Other Are you skipping or upgrading to the new 2019 iPhones?

[jeyf]

I read a Tom's Hardware write up yesterday
posted it too

Bad for Apple, a play by Qualcomm but Apple vs Qualcomm could not have come at a worse time.
apple bought Intel for a Billion because "Apple could afford to have marginal 5G for 1-2years but not 5years".

be warned; buy avoid the 1st or 2nd generation of 5G anything
I am wondering if my current iPhone will bridge the 5G product introduction mayhem?

by the way:
if 5G is available at your home you will want it... a lot.

 

[BeeGood]

I have a XS Max and I tend to upgrade every year, so I will say tentatively that I will buy a new phone in September.

I say tentatively because based on what I’ve seen up to today, I don’t feel compelled at all to upgrade.

However, I fully expect that Apple will have something unexpected (I’m hoping for an in-glass fingerprint reader) and not just try to sell me another XS Max with an extra camera.

 

[Martyimac]

Up until the end of this year, Verizon will still have 3G support. I suspect 5G will take almost as long to have full countrywide coverage as it is taking 3G to go away.

 

[AppleHaterLover]

Up until the end of this year, Verizon will still have 3G support. I suspect 5G will take almost as long to have full countrywide coverage as it is taking 3G to go away.

Isn’t Verizon’s 3G still CDMA? Maybe it’s because pretty much all phones from say 2013 onwards are LTE and do not benefit from/cannot use the older technology?

I’d very much appreciate a 3G connection in the middle of nowhere instead of a “No signal”.
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I have a XS Max and I tend to upgrade every year, so I will say tentatively that I will buy a new phone in September.

I say tentatively because based on what I’ve seen up to today, I don’t feel compelled at all to upgrade.

However, I fully expect that Apple will have something unexpected (I’m hoping for an in-glass fingerprint reader) and not just try to sell me another XS Max with an extra camera.

Did you upgrade from the 6 to the 6S? 4 to 4S?

 

[Falhófnir]

the days of 1 year, 2 year upgade "cycles" ended when the carriers stopped subsidizing phones a few years ago. There's nothing magical about 2 years or three years and nowadays not much changes year to year except the hype & camera. Most people aren't buying new computers every 2 years... so why buy an iPhone? It costs as much as one. It seems like unnecessary churn & waste for marginal benefit. Most of these iPhones can work perfectly fine beyond 3-4 years if they're taken care of (and kept on their original OS)

The trouble is, if you're wanting a phone to last 'beyond 3-4 years' the iOS version it ships with will have fallen out of developer support so you'll start having lots of apps that can't be updated and might even break/ stop working if they need to be up to date for security reasons.

 

[BeeGood]

Did you upgrade from the 6 to the 6S? 4 to 4S?

Yes. I went from the 4 to the 4S and 6+ to the 6s+.

The only upgrade I skipped was 4s to 5 because I still had a carrier contract and no upgrade available.

 

[Skika]

I'm not relishing this either, USB C in many cases has a nasty habit of getting loose over time - I've read of people with MacBooks where this even compromises the connection. Lightning is a really solid design (and yeah I've got a drawer full of cables at this point too!)

Lightning really is a better design than usb-c port wise. Impressive feat considering it was introduced with iPhone 5.

 

[rui no onna]

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Did you upgrade from the 6 to the 6S? 4 to 4S?

Lol, I did:
OG > 3GS > 4 > 4S > 5 > 5s > 6 > 7

4-line family plan so there was always an upgrade line available. Between 4 to 5s was the time the iPhones were getting handed down to family members and we were switching to all smartphones (one line a year). The 7 was a freebie (get free iPhone 7 with iPhone 6 trade in).

 

[That70sGAdawg]

Not planning on updating in 2019 at all. Nothing that a 3rd back camera, or one number higher processor can do for me. The OLED screens give me a headache & I hate swiping all the time. I'll hang onto my perfectly fast 8 plus another year or two. No innovation the last couple of years, just emoji BS...

 

[entropi]

Yes, I'm staying with my SE and 6S+. My next new iPhone my employer will buy for me, when I feel like updating.

 

[TravisPNW]

The trouble is, if you're wanting a phone to last 'beyond 3-4 years' the iOS version it ships with will have fallen out of developer support so you'll start having lots of apps that can't be updated and might even break/ stop working if they need to be up to date for security reasons.

