IPhone 4s doesn't find personal hotspots from iPad Air 2 or iPhone 6

Hello All,
I have an old iPhone 4s that I use on wifi and as a media player.
I also have an iPhone 6 on ATT and an iPad Air 2 on Tmobile. Both of these devices have hotspot capability and I can connect them to each other in the event one does not have a data connection. Also, both of these work tethered to my macbook pro by wifi or usb.
My problem is that when I pull up the wifi settings menu on my iPhone 4s, the "personal hotspot" section does not pop up. It's as if the iPhone 4s doesn't see the personal hotspots at all. There are times there isn't a wifi signal, and I would like to download a song to my iPhone 4s by using the hotspot on either my iPhone 6 or iPad Air 2.
Anybody have any advice?
Thanks!

You have asked the "Crystal Ball" question here.
The iPhone 6 and Plus are already obsolete from a marketing perspective so to keep waiting is effectively a way to never buy. Sure, there will a new shiny phone in 2015 but not for some time. The real question is whether to go for an iPhone or iPad. If you are developing, then it will be up to your target device that you use the most. I would update your iPad as the 2 has already become long in the tooth and probably will not run iOS 8.1.1 reliably (not that anything does right now). The iPhone 4S is really struggling with iOS 8.1.1 and quite frankly I am surprised that Apple included it in the iOS 8 release platforms. Mine has run like a dog since it upgraded and if I was able, I would have backdated it to iOS 7 in a New York second.
If money was no object, I would update the iPad first and then get the iPhone 6Plus as the more generally used platform for mobility.

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