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Other 2019: The Year of the Skipped Upgrade?
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I’ll probably hang on another year because I don’t think anything exciting is coming this year.
If the camera is significantly improved, and I mean “now blows the competitions’ cameras out of the water”, then maybe. I have doubts on the triple lens (if true) being the answer, so I’d wait a long while for reviews and photos first. That may push me towards 2020 anyway. SN: The native camera app also needs updating, IMO.
Besides, my Max doesn’t give me any problems. It’s a beast of a phone - yes, I said that. No stutters; no lag. It connects quickly. The battery life, the OLED, dual SIM, even FaceID - all great. It’s stiil a gorgeous phone - still love the gold! It’s the upgrade I truly wanted from the 6 Plus. If this XS Max holds up well and no compelling features are released, then I may just hold out for the next significant redesign.
If the camera is significantly improved, and I mean “now blows the competitions’ cameras out of the water”, then maybe. I have doubts on the triple lens (if true) being the answer, so I’d wait a long while for reviews and photos first. That may push me towards 2020 anyway. SN: The native camera app also needs updating, IMO.
Besides, my Max doesn’t give me any problems. It’s a beast of a phone - yes, I said that. No stutters; no lag. It connects quickly. The battery life, the OLED, dual SIM, even FaceID - all great. It’s stiil a gorgeous phone - still love the gold! It’s the upgrade I truly wanted from the 6 Plus. If this XS Max holds up well and no compelling features are released, then I may just hold out for the next significant redesign.
The same applies for Toyota, they were using EnTune forever (And they still do) until they finally started implementing CarPlay into the Toyota Avalon just this last year. And I think with these auto manufacturers don’t realize, is that consumers are smart enough to realize that when they buy a car as expensive as they are today, they want *specific* features, if they don’t include them, they will move onto another manufacture. Some of these manufactures caught on early realizing that the transition should be made sooner than later. I’m a car enthusiast by trade, and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone say when they’re ready to buy a car, the first thing it has to have is Apple CarPlay or android auto.
I'm only a car enthusiast in my dreams of self-driving cars.
When I actually get onto the roads today, the only thing I can think about is how dangerous they are, how crowded they are, and how much I want to get out of the STUPID CAR.
The problem with cars is that HUMANS DRIVE THEM.
5G will be the only real reason to upgrade. All other reasons are just because you have too much money (or think you do). Donate to a charity.
NEVER DONATE TO CHARITY!
More than half of the money will disappear as salaries and taxes...
If you want real charity, just go to an research department at any university campus and pay money to the chair. Money directly goes into research to change the world!
If not, then buy an iPhone
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I’m actually on iUP for the first time, and I don’t know if I’m gonna upgrade. This thing is $60 damn dollars a month, and with the XR being out, I can’t really justify going with the most expensive one anymore.
I think I’m gonna just pay this one off.
I think I’m gonna just pay this one off.
This year? For me it’s been most years. The only feature I like from the new phones vs my 6S is the camera. It seems to be darn good.
”Problem” is that the 6S still runs like a champ for my everyday phone stuff. No real issues and the battery replacement from official apple channels was, as I’m sure nobody here missed, dirt cheap. Darn thing even still looks brand new, not even a scuff or dent. Slight explanation for this is that they failed the battery replacement procedure at the apple store and had to give me a new/furbed one, though my old one barely looked used either.
I kind of want an excuse to upgrade but at the same time would not want them to do any kind of planned obsolescence update either, as that would be morally bankrupt... and also affect my A9-ipad. They simply have to reinvent the iphone next time around and make old phones obsolete that way.
”Problem” is that the 6S still runs like a champ for my everyday phone stuff. No real issues and the battery replacement from official apple channels was, as I’m sure nobody here missed, dirt cheap. Darn thing even still looks brand new, not even a scuff or dent. Slight explanation for this is that they failed the battery replacement procedure at the apple store and had to give me a new/furbed one
, though my old one barely looked used either.I kind of want an excuse to upgrade but at the same time would not want them to do any kind of planned obsolescence update either, as that would be morally bankrupt... and also affect my A9-ipad. They simply have to reinvent the iphone next time around and make old phones obsolete that way.
I was upgrading every two years since the iPhone 4. Basically I had all the "whole numbers", iPhone 4, 5, 6, and 7 Plus.
With every upgrade, I had a good reason to upgrade. 5 got me LTE. 6 got me TouchID. 7 Plus got me a bigger screen, which I realized I wanted after my friend got a 6S Plus.
I was due for an upgrade last year; the XS/XS Max/XR don't really give me enough over my 7 Plus to be worth it. So I skipped my 2018 upgrade.
At this rate I'm probably going to skip 2019 too and upgrade when iPhones get (true) 5G support. Though there's that constant nagging desire to upgrade due to camera improvements, since I take so many photos on my phone.
