Yeah, it doesn't make any sense but I'm over the denial stage. I went ahead and bought a mint 6S+ for 35% off retail price and will wait and see what this 2017 iPhone brings. I would have waited till September to get a cheaper price on a used 6S, but I thought there might not be many 6S sellers once they see that the iPhone 7 is a glorified 6SS and they'll have no incentive to sell.
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Should I wait for the iPhone 7 or go for 6s? [MERGED]
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Yeah, it doesn't make any sense but I'm over the denial stage. I went ahead and bought a mint 6S+ for 35% off retail price and will wait and see what this 2017 iPhone brings. I would have waited till September to get a cheaper price on a used 6S, but I thought there might not be many 6S sellers once they see that the iPhone 7 is a glorified 6SS and they'll have no incentive to sell.
Exactly; its THEIR anniversary. Make your employees cake, throw them a party and give them 10th anniversary iPhone cases - don't release a "lesser" phone because you are holding back features for the release of the anniversary model. Noone but Apple themselves care about that stuff.
So in October I'm gonna replace my iPhone 5s with a new iPhone. According to my computations,I should b able to buy the 6s plus 64 GB in the same price as 7 16 GB. Coming from 5s,I really want the bigger screen and the more Gigabytes. However I'm concerned about future-proofness and the lack of changes to justify the loss of gigas. What should I do?
The 6s plus would be a huge upgrade coming from the 5s. From what we know right know (and what your needs are), I don't think paying more $ for the 7 is worth it. You can buy the 6s and then upgrade in 2017 when, based on current rumors, it seems like there will be massive updates done to the iPhone.
I think my 6s plus will match the price of the base storage iPhone 7. Also due to budget i dont think i cna buy another phone in the next year. What i buy now will stay for a good 2 years' time
You need to wait until the iPhone 7 is announced to make a good decision. If they do with the iPhone what they did with the 9.7 iPad Pro, they could potentially make the base model 32gb, but increase the price by $100, which sounds crazy, but it has the precedent of the iPad Pro. If this happens it might change your assessment.
That's a parameter I hadn't thought of .In that case. Will just go with the cut off 6s Plus. Thank you sir.
Yet provided that they keep the 16GB base (unlikely I guess),what should I do?:|
For me personally, I think a 16gb device is not worth even considering. I like to have the peace of mind that I can install apps and take videos freely without having to worry about running out of space. If its between a 16gb iPhone 7 or a 6s I'd chose the 6s. If I really like the features of the 7, I would save up more to get a higher capacity phone (at least 32gb, if available). You mentioned you wanted to future proof and both the 6s and the 7 will last 3+ years easily, but I think a low capacity on any phone destroys that future proofing.
I see your point. Yeah the truth is that I'm coming from a 16 iPhone 5s and despite still having two gigs free,I know what anxiety you are talking about. Thank you very much,you 've helped me a lot
Why was it necessary to remove the headphone jack? Was it really that necessary??
Now, during a party (no music), you've got your fresh gigabyte of awesome music and wanna save the night. Oh wait! you don't have the damn adaptor.... party is crashed. Damn you Apple. - Typical life encounters.
Now, during a party (no music), you've got your fresh gigabyte of awesome music and wanna save the night. Oh wait! you don't have the damn adaptor.... party is crashed. Damn you Apple. - Typical life encounters.
You do know this year there will be no 16GB version of the phone 7. It will start at 32GB
After careful consideration, this is what I am going to do since my faithful iPhone 5 has been murdered thanks to one of those portable charging stations in the mall:
Come September, I will order the iPhone 6SE or whatever the new 2016 iPhone is going to be called. I hope it will come with at least 3GB of RAM since my 5 had 2GB and the last I heard the 6 series still had only 2GB.
Come 2017, I will dump my 2016 iPhone and sell it to get the 2017 model if it is significantly better. I don't have the luck to buy a new iPhone 6S off of Craigslist or ebay. I know, you can call me paranoid and distrustful. But considering I know several people who got scammed buying a phone from a non dealer, I don't want to be one of those folks.
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Come September, I will order the iPhone 6SE or whatever the new 2016 iPhone is going to be called. I hope it will come with at least 3GB of RAM since my 5 had 2GB and the last I heard the 6 series still had only 2GB.
Come 2017, I will dump my 2016 iPhone and sell it to get the 2017 model if it is significantly better. I don't have the luck to buy a new iPhone 6S off of Craigslist or ebay. I know, you can call me paranoid and distrustful. But considering I know several people who got scammed buying a phone from a non dealer, I don't want to be one of those folks.
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The below poster said this best:
Since you waited this long, I buy the 6S after the 7 is release! It going be $100 cheaper!
THIS. I can see why people would say 7...because it's new...for this year and 6s is last year. 6s has 4k recording ability, right? It would save people some money.
Firstly, I think you mean "may" release, not "will". Nothing is known for certain until Apple actually announces it.
Second, if you can wait about 6 weeks it makes no sense to buy a 6S+ now. It will likely be replaced by a better phone at the same price in just 6 weeks, and go down in price at least $100 at the same time.
Agreed. If you don't absolutely need a phone now, you should wait.
Agreed.
No. It depends where the OP is purchasing the 6s+ from. The 6s+ is already discounted over $100.00 at a lot of retailers, at least in the 16gb package, except for full retail on Apple's website. If you search, there are price cuts.
And when Apple does release the 'iPhone 7', it's rumored their may be three versions of the iPhone 7, 7+ and 7Pro. If the OP wants the 7Pro, it will be reportedly the most expensive iPhone in the line to date, not including the various storage tiers.