Ok, since you are UK, as I am, you might want to check out 3/Three's deal, I'm told it is very good. Check out GiffGaff as a PAIG. Check out the 2nd hand buy/sell lists over here, like Recycle-it and Thebargainstore on yahoogroups.co.uk. also, since we are both in the market, we have found an eBay supplier of Class "A" refurbs for a little over £300, including 1 yr warrantee. They're still £549 off Apple direct.
I'll consult with 'er downstairs, sorry, 'er in bed; about the eBay supplier. Finally, www.preloved.com is a fee-free ad service and found a good few there too, though an entirely different risk aspect to trading blind on a site like that. eBay does at least offer some safeguards. So does paying by PayPal if you use this latter suggestion. £300/350 is about the target price for a basic 5S in good condition. RobH, near Birmingham. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Lamanche" <ioani...@me.com> To: "VIPhone" <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 7:52 AM Subject: Re: iPhone 5S vs. iphone 6 Sieghard, Kelly, Shawn and others, Thank you for your comments. I live in the UK so I don’t think that Apple Pay will be here any time soon. What you have so far said is very balanced, and I’m reading all your comments with great attention. Andrew > On 27 Oct 2014, at 01:59, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Hello Andrew and Shawn, > > Shawn, you made a good point which I forgot. The support for Apple Pay > would be a very compelling reason for me to get a 6 if I was living in the > States. But as you mentioned, Canada won't see Apple Pay for a while > although it would be my guess that Apple Pay will be in Canada before too > long as our financial and credit card systems are similar. I fully expect > that I will upgrade again next year, but with Apple Pay taken out of the > equasion there really isn't enough reason to upgrade from a 5S to a 6. > As far as how much of a compelling reason Apple Pay is for you, Andrew, > that is entirely up to you. I am very intriqued by it and feel it is very > well thought out and implemented based on what I heard about it. It > appears to be an Apple product in the old way when Apple would not release > half-baked stuff as they sometimes have done in the last couple of years. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Shawn Krasniuk > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 6:18 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: iPhone 5S vs. iphone 6 > > Hi Andrew. I agree with Sieghard about getting a 5S. I know with myself > when I got my 5S, I was only getting $60 for my 4S. I wanted a 32 GB 5S > but I settled for 16 because it was only $100 so I only had to pay about > $40 for it plus $15 for the sim card from Telus. > > As for processors, I'm not a power user as well. I don't use Safari > because I have a Mac to surf the internet with. So the A7 chip is good > enough for me. As long as I can use Alex on my phone, that's good enough > for me. Yeah sure, the A8 chip on the 6 and 6 Plus sounds good, but like > Sieghard said, I don't think there would be any improvements to speed. > Also, we in Canada can't use Apple Pay, which is one of the biggest > features of the 6 so there's really no point. I'll worry about upgrading > when iOS can no longer be upgraded on my 5S. > > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > >> On Oct 26, 2014, at 5:40 PM, Andrew Lamanche <ioani...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Based on one’s financial situation, what is your opinion about getting an >> iPhone 5S as opposed to iphone 6? Please give me your honest opinion. >> Yes, I’m looking at the matter from the point of view of someone who will >> have to take a small loan to get a new iPhone. So I’d like to know >> whether I would notice a significant difference in performance between >> iPhone 5S and iPhone 6? Many of you on the list have been using iPhone >> for a variety of tasks in difficult situations. Please let me have your >> experiences. I read that iPhone 5S has a A7 chip which would make it >> possible for me to use Alex. I guess it has more other opportunities, >> advantages, I mean. On the other hand, iPhone 6 offers the A8 chip and >> maybe just maybe a different future possibility? Please let me hear your >> voices experiences. I’m not a particularly powerful iPhone user as yet. >> >> Many thanks >> >> Andrew >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone >> list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you >> have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you >> feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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