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My iPhone 7 has been very frustrating as of late and I’m ready to upgrade. I hate that everything in the background has to reload constantly while scrolling through apps. I’m guessing the 2gb of RAM is the culprit?

I would like to get a xS, but Apple and retails stores refuse to discount a phone that is 8 months old. I refuse to pay retail price on one now since we’re about 4 months away from the new one coming out.

Anyone else in a similar situation?
 
ACG12 said:
My iPhone 7 has been very frustrating as of late and I’m ready to upgrade. I hate that everything in the background has to reload constantly while scrolling through apps. I’m guessing the 2gb of RAM is the culprit?

I would like to get a xS, but Apple and retails stores refuse to discount a phone that is 8 months old. I refuse to pay retail price on one now since we’re about 4 months away from the new one coming out.

Anyone else in a similar situation?
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Had an X. Fell out of my pocket and shattered on asphalt. Switched to an old 6s Plus and replaced buttery but was still getting 6 hour battery life with light use. Gave in an upgraded to the XS Max about 1 month ago.

Didn’t want to do it with less than a year to go, but feels good, man.
 
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Do whatever you want.

Odds are that the new phone won’t be THAT much different than the current one. An updated camera, processor improvements, etc.

The difference between the past few generations has been so marginal in so many ways it’s almost not even worth the upgrade unless you just want to.
 
internetrando said:
Do whatever you want.

Odds are that the new phone won’t be THAT much different than the current one. An updated camera, processor improvements, etc.

The difference between the past few generations has been so marginal in so many ways it’s almost not even worth the upgrade unless you just want to.
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I would upgrade for sure, but not for full retail price. Especially when the new one is 4 months away.
 
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You would expect them to discount the phones a bit. Maybe like $949 for an Xs 64gb after 6 months out? I do think carriers and third party retailer should offer some discounts, but they tend to be for customers that are buying two phones for two lines and not just one phone for one line.
 
quietstormSD said:
You would expect them to discount the phones a bit. Maybe like $949 for an Xs 64gb after 6 months out? I do think carriers and third party retailer should offer some discounts, but they tend to be for customers that are buying two phones for two lines and not just one phone for one line.
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The only good deal I’ve found is Target offering a $250 gift card on the 64gb gold xS. I might jump on that.
 
Me. Have an 8+ that is too large. Was waffling on an XS since January. Likely on the Apple upgrade plan. Now it's too late in the year to do it. Might as well wait for September/October.
 
I am also on iPhone 7, but have no issues with it, so will be patiently waiting for Apple to come up with something not bigger and heavier than iPhone 7 and preferably with edge-to-edge screen. Don’t care about 3 cameras, wireless charging, etc. Might be a while to wait, though. :p
 
ACG12 said:
My iPhone 7 has been very frustrating as of late and I’m ready to upgrade. I hate that everything in the background has to reload constantly while scrolling through apps. I’m guessing the 2gb of RAM is the culprit?

I would like to get a xS, but Apple and retails stores refuse to discount a phone that is 8 months old. I refuse to pay retail price on one now since we’re about 4 months away from the new one coming out.

Anyone else in a similar situation?
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I’m using an iPhone 8 which also has 2GB of ram. I read a lot of articles in Safari and usually have 3-5 tabs open but when switching between tabs it usually reloads which is annoying if I’m on the train and going through a tunnel with no service. I have various reasons as to why I don’t like the XR or XS, so I think I may look into a 8+ as it has 3GB of ram. But it’s tough to want to do that when the 8/8+ is almost two years old at this point.
 
ACG12 said:
I would upgrade for sure, but not for full retail price. Especially when the new one is 4 months away.
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I don’t think apple is going to drop the price of the xs in the next 4 months.

If you can wait 4 months you definitely should.
I wouldn’t be able to.
 
maerz001 said:
Why don’t you buy one on swappa or ebay for a few hundreds less?
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One thing I don’t buy is used phones. Always new and I add Apple care plus because I keep my phones for a few years.
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timeconsumer said:
I’m using an iPhone 8 which also has 2GB of ram. I read a lot of articles in Safari and usually have 3-5 tabs open but when switching between tabs it usually reloads which is annoying if I’m on the train and going through a tunnel with no service. I have various reasons as to why I don’t like the XR or XS, so I think I may look into a 8+ as it has 3GB of ram. But it’s tough to want to do that when the 8/8+ is almost two years old at this point.
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I would like to stay with a home button, but my main concern long term is RAM. I don’t want a phone with less than 4gb because I keep my phones for 2-3 years.

I would like to avoid what I’m going through now with my 7 for as long as possible with a new phone.
 
ACG12 said:
My iPhone 7 has been very frustrating as of late and I’m ready to upgrade. I hate that everything in the background has to reload constantly while scrolling through apps. I’m guessing the 2gb of RAM is the culprit?

I would like to get a xS, but Apple and retails stores refuse to discount a phone that is 8 months old. I refuse to pay retail price on one now since we’re about 4 months away from the new one coming out.

Anyone else in a similar situation?
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What you describe indeed sounds annoying, but since it’s not starting to die on you I’d hold out for the new one coming out in the Fall. It’s not going to be a huge upgrade over the current models, but it’s not going to be insignificant either and if you’re gonna spend all that money it might as well be on the latest model.
 
I was thinking about getting a XS Max now, but decided to wait till September. I know that the differences between last year's models and this year's will be negligible, but then again why not wait a tiny bit of time to get the latest iteration, if you still want one but you're not in such a hurry. At least I'll have the opportunity to compare them and make a decision.
 
If your phone is working then wait till Sept/Oct 2019.

If your phone is broke then you have no choice and you should upgrade.

Just know that the XS is a great phone. 11 will be an obvious incremental upgrade of sorts when it releases but it’s not like you have a piece of crud in your hands all of a sudden.

My wife has a working 7 and I was thinking same thing since she’s ready to upgrade herself. Her phone works so she can wait. She’d prefer to have the most up to date phone since she keeps her phones for at least 3 years or more.
 
U can do a backup and than reset all.
I have a 5s and 6s. With just the naked ios12 on it u see that they really are so much faster.
After install the backup especially the 5s gets slow. But the 6s is still fine imho.

So I’m wondering if maybe just some software issue with your 7.
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ACG12 said:
One thing I don’t buy is used phones. Always new and I add Apple care plus because I keep my phones for a few years.
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I would like to stay with a home button, but my main concern long term is RAM. I don’t want a phone with less than 4gb because I keep my phones for 2-3 years.

I would like to avoid what I’m going through now with my 7 for as long as possible with a new phone.
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U don’t habe to buy necessarily used. U can find original packed ones going for 200€ less. And apple care u can add later afaik
 
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maerz001 said:
Why don’t you buy one on swappa or ebay for a few hundreds less?
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Swappa I would agree with, it’s a much more well-managed website, with it being more tech oriented with highly reputable sellers for the most part. eBay, however, that’s like one of the recommendations I _wouldn’t_ make, simply because the amount of fraud on that website with Apple products.
 
maerz001 said:
U can do a backup and than reset all.
I have a 5s and 6s. With just the naked ios12 on it u see that they really are so much faster.
After install the backup especially the 5s gets slow. But the 6s is still fine imho.

So I’m wondering if maybe just some software issue with your 7.
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I don’t think it’s software. I had this same problem with my iPad pro 9.7 and 2018 iPad, both 2gb RAM.
 
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