Terri, You keep referring to your iPhone as a 5SE which does not exist. I think I still don't know what phone you actually have, is it an iPhone 5S or an iPhone SE? If you in fact have an iPhone SE then you basically have a smaller iPhone 6S without the 3D touch capability and with a first generation Touch Id sensor, the SE has the same A9 processor as the 6S, in fact it was released half a year after the iPhone 6S was released, but since it is meant to be a price point phone, Apple didn't give it the screen which allows for 3D touch and it didn't give it the newer, second generation Touch Id home button. >From what you said before you don't even have a passcode on your phone hence >you don't use Touch Id and therefore it makes no difference whether you have a >first or second generation home button. The iPhone 6S and SE came with iOS 9 preinstalled and both will support at least another 2 years worth of iOS updates. You have iOS 11 this year, you will get iOS 12 next year and iOS 13 in 2019. That means between now and when iOS 14 comes out in 2020 (the end of the iOS 13 cycle) it is another 3 years, you can get plenty of use from your iPhone SE.
If your iPhone is in fact a 5S which was released in 2013 with iOS 7 preinstalled (it had the first 64 bit processor), then iOS 11 this year may be it's last update, but who knows, it could still support iOS 12 next year, we won't know until at least next June whether that is the case. Regardless whether you have a 5S or an SE, I would usually advise strongly against buying a 6S now because you are buying a phone which is already two years old, much better to look for an iPhone 7 or simply wait until next year, if you have an SE then you can definitely wait at least one or maybe even two years. You often point out you can't spend that much and are on a fixed income, so stop buying Android phones, iPads, again an iPhone now maybe another iPhone... that is a total waste of money. If you have an iPhone SE it will do anything you want and in a year or two every single iPhone will have an OLED screen, in two years you can get an iPhone 8 with OLED screen and wireless charging for the same price as you could buy a 6S now and unless you have the money to spend there is just no reason whatsoever to upgrade every year or even two. I bought a 6S Plus two years ago and I am keeping it for a third year because the phone works great and while wireless charging is sort of cool and the A11 Bionic chip is also cool and most likely very fast it just is not worth it for me. As these phones get more and more mature technology just does not jump ahead that much. If I really wanted the coolest I'd buy an iPhone X, but I don't have $1,500 this year because of lots of other expenses and I know in a year I can get the same tech for a few hundred Dollars cheaper. If you want to really know what phone you have, do this: 1. Go to Settings > General > About 2. Swipe until you hear "Model" followed by a number most likely it starts with a "N". 3. Double tap on that and it will change to the so-called "A number", it is the letter "A" followed by 4 numbers. If you have a 5S (released in the fall of 2013), it will have one of the following model numbers: A1453, A1457, A1518, A1528, A1530, A1533. Really all you need to check if the first part is A14 or A15 The iPhone 5S came in 16, 32 and 64 Gb It came in colours Space gray, silver and gold If you have an iPhone SE (released in the spring of 2016) , it will have one of the following model numbers: A1662, A1723, A1724 Again, just look at the first part, either A16 or A17. The iPhone SE came in 16, 32, 64 and 128 Gb versions It came in colours Space gray, silver, gold and rose gold If your model starts with A14 or A15 you have a 5S, if your model starts with A16 or A17 it is an iPhone SE. The model or "A number" is also on the back cover of each phone so if you can't find it in Settings > General > About just ask a sighted friend to tell you what it says on the back of the phone. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2017 8:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: iPhone 6S Hello everyone, About how much does a 6S cost? And by this coming September, will my 5SE basically be no good anymore? I am asking this, because I discovered today that my Boxwave Buddy keyboard doesn't seem to be able to charge anymore. I am not sure why, or what could have happened. But I have tried 3 different times to charge it, today. So if I purchase an 6S, I want it unlocked. Is this where they started to increase the memory? Or did that start with 7? I know the more memory I want, the more the phone is likely to cost. Any thoughts and suggestions will be appreciated. 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