might hinder some people from making a day one purchase is the supposed price of the device, which is rumored to be above $200.
Indubitably, the iPhone 4S is a huge leap over the previous model, and at $50 less than its original price, you may just be tempted to sell your iPhone 4, 3GS, 3, or (*gasp!*) original iPhone and get the 4S if only to have a taste of future-tech for relatively cheap. If you’re like me, however, you may just see the doubling of specs of the 5 as more than enough justification for a $200+ purchase.
