Iphone 4S?

[ShamrockRig]

Hey there, Ive been offered an Iphone 4s from my brother, is pretty much brand new, £150
Will this be good enough to do daily tasks, the occasion little game and overall reliable? cheers

 

[ThrashZone]

150 is a little much how much memory does it have ?
If it's a 16 or 32 gig it's a pretty good deal I suppose,
Although I have a iphone4 and a 8 gig which was a freebie with a contract I don't play any games so I wouldn't know that part of your inquiry,
Task's well I suppose that depends on what the tasks are but every since ios 7.0-7.1 and 7.2 reliability has fallen off a bit,
7.2 has made things a bit better but I sure wish I had stuck with ios 6 or even 5,
Live and learn ?

 

[ShamrockRig]

Its a 16gb, its dual core aswell which is decent, they go for around £220-£300 on ebay, by games i just mean the usual angry birds(star wars version obvcourse) and some fifa and infinity blade, is there a wide range of features? i had an xperia play until a few months ago, it got broken, android was really good for variety but was really unstable and easily manipulated, ios seems really secure!

 

[ThrashZone]

Which ios version ?
Still sounds like a good deal,
But don't get me lying about the Games deal I have no Idea,
Scroll through the Apple apps store ?
Cheers.

 

[ShamrockRig]

ios6 i think, i dont like the look of ios 7 so il leave it til it gets a bit more stability before upgrading

 

[ThrashZone]

Verify the ios I wish I had stuck with 6
iphones do have a reset but I'm not sure if it removes the current version of the ios ?

 

[ShamrockRig]

Yeah its running IOS6 atm mate, never had an apple product before apart from the ipod nano(the small square one) but you cant compare that to any other apple products.

 

[ThrashZone]

Good I'd say your getting a pretty good deal then,
Wish I had a time machine before I jumped to ios 7,
Cheers.

 

[ShamrockRig]

Can you not roll back to IO6?

 

[ThrashZone]

I don't now ?
There is a reset option but have no idea what it would do,
I asked apple and they said no you can't remove the current ios installed,
So I was saving the reset until I get a new device,
Cheers.

 

[A Guy]

You can't roll back. Once the new version is released, Apple removes the key on the older version. iTunes will throw an error. Pissed a lot of people off. A Guy

 

[ThrashZone]

I wouldn't care about iTunes throwing an error,
Never access iTunes via phone anyway,
But pretty much figured the ios part out thanks for confirming

 

[ShamrockRig]

Could always download an older version externally and manually install it yourself, whether itunes worked or not, it wouldnt bother me in the slightest

 

[ThrashZone]

That would depend on if you want any apps from the apple app store,
Cheers.

 

[robinb9]

I have the 4 s 16 gig and it upgraded fine to ios7 even though i do not like some things like calendar in 7. Make sure you plug it in before doing the upgrade
But what is 150 equivalent in american dollars? Because you can get the iphone 5 c here for $99

 

[ShamrockRig]

$245, sorry, but i doubt you can get a £450-£550 iphone for 60quid, where did you find this $99 iphone 5c?

 

[robinb9]

If you get a contract with it with one of the carriers like Verizon or att, the phone is $ 99. The 4 s is free with a plan

 

[A Guy]

I wouldn't care about iTunes throwing an error,
Never access iTunes via phone anyway,
But pretty much figured the ios part out thanks for confirming

iTunes is used to do the updates, that is what I meant by iTunes throwing an error. It won't let you install an older version. A Guy

 

[ShamrockRig]

Yeah i wouldnt be paying a contract buddy, il be paying £150 for the phone and then £10 a month top up on PAYG lol, $99 for the 5C but probably $70 (£35-£40) a month on top of that

 

[robinb9]

you need to move to the usa