What is the difference between a iPhone 4S and a iPhone 5s?
I have made a deal with my dad that if I find a good difference between a iPhone 4S and 5s that he will buy me a iPhone 5s
Basically nothing.
Please note that the iPhone 5 has been discontinued. The iPhone 4 still is available new in China, India, and Brazil, and Apple continues to sell a new 8 GB configuration of the iPhone 4S in the United States and other markets, as well.
*For those interested in the smallest of details, Apple formally changed the name of the iPhone 4S to 4s (lower case "s") on September 10, 2013. As this EveryiPhone.com Q&A first was published prior to this change, it will continue to refer to this model as the iPhone 4S for simplicity.
External Differences
The iPhone 5 configurations have a 4" (diagonal) widescreen multi-touch IPS LED-backlit 1136x640 native resolution (326 ppi) "Retina" display, which has "integrated touch technology" so the pixels themselves act as a touch-sensitive digitizer. The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S models likewise have a multi-touch IPS LED-backlit "Retina" display, and it likewise is 326 ppi, but the display is only 3.5" 960x640, so it's shorter but the same width. The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S have a separate touch sensitive digitizer, which is one reason they are thicker.
Size-wise, the iPhone 5 configurations are only 0.30 of an inch (7.6 mm) thick and weigh 3.95 ounces (112 g), which Apple proudly proclaims is "18% thinner and 20% lighter" than the iPhone 4S. In person, the iPhone 5 is so light it almost feels hollow or fake, but you get used to it in time. By comparison, the iPhone 4S is 0.37 of an inch thick and is a comparatively hefty 4.9 ounces (140 g). The iPhone 4 models are the same dimensions as the iPhone 4S but weigh slightly less -- 4.8 ounces (137 g).
The iPhone 5 has a largely aluminum housing with "diamond cut" chamfered aluminum around the sides and a mostly aluminum back offered in either a matte black finish or a matte silver finish and corresponding glossy black or white glass fronts. By contrast, the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S models use the same general stainless steel body design and likewise have a thin metal "band" that wraps around the sides of each phone. However, both the front and back are black or white glass, which adds considerably to relative thickness and weight.
The iPhone 4S came out in 2011. Its 2014 now. So the first difference is in the hardware. This year the iPhone 4S will no longer be supported by apple because its old. The iPhone 4s is ridiculously slow and doesn't support the latest operating system of Apple. Now why is it important to have the latest operating system? Its future proof. Phones with old operating systems don't support the latest apps and users can go through a lot of issues because of this. Now say you have the 4S and under certain circumstances your phone doesn't work, Apple won't be supporting the 4S. So what happens next? You will have to pay more to get it fixed. If you're looking for a phone that is future proof and will last for a longer time, tell your dad to get you the 5s. If he is ready to pay the same or rather more for the damages and other things that will happen to the 4s once its no longer supported by Apple, he should get you the 4s and then regret it. Hope this helps!
5S hardware is alot better in every category.
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