You own the 5 and you look at the 5S and think is it worth the upgrade.
Possibly not but then I don’t think Apple is looking for you to upgrade every 12 months. Most contracts are 24 months and that’s when they will be looking for you to upgrade your current iPhone.

But is the 5S worth the money. If photography matters then it should. Touch ID is very convenient. Technology made easy and useful. The new processor A7 and M7 coprocessor is genius. The iPhone camera is about a quality shot and snapped without much skill.

The 5S is no exception. The pixel size on the 5S has been increased from 1.4 microns to 1.5 microns, a new 5 element lens, f2.2 versus previous f2.4. Apple also designs its own image signal processor. So its gets the most out of its software and hardware. So the larger pixels and lower f stop will help with lower light photos.

The new chip still does white balance and auto exposure, but now does dynamic tone mapping which is state of the art stuff. In addition, autofocus matrix metering with 15 focus areas is common on decent DSLR cameras but not phones!

The 5S is able to take several shots and automatically select the best one based on a number of factors without you realising. True Tone flash is genius again offering a more natural flash with 1,000 shades. It is not the answer to all prayers but it should produce more natural shots.

The 5S can take 100s of photos in burst mode and still process the images behind the scenes, checking for exposure, sharpness, faces, smiles and blinking.

120fps on slow motion video. That’s impressive alone but you can edit the footage on the fly too. The A7 chip also allows panoramic photos at 30fps which is 50% faster than the 5. Also during the capture of the panoramic shot, exposure gets adjusted. Plus these photos can be 30mb in size. As a comparison both the Samsung S4 Zoom and Xperia Z1 managed 5-600kb in file sizes.

Apart from the camera, the A7 processor will allow for other amazing processes to function even faster like games and third party accessories.

Personally, I just wish the screen was 4.5 inches in the same size frame. That would make it so perfect.

What do you think?