I Phone 5 or I Phone 5s?

Of course iPhone 5S is better than the iPhone 5. It the latest iPhone available on market.

5S cause:

Battery on the iPhone 5S lasts two more hours than the iPhone 5.

iPhone 5S Processor is twice as fast. It’s as simple as that. The graphics and processor are both twice as good as the iPhone 5C or iPhone 5.

The 5S' camera produces pics and vids with higher quality. The 5S' camera can shoot slo-mo vids - although the specs on apple.com shows a frame rate of 30 fps, the 5S is actually capable of shooting at 120fps when in slo-mo mode.

5S has a fingerprint scanner that allows you to unlock your phone without having to punch in the 4-letter passcode, and to confirm your appstore purchases just by putting your finger on the home button.

The iPhone 5 is discontinued and replaced with the iPhone 5C. The iPhone 5C is Apple's new line of iPhones that are cheaper and it is better than the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5S is the best iPhone. The iPhone 5S starts at $199 with contract and the iPhone 5C starts at $99 with contract. And there is still the iPhone 4S for free with a contract.

"For Christmas I'm thinking of getting rather an i phone 5 or the 5s but I really don't know which one is better."

The one that does what you want and costs no more than you'd like to pay. It's really simple - common sense actually. Wouldn't it be funny if we had to rethink common sense for the owners of smartphones?

"What's the differences"

Here's one thing they can both do.

They can both connect you to the internet, and with that, the website of this company called "Apple" which pretty much created both phones.

http://store.apple.com/us/buy-iphone/iphone5c

http://store.apple.com/us/buy-iphone/iphone5s

"which one do you think is the best"

Like I said above - the one that does what you want. and costs no more than you'd like to pay.

You realize of course that you are under no obligation to get an iPhone or any new phone, right?

The 5S hardware is twice as fast and is 64bit (and it is the only 64bit smartphone on the market today). It also has the aluminum casing and fingerprint access which is what I like. I also like that you dont even press the home button (wont wear it out) as the fingerprint is automatically recognized when you just put it over it. You can get 5C for $99 on contract though so thats lower priced.