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wait for iPhone 5 (2013?) or go with 4S?

I was an iPhone 2G then 3G owner but moved to HTC EVO 4G with Sprint because I live in cities that have 4G LTe (in addition to the iOS4 rendering my iPhone 3G useless and AT&T's really poor coverage). I was hoping the next iPhone would have 4G LTe support espeically now that Sprint are on the iPhone 4S list ... but sadly the 4S doesn't have 4G LTe which seems odd given the Verizon has 4G as does Sprint??

On my HTC EVO 4G the speed difference between 3G and 4G LTe is pretty significant ... when running speed tests, on average 4G LTe provides real world 6.5 Mbps down and 1.3 Mbps up ... run the same speed test in 3G and I'm right around 0.51 Mbps down and 0.49 Mbps up.

So I'm debating whether to wait for the iPhone 5 (which I have to assume must be 4G LTe capable) ... assume 16-18 months away or go with the 4S?

Other than a better camera and voice recognition (Siri), what other cool new features can the 4S do?

The sample pictures from the iPhone 4S appear to be pretty good (assume they haven't been touched up) ... the camera in my HTC EVO 4G is pretty bad, espeically in low light. But voice recognition in my HTC EVO 4G is pretty good and can do everything Siri appears to be able to do, so that's not a big selling point for me ... need something more 🙂

Is iMessage limited to just iPhone, iPad, and iPod? Or will it work with other services like Windows Messenger and other instant chat services?

Will iOS5 for 4S finally support plug-ins like Flash, Silverlight so that all the web sites I use will work correctly on the 4S?

I like the idea of iCloud, but being limited to a 3G connection I would think that might not work so well with large picture files and video files? Or is iCloud restricted to just a wireless connection and disabled when 3G only is available?

Also, will the 4S work as an access point for a MacBook or a iPad that doesn't have 3G?

I know, a lot of question, but I'm wondering if it's time to dump my HTC EVO 4G and return to iPhone or if it's best to wait some more for the iPhone 5.

Thanks, Rob.

Posted on Oct 4, 2011 11:32 PM

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Macri007

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Oct 24, 2011 7:40 PM in response to Biggerbyte

so the i phone 5 will be out in 2013?

vazandrew

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Oct 24, 2011 9:11 PM in response to Macri007

No one here can answer that, there has been no such mention of it.

Rob A. Author

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Oct 25, 2011 11:14 AM in response to Macri007

Estimated Q1 2013, but as pointed out, just a guess based on prior release time frames of iPhone 3S to iPhone 4 and iPhone 4 to iPhone 4S ... cycle is about 16 months.

But any type of high speed data such as 4G LTe on iPhone will probably not happen until 2015.

Apparently Flash is going to be made to work with iOS5 ... but that's about it (no Silverlight 5). If you want to read between the lines, that suggests to me that Apple is positioning itself to buy Adobe ... which has A LOT of implications. Folks have been predicting the Adobe buy for several years, but now a lot of events have come into place to make this "suggestion" a real possibility.

The puzzle pieces are there, just need to assemble them 🙂

Having said that, I do like my iPhone 4S ... face time works very well, Siri I turned off almost immediately as it got more "in the way" than it did trying to solve real world control issues. 3G is actually better on my iPhone 4S than it was on my HTC EVO, but EVO 4G (Sprint) was clearly much faster than my iPhone 4S 3G.

All in all, I'm happy with the iPhone 4S. Be warned, it is fragile.

Rob

wait for iPhone 5 (2013?) or go with 4S?