12-11-2011, 01:39 AM
RAM is even cheaper if you look around...
however, if your $70 iphone also meant a $99 contract that you didn't already have, then it's not just $70,
it's $2400 (for a 2 year contract).
Here's RAM for 25% less.... http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-CT2KIT5126...001MX5YWI/
and even a few bucks less than that.... http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-204-pin-SO...003DZJQQI/ (DDR3 - PC10600 instead of 8500)
And Crucial / Amazon is as much a penny saver and headache free on potential returns as anyone, not just exchanges or store credit.
If you're going to have the phone regardless (at the plan rate) I don't see how you can go wrong by getting the phone, selling the GS, and making that nearly free or free. Tax on $200 -- what's that? $10?
Then save a few dollars more and get the RAM since the above is 25% less than the $50 you thought you'd spend.
The second CPU and capabilities for an iPhone 5 can't be that far apart - and potentially might be more along the lines of extended capabilities that you already wouldn't use ANYWAY (such as if they unlock the CMOS sensor to do full 1080 at 120Hz or whatever the capability of that sensor really is, vs. what they have permitted thus far, for power/battery/RAM savings, etc.).
With twin ARMs in the iPhone 4S, I find it highly unlikely you'll see more computing power in an iPhone 5, since the damned thing is already close to an iPad 2 right now!
I'd get the phone as you noted, because you'll probably, at that cost, be able to turn around the iPhone 4S (if that's an option) for just as good a gain/swap if the iPhone 5 is a "must have" and in the meantime, get the RAM as soon as an extra $35 permits.
You're talking about cash that is so close to zero (no morning stops for coffee on the way to work, and bringing a lunch for two weeks) that you've broken even right there. I find that if I just don't go out on a night like tonight, that I've saved $30+ right there, and so tonight it went into groceries that between freezing and current meals, will be on the table for over a week, instead of 2 hours of Bud Light with a pal while watching a game or Jug Gazing.
I'd be willing to bet with just a little planning (and very little at that) you'd be able to do both, and shop just a little harder for a slightly better deal on a few xmas gifts you've bought - and go get the credit/refund to put toward your tech quest.
btw... I'd never part with my stock RAM on such a new computer.
however, if your $70 iphone also meant a $99 contract that you didn't already have, then it's not just $70,
it's $2400 (for a 2 year contract).
Here's RAM for 25% less.... http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-CT2KIT5126...001MX5YWI/
and even a few bucks less than that.... http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-204-pin-SO...003DZJQQI/ (DDR3 - PC10600 instead of 8500)
And Crucial / Amazon is as much a penny saver and headache free on potential returns as anyone, not just exchanges or store credit.
If you're going to have the phone regardless (at the plan rate) I don't see how you can go wrong by getting the phone, selling the GS, and making that nearly free or free. Tax on $200 -- what's that? $10?
Then save a few dollars more and get the RAM since the above is 25% less than the $50 you thought you'd spend.
The second CPU and capabilities for an iPhone 5 can't be that far apart - and potentially might be more along the lines of extended capabilities that you already wouldn't use ANYWAY (such as if they unlock the CMOS sensor to do full 1080 at 120Hz or whatever the capability of that sensor really is, vs. what they have permitted thus far, for power/battery/RAM savings, etc.).
With twin ARMs in the iPhone 4S, I find it highly unlikely you'll see more computing power in an iPhone 5, since the damned thing is already close to an iPad 2 right now!
I'd get the phone as you noted, because you'll probably, at that cost, be able to turn around the iPhone 4S (if that's an option) for just as good a gain/swap if the iPhone 5 is a "must have" and in the meantime, get the RAM as soon as an extra $35 permits.
You're talking about cash that is so close to zero (no morning stops for coffee on the way to work, and bringing a lunch for two weeks) that you've broken even right there. I find that if I just don't go out on a night like tonight, that I've saved $30+ right there, and so tonight it went into groceries that between freezing and current meals, will be on the table for over a week, instead of 2 hours of Bud Light with a pal while watching a game or Jug Gazing.
I'd be willing to bet with just a little planning (and very little at that) you'd be able to do both, and shop just a little harder for a slightly better deal on a few xmas gifts you've bought - and go get the credit/refund to put toward your tech quest.
btw... I'd never part with my stock RAM on such a new computer.