The 4S will support iOS8, coming this fall, but very probably not iOS9. So, you'll get just one upgrade out of it, none by the time you actually get ahold of one next year. Apple may surprise us, but they dropped the iPhone4 this year for iOS8, so it would be logical to assume they will drop the 4S soon.
In the United States, the standard pricing is this: the newest iPhone starts at $200 on contract, the previous year's model at $100, and the model from two years ago is free. Next year, then, the iPhone6 will be $200, the 5S $100, and the 5C free, in all likelihood. However, especially as the next iPhone launch draws near, sales start. For example, there was a weekend back in May when a national chain of electronics stores essentially let you trade in a 4 or 4S and get a 5S for free, and deals like that come along with some frequency at certain times of the year. If possible, and since you can't upgrade until April anyway, wait and see what the new pricing will be, then wait for a good sale. If it were me, I'd shoot for a 5S or 6 if I could, as those will last you the longest and will run the best. My 5 is fine, and if it weren't for a battery problem I'd be happy to keep it for another year or so, but if you are upgrading anyway, get the newest you can afford. Disk space is a concern, but it depends on what you do with it. I have a couple Bard books, but mostly use text from Kindle or Bookshare, and I don't really listen to music, so I can easily get away with a 16GB iPhone and never have storage problems. Your use case will be different, though, so you'll have to figure out which size is worth the extra cost. All the prices I gave were for 16GB iPhones, except for the iPhone4 which, I believe, starts at 8GB. On Jul 15, 2014, at 9:35 PM, Alan Paganelli <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Here's my view on this issue. Don't buy a phone until you have saved up the > money first even if it takes you longer. Why? Because your only going to > get one shot at it and that new phone or iPad isn't going to be cheap so save > up until you can aford the biggest hard drive because it's better to have it > and not need it then to need it and not have it. Far to many people buy the > cheapest and not even the newest because their money is burning a hole in > their pocket. For example, I had an iPhone 4. The 4s came after I bought > mine, and then came the iPhone 5. When I got a new iPhone it was the iPhone > 5s. I had the money to buy the largest size hard drive and to get it with > both celular data and WI-FI. To my way of thinking, it's a smarter way to > get what you really want which is the way coolest iPhone they hhave at the > time you have enough saved up. In my case it was the 5s. There is always a > new model coming out in the not to distant future but setteling for less > because your money is burning a hole in your pocket isn't the best way to go. > > Alan > > Sent from my iPad Air > >> On Jul 15, 2014, at 6:23 PM, Gerardo Corripio <gera1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> HI guys >> I'm several months until my IPhone 3GS plan expires, but I'm wanting to get >> a head start on options; I went to the Iusacel carrier today, taking the >> advantage that my Mom had to go to clarify some questions on her new phone, >> and asked out of curiosity what the deals were. Again it's several months >> until April, but I want to get a headstart, thus I found out that the 4s is >> cheap according to my budget, but am a bit concerned, thus come to you more >> experts than I, if I go with the 4S, how many years of updates will I have, >> thus would I get all the use out of the Iphone? How about the 5? 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