What is the iPhone 6 about —is it worth the purchase?

If you love your iPhone but wish it was just a little bit thinner to slide into your pocket better or that the screen size was larger to make it a little easier to read, then you’re in luck.

Apple has recently announced that it will be releasing the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus this year. Both are thinner and have larger screens than the previously released iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s.

The iPhone 6 will feature a 4.7 inch screen with 1334 x 720 Retina LCD resolution while the iPhone 6 plus features a 5.5 inch screen with 1920 x 1080 Retina LCD resolution compared to the 4 inch screen with 1136 x 640 IPS resolution that the 5s uses.

Other improvements include making the phone thinner, upgrading the camera and video capabilities, a faster processor, better battery life and the introduction of Apple Pay.

Apple Pay will allow users to use the fingerprint scanning introduced in the iPhone 5s to pay with a credit  card from your phone instead of the physical card.

Last year I upgraded my iPhone 4s to the iPhone 5s, not because of a desire to have the newest device with the best features, but because I broke the phone and could not survive long without it.

I join a large number of people who have become dependent on using smartphones to organize their lives and connect with the world.

Even though the upgraded features were not important to my decision to upgrade, the added features that the 5s provided were great.

My iPhone is never more than a few feet away from me at all times and the amazing convenience of opening my phone with my fingerprint was a tool I have come to love, and the larger screen definitely has made it much easier to perform tasks on the phone.

While all of the upgrades for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are fantastic and make the device even more helpful, the phones start at $199 and just last year users upgraded to the 5c and 5s.

Buying a new phone every year to keep up-to-date with the latest technology adds up quick.

The worst part is that many of the features that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus offer were demanded by Apple users before the iPhone 5 was released.

I still am not convinced that upgrading to the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus is the right move for me.

For one, there is nothing wrong with my iPhone 5s and it functions exactly the way it should. Second, with the way that Apple releases new phones, there will likely be a new iPhone to look forward to by the time my phone does stop working