Should I Upgrade to the iPhone 5s or 5c

I was asked yes­ter­day by a client if he should get his wife the iPhone 5s or save a $100 and go with the iPhone 5. His wife cur­rent­ly has an iPhone 4S, which I believe needs to be replaced. Ulti­mate­ly the answer is quite sim­ple on one hand: it does­n’t real­ly mat­ter. Apple cre­ates a fan­tas­tic device, and all their mod­els get the job done. On the oth­er hand, that is not why you are read­ing this post. You too are curi­ous about which one to get, right? Is there real­ly a big dif­fer­ence between the two devices? 

The iPhone 5 Will Be Discontinued

First off, based on what I’ve read, the iPhone 5 will not be con­tin­u­ing to fill the shelves and be a device you can pur­chase in the near future. It has been ful­ly replaced by the new iPhone 5c, which is the less expen­sive ​“5” mod­el. The C mod­el basi­cal­ly does­n’t come wrapped in the pret­ty alu­minum met­al but rather a col­or­ful ​“spe­cial” hard plas­tic shell (5 col­ors to choose from). Besides the body, it basi­cal­ly is the same as the iPhone 5, released in 2012. It also starts at $99. Apple will then release the 4S mod­el for the ​“free” option to those who sign a two year ser­vice agree­ment with a mobile car­ri­er.

My Advice?

Since the iPhone 5 will not be avail­able, I’d upgrade to the 5s mod­el start­ing at $199 because I like the medal phones more than plas­tic. Also, if the new fin­ger­print scan­ner real­ly works well, it will be a major time saver for peo­ple who use their phone often, like me. I have to type in my pass­word man­u­al­ly count­less times each week for dif­fer­ent pur­pos­es. So to just use my fin­ger­print would save me a few sec­onds, which over the course of a year…might even be a full hour or two of less typ­ing! I’m ready for that! I also like the new cam­era fea­tures. The iPhone 5 had a pur­ple glare prob­lem in bright lit areas. It was very frus­trat­ing. I’m hope­ful that has been fixed with the 5c and 5s mod­els. The 5c just did­n’t inter­est me per­son­al­ly. I’d almost rather get an Android. ALMOST! I won’t. But for every­one else who wants the Apple expe­ri­ence and wants to save $100, the iPhone 5c will be a beau­ti­ful and great choice for a busi­ness phone. There are so many sta­ble Apps that can help keep you more pro­duc­tive and orga­nized. Let me know what you decide to pur­chase and why. Oh, and I’ve been using iOS 7 for a cou­ple of months, the lat­est oper­at­ing sys­tem that will be released on the 20^th of Sep­tem­ber, and it is well worth the upgrade. You’ll love it. MOBILE DEVICE WARN­ING: This blog was typed with my thumbs. Please excuse any tepos!