Quick iPhone question

[Gustov]

Hey guys,

My iPhone 5 is covered by insurance and they are sending through a new one in 48 hours.

Just thinking, would it make sense to sell it as new and buy the 5s? The 5 will be sealed and as new.

I should be all good with the IMEI number too as I'll set my old number up in the 5S.

Would this make sense? Would only have to pay around an extra £100 for the 5s right?

Thanks in advance,

Gustov

 

[Tummy]

Do it .

Make sure you get the iPhone 5S in silver so we can be cool kids together :cuteface:.

(Not being an arse for a second, I'd totally do what you're thinking if I was in your situation.)

 

[lamboman]

I'm not really sure how much a new iPhone 5 is going for at the moment, but it doesn't seem to be particularly high. I'd say that an extra £100 is highly optimistic - after fees etc, you are looking at nearly £200 more. I'd say realistically, you'll have to put in at least £175 more. But then again, if you were to sell your 5 next year, it'd be worth considerably less.

It's essentially a case of now or later. I'd personally go for later - the 5S is great, however if I had a 5 I wouldn't be upgrading right now; regardless of the actual improvements in the 5S (of which there are far more than meets the eye), the real-world, day-to-day perceivable benefits aren't that big at the moment.

 

[Nexus]

Is your insurance company giving you a cheque/vouchers or are they somehow sourcing a 5 from somewhere?.... given that its now discontinued.

 

[Tummy]

I'm not really sure how much a new iPhone 5 is going for at the moment, but it doesn't seem to be particularly high. I'd say that an extra £100 is highly optimistic - after fees etc, you are looking at nearly £200 more. I'd say realistically, you'll have to put in at least £175 more. But then again, if you were to sell your 5 next year, it'd be worth considerably less.

It's essentially a case of now or later. I'd personally go for later - the 5S is great, however if I had a 5 I wouldn't be upgrading right now; regardless of the actual improvements in the 5S (of which there are far more than meets the eye), the real-world, day-to-day perceivable benefits aren't that big at the moment.

I upgraded from the 5 and I disagree with this. I would recommend the upgrade if you can afford it .

I sold my iPhone 5 (perfect condition) to a friend for £300 for what it's worth.

 

[lamboman]

I upgraded from the 5 and I disagree with this. I would recommend the upgrade if you can afford it .

I sold my iPhone 5 (perfect condition) to a friend for £300 for what it's worth.

What improvements have you seen that warrant a £250 upgrade (assuming SIM free)? In the case of a new 5, if we say they sell at £380 after all fees, that's still a £170 cost.

In terms of real-world benefits, you get a better camera, fingerprint scanner, and little else. The 5S isn't really that much faster right now (I'm saying this having played with a 5 on iOS 7).

My point isn't that the 5S isn't a better phone than the 5 (of course it is). Just that the benefits that it offers now (mainly in terms of performance) simply aren't that tangible. With iOS 8 we will probably notice a difference, but by then the next iPhone will be out. You might as well save the money and put it towards buying a new phone then.

 

[Deleted member 138126]

Given the amount you will lose selling the 5, I reckon you'd be overall better off keeping it for a year, and then selling it just before the iPhone 6 comes out (you have to be the kind of person that is on top of Apple rumours). I owned a 5, and now own a 5S, and there just isn't anything noticeably different, apart from the fingerprint scanner, and to be honest, my life wouldn't end if I couldn't have that one feature. The CPU is vastly more powerful in benchmarks, and yet, in real life you just can't tell the difference. The 5 is still very fast!