iPhone 5: Is it worth it?

Hey Fellas,

  The new iPhone is coming out this week.  The question every rational non-apple humping person in society is asking: Is the new phone worth it?

  The only reason you need the new phone is if your contract is up in my opinion.  Needing the phone because its the new shiny thing means your an Apple Zealot Addict.  Like most I have and love my iPhone 4s.  I just got it and there is no way I'm going to be waiting in line at midnight to get one.  Halo 4 or COD: Black Ops 2 more likely to get me staying up pass my bed time.

  Lets look at the difference:new things offered

1. 18% thinner and 22% lighter.  .666in thinner Meaning the width went from .37in to .30in.  The weight went from 4.9oz to 3.8ozs.  Sorry not a deal breaker. 

2. More speakers with a speaker in a different location: Sorry not a deal breaker.

3. Access to 4g Lte networks.  Worth it only if you A) live in a city offering the service and B) have a service that can support it.  The reality of the 4g wireless is there is not enough of a sound structure for you to worry about it right now.  Sorry not a deal breaker.

4. A6 chip.  The whole reason for the new processing chip is to handle the 4g LTE network.  I'm pretty sure you won't see the difference between the A5 and A6 chips.  Sorry not a deal breaker.

5. New headphones.  I can buy those separate if my current headphones aren't awesome enough.  Sorry not a deal breaker.

6. New charging/synching plug:  Assholes.  If you buy this phone you are now having to upgrade or buy an adapter for $30 a pop.  You know my entire house is set up using the current 13 prong jack.  And apple TV is not worth the hundred bucks per to replace what I have.  Do you know how much money that is.  Shit I'm finally going to be able to afford the old 13 prong connector stuff because it's all going on sale.  Apple just made 11 years of equipment obsolete.  Score for the 4s guy.   

7. Retina Display.  Have the new ipad, can't tell the difference.   Sorry not a deal breaker.

8. Panorama Camera option, New Siri, Maps, icloud, Air Play, and Printing are all O6 software upgrade.  Getting that for free who cares the new phone has it.

9. Slightly Longer.  Happy with the current size. Concerns of having the phone in my pocket now.

10. New stronger battery.  If you look at the 4s battery life vs the 5 you get the same results.  The only reason the battery is stronger is to support the 4g Lte network that you won't be using regularly because most of the cell companies don't have the infrastructure to support the 4g Lte data download.  And unless you have sprint you are going to pay a premium for data anyway.  Sorry not a deal breaker. 

  So the new iPhone comes down to the basic question.  1) Are you ready to replace all your iPod stuff for the new connection cord and 2) if your contract is up.  Because I can bet if you buy it straight up you are going to pay near a grand for the basic model.  Personally if your only upgrading because its time to replace your phone.  Going with the 4s is cheaper and I believe a happier way to go.  For the rule of thumb with any new technology and gadget: NEVER BUY THE FIRST ONE.

  Haven't we learned our lessons of Tech history.  The first generation is always going to have issues.  The new iPhone is all new tech and design.  This is a new phone for apple and we have learned apple does 2 things very well: 1) selling you their prototypes 2) being very selective in how they handle their software.

  The iPhone 5 is going to have issues: what those issues are is the questions all the Apple Zealot Addicts are going to solve for me when in a year or two the 5s comes out with all the hardware fixes, just in time when I'm ready to upgrade my contract.

  This guy's opinion is pass on the new phone go for the 4s if your ready for a new phone.  All the cool stuff being offered is on the 4s and won't break your accounts upgrading all the ipod connections you have collected over the pass decade.

  Rudest Dad