Apple iPhone 5 vs. 4S: What’s the better buy?

This very question has been a debate going on within my own household.  My wife who has had a iPhone 3S for years needs to upgrade.  Her phone randomly losses power often and just goes dark.  So the question is,  do you pay the extra money and go right for the iPhone 5 or do you cut your costs in nearly half by upgrading to the iPhone 4S?

This WSJ article helps consumers sort out the differences between the two phones and what may work best for you.

• Apple’s forthcoming operating system, iOS 6, will also be available to 4S owners as a free upgrade—and should help them keep up with many of the new features, including the updated iTunes, the new Passbook service for storing loyalty card sand ticket bar codes, the enhanced Safari browser and the smarter Siri.
• The 5 boasts more processing power, supports speedier 4G LTE data networks, has longer battery life and comes with a better camera that shoots 1080p video with the rear-facing camera and 720p video on the front-facing camera. With competitors rolling out bigger phones, the larger screen alone—4 inches instead of the 3.5 inches on older models