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Originally Posted by Schoudhury
Shankar Sir,
I recently moved from a N8 to 4s-16gb and im really happy with the same .
And after updating to ios 6 you will be able to use all the new features, which would be present in I5.
Also if possible i will suggest pickup a iphone on which you get India warranty, as i feel its a expensive device and just in case if any thing goes wrong you will get the required support.Also if you get a phone from outside india i think the difference would be around 5-6k not more than that,so @ that price point i feel a warranty on a device will give you peace of mind .
Also i checked with Apple store @ forum, and as per their information, the prices of 4s is gonna come down after Iphone5 is released here in india but may be not more 4-5 k. Also , only looks like only 16gb might be available @ that point of time and I5 would be around 46-50k for 16gb .
4s 32 is right now being sold @ 50k here in india , so if i would have been in your place , i would have waited till this month end and checked the iphone5 and see how it is and if not then can pick up the 4s anytime .
Also , just a thought , buying a new iphone 5 w/o warranty might not be a good idea as there could be some bugs in it which might need support for those to be fixed .
Moving from N8 to iphone ,only thing that you will miss is the superb
12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash.
4s takes good photos , but nothing like the N8
Cheers. |
Thank you so much for an informative and detailed post. I do appreciate my N8 camera and I have 32 GB worth of space in the phone, mostly occupied by pictures beause the N8 camera is truly excellent.
Your points about iphone4S are duly noted. I shall do a price comparo in my forthcoming trip and decide accordingly. I wont buy a 16GB because I know I will run out of space. I already have run out on my ipod touch 32GB!
I agree that a warranty gives a lot of peace and saving 5 or 6 K by buying abroad is not really that important.
I have also heard from the apple fellows that iPhone 4S will no longer be available in 32GB size once I5 launches here. They will push people to upgrade their phones and those seeking larger memory capacity will simply have to upgrade instead of trying to go for the older model.
The same thing happened in the case of the Mac Air and I was caught napping. I just missed a super deal on the outgoing Mac Air in June this year and had to buy the newer one at a higher price.
Now that I have the Mac Air, ipod touch and ipad, all of whom are working off iOS6 or equivalent in the case of Mac Air, I believe it is the right time to draw n and leverage the apple eco system which is why the iPhone thoughts.
I love the apple touch screen, N8 is really poor in that respect.
I may just hang on to my N8 as a spare phone and for gps purposes alone. Or I will simply do an exchange and take a price off of 6000odd on the new iphone 4S from the retailer, which will effectively save me the same money as buying abroad. Will switch to the iphone once I buy it, for all daily usage.
Lastly, to buy it, I may just go and buy it at SOGO in Koramangala. They are authorized apple resellers and have the backing of Redington, who are an old and established company. Their prices are fair, they offer cash discounts and they have the ability to get the machinery that one wants by ordering it in specially.