One Apple ID, two phones, diff amts of storage (only ONE user)

Sorry for getting shout-y, but all the 2 device/1 account questions I'm reading involve how to manage/share/hide between two users and that isn't my issue.
I have an iPhone 4. I recently got an iPhone 5. The 4 has 32g of space, the 5 only 16. I'm an app junkie. I don't use iCloud (and would prefer not to if possible), don't use photostream (at the moment). I always sync by cable, directly to my computer.
I couldn't pass up the 5 since I got it for a great price, but the lack of storage is an issue for me until I get my storage/charging case in a few months. My plan is to use the 5 as my "phone" and keep on it the apps I use most often. The 4 will have everything I use, including the memory-hoarding games and podcasts and music. Plus as I come across more apps/games I can dl them to the 4, try them out, and then if I decide to keep them, load them onto the 5. My IP/SIM is going to be transferred to the 5, the 4 will be wifi-only.
I just synced the 4 and updated/backed it up. I am currently syncing the 5 to the same Apple ID on the same computer/iTunes account. I have already gotten the warning that there is not enough room to install all the apps, which I expected. My 4 is 1 G short of being full.
These are my questions:
- will I be able to get my iMessages on both? (I assume yes to the 4, when in wifi)
- if I was to turn on photostream, is there some way to be able to have pics/videos I take easily transferred between the two phones? Since one has more storage, if I could send stuff to the 4 until I get a chance to sync/backup, then delete it from the 5 to save space, that would be cool. (Also handy if I need a pic on the other unit which isn't with me).
- what happens when I sync? Besides the two phones having different content, one has half the memory of the other. I'm worried that each time I sync it will overwrite with the other phone's content, etc.
For that last one- I have debated transferring my Apple ID to the 5, and once everything is set up properly, creating a new Apple ID for the 4, and then putting all my **** on there. That way I can sync each one without cross-contaminating each backup. But I really like the idea of being able to go into the app store and just pulling in whichever apps I already bought on whichever phone without having to log in/out.
Which is the better way to do this?

Also, I'd prefer to keep the same ID on both so I will keep access to my calendar/contacts/etc on both devices. Would I be able to share reminders and voice memos and the like as well? And how often would they update each other? If I edit a contact on the 5, and the 4 is in wifi, assuming they're both on my same ID, will the contact update on the 4?

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Before 6 months I bought new Iphone 4s,but it was used one day from person who sell it to me, so it already has Apple id.
I deleted user and created my user which was synced with iCloud and worked without any problem.
Before 10 I bought Iphone 5, also created my Apple ID on it and sync with my PC/ iCloud.
Yesterday I want to sell my first Iphone 4 and I did reset ( Erase all content and setting), but it did not want to wake up, so i started it with DFU mode using I tunes, and I did restore and update.
Now I am facing to bit problem, on the begging steps it says something like "this apple id cannot be used to unlock this iphone".
If I go to iCloud I can see only one device and currently its new iPhone 5, but both devices called with same name, so I am not sure is this problem.
So I have two doubts:
- I am not sure does SIM card can make this problem(on initiation phase you have to put sim in Iphone), because main is much smaller now so I using my wife SIM to finis registration Iphone 4 (iPhone 5 using smaller than iPhone4)?
- another thing It says you have to "use original apple id..", like I sad on the beginning when i bought Iphone4 it already has apple id on it, which I was deleted and configure main (afterwards this device was visible on my iCloud). So do I need to put first creaded apple id, does iPhone remembering first created or last used. If yes I have big problem because I dont have contact of user who sell it to me.
I want to add one thing, Iphone is not stolen I have warranty documentations and all profs that is not stolen.
PLEASE HELP, in my country we have awful support !

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Unfortunately, if Apple simply allowed people to log into different accounts and download content, everyone would be using everyone could share everyone else's content and bypass the need to purchase anything. To protect against this, they limit you to logging into a new account to once every 90 days.
If two or more of you, have different accounts and use only one computer, you should each have your own user account on the computer, to avoid the need to log in and out of iTunes.

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These are user-to-user forums - I've asked the hosts to remove your email address from your post.
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I was the "original" purchaser and user of iTunes music. Had music on my desktop (then laptop) and iPhone and Nano and iPad Mini, etc. Many years ago I also got my husband an iPod. We just used my Apple ID and manually added music to his iPod since he and I have mostly different tastes in music. It wasn't really much of an issue back then. But since then he now has a Mac Mini and a new iPod Touch. His Mac Mini has it's own library of music which is obviously different than the library on my MB Air. We have "my music" and "his music" most all of which has been purchased from iTunes under the one Apple ID. I keep all of our mobile devices set to sync manually so there's no unintentional "cross mixing" of our music. Obviously in hind sight I should have setup his own Apple ID for all of his music back then, but that's a bridge already crossed.
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Ideal Plan: Set him up with his own Apple ID but he still has complete access to all of the current music that he wants including getting the protected music to be purchased music so that it works. In the future all of his purchases are done under his Apple ID.
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a. setup iTunes Match on his desktop to fix the protected music problem, then
b. copy everything to his iPod, then
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d. setup iTunes Match on my desktop and iPhone - will I see all of his music too which I don't want to do??
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Marcy,
Match looks for stuff to upgrade in your purchase history, not on your machine. In fact, to make the upgrade work, the first thing you have to do is delete the DRM version!
Here are the steps for using Match to upgrade (the reference doc is iTunes Store: iTunes Plus Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Apple Support ):
Can I upgrade my previously purchased music to iTunes Plus?
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You need to delete the original DRM song from your library first. Doing this enables you to download the song again in the iTunes Plus format from iTunes in the Cloud.
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Click Music.
Locate the artist of the song you want to upgrade.
Click the iCloud Download icon next to the song you want to upgrade.

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Hello Jimbegood,
You can remove iCloud from one device without affecting the other device. Follow these steps to log out of iCloud on the iPhone you would like to remove the iCloud account from:
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