With every upgrade, I had a good reason to upgrade. 5 got me LTE. 6 got me TouchID. 7 Plus got me a bigger screen, which I realized I wanted after my friend got a 6S Plus.
I was due for an upgrade last year; the XS/XS Max/XR don't really give me enough over my 7 Plus to be worth it. So I skipped my 2018 upgrade.
At this rate I'm probably going to skip 2019 too and upgrade when iPhones get (true) 5G support. Though there's that constant nagging desire to upgrade due to camera improvements, since I take so many photos on my phone.
Lol so now you have taken it upon yourself to suggest what others do with their money? Stop. You list 5G as the only real reason to upgrade while there are people like me who couldn’t care less about 5G. But that doesn’t cause me to judge others for their rationale. If the new Max has a 3 sensor camera capable of taking much better photos, that’s enough reason for me to upgrade. May not be yours, but your reasons mean nothing to me just as mine shouldn’t to you. But to suggest my reasons are because I have too much money? Or think I do? Who are you to judge? I’m blessed with the financial resources to buy the phone I want, when I want, and make a donation to charity on top of it. Many others are in the same situation as me. I suppose this is really more about your unhappiness with tech in general (cost too much, phones are too big, phones are too heavy, and all of your other repetitive complaints...)
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This year will be no different to previous years: the new iPhones will be the best Apple has ever made. If you can afford it, you will buy it. If you can't, you'll be jealous of those who can.
There's no reason not to upgrade once a year. I've never been disappointed doing this, and will continue taking advantage of the latest and greatest iPhones as and when Apple releases them.
There's no reason not to upgrade once a year. I've never been disappointed doing this, and will continue taking advantage of the latest and greatest iPhones as and when Apple releases them.
Uh, not exactly. I can afford to buy one, if I don't it's because there is nothing that interests me in the new phone. And jealous of those who do? LOL, no we aren't all driven by jealousy. For many of us, it's nothing more than the wisest use of our money. Does the expense stand up to a "must have" standard? If it doesn't, we wont buy. Very simple.
So wait... you don't like the notch for some reason...
...but you're sticking with a phone that has a HUGE waste of space at the top and bottom?
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I’m starting to think I might upgrade this year from an iPhone XS Max to an iPhone Xl Max and skip next years 5g upgrade. 5g simply isn’t ready until 2021 and by then apple should have the latest 5g modem that should be much better than what’s available now.
4g launched in 2009, didn’t get a 4g smartphone until the end of 2012.
So wait... you don't like the notch for some reason...
...but you're sticking with a phone that has a HUGE waste of space at the top and bottom?
8 plus has a squared screen, much easier on the eye.
The notch represents lazy design. Apple should have gone with thin bezels top and bottom.
The notch is similar to a bezel... but it doesn't go all the way across the entire top of the phone like traditional bezels before. It only occupies the exact area it needs for the earpiece, camera, FaceID sensors and proximity sensor.
And since it doesn't go all the way across the top of the phone... you get bonus areas on either side for the clock and system icons. And there's no wasted space at the bottom.
That seems smart... not lazy...
It's a lot better than the other "solutions" out there.
Can you believe there are phones with holes in the screen, motorized(!) popup cameras, and 2nd screens on the back... just to have no bezels?
Craziness.
Anyway... if you think you'd rather have thin bezels at the top and bottom... Apple's "notched" phones actually exceed that.
You get a thin half-bezel at the top... and no bottom bezel at all.
That sounds like a win to me!
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Last year was the first year I could have had a yearly upgrade, instead of every two years, but I skipped it because going from the X to the XS didn't seem worth it, so I'll probably bite this year.
Hoping the X model has the same camera upgrade as the larger one again, unlike with the 7+.
Hoping the X model has the same camera upgrade as the larger one again, unlike with the 7+.
Reference the bolded. I would re-think that, because there are many who _can_ afford the latest iPhones, but have chosen not to spend those prices on smart phones when their current smart phone does exactly everything else the larger/more expensive iPhones do. Isn’t that what directly affected Apple? I’d say it is, because Tim Cook openly admitted that consumers are retaining their older devices due to longevity/support.
The point is, current iPhone prices (XS/Max) are not attractive, consumers don’t need to spend that type of money on a phone when it’s a tool, not a luxury item. I can’t tell you how many members throughout these threads in the iPhone forum over the last six months have refused to upgrade because they don’t want to pay those prices that Apple has increased, thus resulting in lost sales. And yes, many of the members in here can afford The latest iPhones, and even those who upgrade annually, has stopped because the technology likely isn’t compelling enough for those specific prices Apple is charging.
[FYI, I’ve been upgrading my iPhone annually every single year for the last five years, and 2019 will likely be my first year I don’t need to upgrade, because my current iPhone does everything I need it to and more, and that’s called ‘market saturation’.]