Is it still worth getting an iPhone 4s? - 1

I'm 14 and i can't afford a newer phone
i know its only like 2 years old but technology updates fast
i really need a new phone and want an iPhone

The iPhone 4s is still good, it will do that job.well. But they brought out the iPhone 5c I think as a cheaper alternative, so if you have the money for a 4s, you probably have enough for a 5c. Unless of course you are getting a deal, or second hand.

Surely, with it's low price and high cost-effective

IPhone 4S is still an advanced device in all its range. Changing phone every time when a new version reaches the market is not a good idea. The plus point with iPhone device is that it surely gets update whenever pushed by Apple. So if an iPhone 4S is available at cheap price, there's no problem in buying it.

Is it worth what? How much are you being asked to pay for the phone. Some of those phones are free or close to it with a special deal. Because of its age it's possible that that phone won't support newer versions of iOS or all of the features of that newer version. If it's cheap or free then why not? Even if the 4s can't support a new iOS it should still work well when that happens and that will not be for another year.

If that's the case, yea it is a good enough phone. Will get updates through iOS 7.

It is a decent phone. I was getting by on the iPhone 4 until I upgraded to an iPhone 5s. It was a nice upgrade. Had I had an iPhone 4s, I might have waited as the 4s is still pretty relevant. My iPhone 4 didn't even have Siri but the 4s does.