We'll see. As I said upthread phone tech has caught up. Much like PCs. My PC was in the top 1% when I built it 2 years ago and it's still in the top 5% as of this day. Hardly need an upgrade and probably won't for another GPU cycle at a minimum... 2+ years? (PC is where I shy away from Apple. Not interested in overpaying for hardware that is outdated when you buy the machine)

As for phones... about to head into year 3 on my 8 Plus and I don't think that my current iOS will be out of support in another 2 years.

Unless Apple stops letting me upgrade my phone?

 

[now i see it]

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Nah, I'm upgrading. It's time for me to get on the FaceID and OLED train. I love my 8 Plus, but I'm ready for something different.

 

[MacClueless]

Nah, I'm upgrading. It's time for me to get on the FaceID and OLED train. I love my 8 Plus, but I'm ready for something different.

You won’t be disappointed. Face ID is really underrated.

 

[Jimpilot]

Well I’m on the Apple upgrade program and don’t want to loose the priority it gives me in 2020. So unless the cost goes up this year I’ll go ahead and upgrade.

 

[gigapocket1]

I’ll be honest. I just got the max just because.. just because it’s a new phone. Just because I’ve had every iPhone since day 1 of the original.
But with this last phone costing 1700.. it’s kinda making it hard to upgrade... although I probably will because trading it in 2020 makes no sense once the device is fully paid off.
I just can’t see anything new that will add in this upcoming release... the last 2 releases of iOS was the first times that their was nothing new in release exclusively for the new phones.
I mean.. what do we truly expect from the new phone? A better camera. Better battery life.. better cameras... better processor (the current one is already great).. no redesign. Even if they got rid of the notch.. I don’t see it as a worthy upgrade..
the current iPhone is almost as good as it’s gets until the next product category or form factor (foldable phone/into tablets) take off.

 

[Falhófnir]

Lightning really is a better design than usb-c port wise. Impressive feat considering it was introduced with iPhone 5.

Yep it's a really simple, robust and reliable design. I can see benefit for going USB on the iPad Pros which seem to be gunning for the low end computing market, but on a phone the utility seems very limited. Maybe you could carry just one charger when you travel, but already you only need one brick and two cables, plus there's Qi wireless charging further negating that as a benefit.

 

[Cape Dave]

I am considering getting a new case for my 7.

 

[ilifecomputer]

xs has been great to me. will consider 2019 if qualcomm chipped. leaning toward doing a new pixel year again, though.

 

[Wide opeN]

Even then what? You’re saying my choice to upgrade every year since is negligent because because I’m tech savvy and in the know? Come on now. What does it mean or even matter.

Not at all.

Never has there been such a consensus for any given iPhone model that it is DOA. That's what the 2019 model is.

No 5G, no Qualcomm, questionable camera hump, etc... All I'm saying for those who DON'T UPGRADE YEARLY, is 2019 is a HELLUVA year to skip.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Another year and another thread like this OP.

 

[tarsins]

I was planning to but if a new 16" MacBook Pro is released I'll get that and put off the iPhone until next year.

 

[44267547]

Nah, I'm upgrading. It's time for me to get on the FaceID and OLED train. I love my 8 Plus, but I'm ready for something different.

Face ID will provide you with a different experience, absolutely agree there. But OLED? I don’t think the experience will be that drastic for you over LCD, unless specifically in-Tune in terms of what you’re actually wanting OLED for, which would strictly be the more saturated colors/blacks. OLED is decent for certain things, but I honestly don’t think my experience has changed that much using the Max over my work iPhone 8 in terms of the display disparities.

 

[Poki]

Face ID will provide you with a different experience, absolutely agree there. But OLED? I don’t think the experience will be that drastic for you over LCD, unless specifically in-Tune in terms of what you’re actually wanting OLED for, which would strictly be the more saturated colors/blacks. OLED is decent for certain things, but I honestly don’t think my experience has changed that much using the Max over my work iPhone 8 in terms of the display disparities.

The advantages of OLED will be bigger once iOS 13 with dark mode launches. This will not only look much better on OLED screens, it will also consume less battery.

 

[TravisPNW]

The advantages of OLED will be bigger once iOS 13 with dark mode launches. This will not only look much better on OLED screens, it will also consume less battery.

Still a tech I could care less about on my phone... and I'm as big a home theater nut as anyone with a 65" OLED in my theater room.

OLED and the deep blacks are best viewed in a dark environment. I watch my 4K UHD movies in the dark and the picture quality is stunning.

I'm sure the phones are great with it... but how many of us are looking at our phones in the dark consistently? That's one of the reasons I have no problems with keeping my 8 Plus and LCD screen for another year.

OLED is the absolute best for home theater... for phones? Not a deal maker for me. I'll eventually get it... maybe 2020 after 3 years with the 8 Plus.