Live Photo on 5S (enabled?)

Kyndal323 wrote:

Wait so the iPhone 5s doesn’t have Live Photo’s?

That is correct. The iPhone 5S doesn't have Live Photo. Live Photos require an iPhone 6S or later.

Take and edit Live Photos - Apple Support

Actually I think this is a lie. My friend has the iPhone 5s and yeah I'm sure it's not the SE Because we checked it out a million times to verify. So tell me, how do I get Live Photos? Do I have to update?

Pratick96 wrote:

Actually I think this is a lie. My friend has the iPhone 5s and yeah I'm sure it's not the SE Because we checked it out a million times to verify. So tell me, how do I get Live Photos? Do I have to update?

It's not a lie. Yes, you need to update your equipment to hardware that supports the feature. You need an iPhone 6S or later.

If you think it's a lie, and if you're sure that you're friend has Live Photo enabled on his 5S, why don't you ask directly your friend how to configure your 5S?

I saw something about this argument some months ago, but I think (I'm not sure) it was related to jailbroken devices.

Regards

Giulio

My Fiance also has the iPhone SE which looks just like his 5S and he has live photos. Kind of cruddy that he paid about $150 recently on Boost Mobile and I have the much more expensive 6 and have no live photos.

janay23 wrote:

My Fiance also has the iphone 5s and he has live photos. Kind of cruddy that he paid about $150 recently on Boost Mobile and I have the 6, which was brand new when I got it, and have no live photos.

I believe you are, in some way, mistaken. The iPhone 5S doesn't support LivePhotos. It isn't even sold by Apple any more. I suspect he has an SE, which looks very much like the 5S.

It's a fun gimmick but really, that's about all. The feature that I found most valuable when I updated to the 7+ was 3D touch. There are lots of options in iOS that you can only access with 3D touch so, my iPhone 6 couldn't take advantage.

If you've had the iPhone 6 since it was released, you may want to start considering a new phone. I'd wait until after next week, of course.

It’s important to note here, that Live Photo’s CAN be viewed on a 5S (my wife has that phone), though I have not found a way to actually *capture* them using a 5S. She can view Live Photo’s I’ve taken using using my 7 Plus, and they playback perfectly.

To say they don’t “support” Live Photo’s on 5S is incorrect. My wife has a 5S and she can view and playback Live Photo’s that were taken by my 7+. The difference being that she can not *create* Live Photo’s with her phone because there is no option to do so. She can certainly view them, however, which by definition means the 5S does “support” Live Photo’s.

Danlo8 wrote:

To say they don’t “support” Live Photo’s on 5S is incorrect. My wife has a 5S and she can view and playback Live Photo’s that were taken by my 7+. The difference being that she can not *create* Live Photo’s with her phone because there is no option to do so. She can certainly view them, however, which by definition means the 5S does “support” Live Photo’s.

Ok, if you're going to split hairs, the iPhone 5s doesn't support the taking of Live Photos. Is that better?

Wait so the iPhone 5s doesn’t have Live Photo’s?

Are you sure she doesn't have an iPhone SE? It's the same size an iPhone 5S and looks very much the same.

They look a lot the same. Glad it helped.

Guess you don't have to worry about that.