I intend to upgrade to the Iphone 4S, but just waiting to see if the 5 will come out next year, then will directly buy that. I have 2 qs regarding updating software to ios 5 on my existing iphone 4.
1) Will it be a free software upgrade or paid?
2) The 4s processor is ideally geared to handle the new functionalities of ios 5, I know; it is expected that 3gs and i4 will not be fast enough to do it full justice. But how keenly will this be true? Will a lot of features, like lockscreen camera, updates, imessage etc be slow and sluggish on the i4? Or does it make sense to upgrade to 5?
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In which ways will ioS 5 be slow on the Iphone 4?
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iOS 5 will be free. Apple has never charged for iOS upgrades on iPhones.
It is hard to say how fast or slow iOS 5 will be on the iPhone 4 since it isn't out yet. The iPhone 4 still has a pretty impressing processor (A4) and should be able to handle things well. But that is only a guess. Plus, "fast enough" is kinda subjective -- what is fast to one person isn't to another.
The only feature of iOS 5 what I have heard that will be 4S only is Siri. I can't see why iMessage would be slow -- that doesn't require much processor power. Updates will rely on wifi speed, not processor speed.
I can't see any reason why you wouldn't want to update an iPhone 4 to iOS 5. Even if new features are slower on the iPhone 4 than the iPhone 4S, isn't it better to have them than not to have them?
Your wrong bout one thing. The 3.0 upgrade costed me 9.99
Not on the iPhone. You are thinking about the iPod touch. Apple charged for some upgrades early on with the iPod touch.