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I have an iPhone Xs. I wasn't planning on upgrading this year, until I was given a work phone from my employer *iPhone 8* I HATE having to carry two phones. So I'll be getting the Max version this year so I can get the extra battery life *work/personal use* and dual-sim. I refuse to continue carrying two phones.
 
I've always waited at least two years, but I'm considering moving on from my XS Max this year. It all depends on whether the new phones have any real improvements to FaceID (or whether the supposed improvements to it on existing devices in iOS 13 are legit), and whether the new phones have better connectivity in borderline coverage areas. I work in such an area and most of the time when I step outside to check my notifications during the day it feels like I'm back on 3G.
 
rumz said:
I’m on iUP... so I plan on “upgrading” to actually lower my monthly payment. Might even see if I can return that phone within the return window to get out of iUP altogether.

So What I’d like to do is sort of “downgrade”. Move from the XS Max to the XR or whatever it’s replacement is. Just not feeling like the more expensive iPhones are worth the price to me anymore. I’d rather spend that money on an iPad Pro. Truthfully I kinda wonder if they released a new SE if I might try that (I still need something to sync my Apple Watch to).

I have never once used Apple care on a phone. And I only started buying it with Plus size phones because I knew they were more prone to breaking if dropped. Not sure I want to do Apple care anymore either.
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iUP and AppleCare are both brilliantly marketed. It seems like most people believe these save the consumer money when they both actually end up costing the consumers more money.
 
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XS/XR here. Waiting for the the 5.4 2020 iPhone, if that happens to be true.

Would be great to have a small device again.
 
TheKDub said:
I'm in the exact same boat with an iPhone 7. Waited for 3 years already - I've been itching to upgrade for the past year for a larger screen and a much better camera. I'm usually on a 2-year cycle but I held off because I thought that 2019 would be the big-refresh year so I'm disappointed that it looks like Apple is moving to a 3-year cycle now and it'll be 2020 for "the big one".

I don't think I can hold off for yet another year, so I'm probably going to get a new phone this year regardless and then just re-evaluate next year.
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I’m sure Apple has analyzed the data to no end, but I’m not a fan of this recent three year cycle they’ve been doing (6,6S,7; X,XS,11). I guess it gives me a reason to save a little money and not buy a new phone every two years, but I enjoy new phones and the new features they bring, but it’s hard to justify spending thousands of dollars for a minor upgrade. I truly loved when I bought the 5 after the 4, and the 6 after the 5. I was happy to spend the money on a drastically improved device. Now if I do end up buying the 11 there will definitely be a lot of wavering and some post-consumer regret.
 
rather than creating a new thread, can someone tell me which size of the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max is the XS Max? What are the screen sizes of these 3 new iPhones? I'm a bit confused. If the 11 Pro is the screen size of the XS and the 11 Pro Max is the screen size of the XS Max, what is the screen size of the 11?
 
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I have a XS Max and for once I’m not upgrading. In fact with how expensive these things have gotten i’m Planning on keeping it for another 3 years! Yes...3.
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I have a XS Max, and I’m definitely upgrading (as I do every year).

With the resale value of a pristine 1-year old phone, the cost of the new one is quite reasonable.
 
I have an Xs purchased outright on launch day (no annual upgrade plan) and I'm not sure if I'll upgrade. I've been thinking about it over the last few days and if the rumours about the 2019 lineup are true I've been wondering what might persuade me to upgrade rather than waiting for 2020. I've come to the conclusion that if Apple have been able to do something reasonably significant on battery life I might upgrade simply for that since battery life is my biggest concern.

Last year I think the keynote announcement was the Xs having something like 30 minutes of extra run time (internet browsing) on top of something like a 10 hour figure for the previous-generation iPhone X figure so about a 5% increase in battery life. That would be no where near enough to persuade me to upgrade again this year. I think that for me the threshold is probably about a 30% increase in battery life vs my Xs.

With that Ming-Chi Kuo rumour from April this year saying that iPhone battery sizes will increase across the board and that the 5.8-inch iPhone battery will increase by between 20 and 25 percent then, as long as Apple doesn't soak up too much of that gain with performance increases which frankly for my use I probably stopped needing after about the iPhone 6s, that might get pretty close to my target. Add in some reduced power consumption in one or more of SoC, screen, or radios and perhaps also more power optimisation in the software (I'd love a slider in settings where I could choose the battery-life vs performance balance to keep clock speeds lower, favour scheduling processes onto the low power cores etc) and this year Apple might well have a shot at getting my business based on battery life alone.
 
I have a 3 years old 7Plus 128GB bought when it was launched and with the battery replaced in December 2018 taking advantage of the battery replacement program at Apple.

My phone is still pretty good in terms of performances but being a pretty active iphoneographer I'm really tempted by the idea of getting a brand new phone with a 3 years younger camera equipment.

The dilemma I have in mind is: what am I going to buy this year vs what's behind the corner in 2020?
Two options:

1 - I buy the iPhone 11 PRO and I keep it 2-3 years (no matter what will be presented next year), I give my son my 7 Plus, my wife stays with her 1-year old Xr
2 - I buy the Xs Max (post Sep 10th event as soon as its new pricing will be announced), give my son the 7 Plus. Next year I buy the 2020 model while the Xs Max will be cascaded to my wife and her Xr to my son

Hopefully the presentation (characteristics, prices, etc) of the new iPhones next week will help the decision.
 
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I have an Xs purchased outright on launch day (no annual upgrade plan) and I'm not sure if I'll upgrade. I've been thinking about it over the last few days and if the rumours about the 2019 lineup are true I've been wondering what might persuade me to upgrade rather than waiting for 2020. I've come to the conclusion that if Apple have been able to do something reasonably significant on battery life I might upgrade simply for that since battery life is my biggest concern.

Last year I think the keynote announcement was the Xs having something like 30 minutes of extra run time (internet browsing) on top of something like a 10 hour figure for the previous-generation iPhone X figure so about a 5% increase in battery life. That would be no where near enough to persuade me to upgrade again this year. I think that for me the threshold is probably about a 30% increase in battery life vs my Xs.

With that Ming-Chi Kuo rumour from April this year saying that iPhone battery sizes will increase across the board and that the 5.8-inch iPhone battery will increase by between 20 and 25 percent then, as long as Apple doesn't soak up too much of that gain with performance increases which frankly for my use I probably stopped needing after about the iPhone 6s, that might get pretty close to my target. Add in some reduced power consumption in one or more of SoC, screen, or radios and perhaps also more power optimisation in the software (I'd love a slider in settings where I could choose the battery-life vs performance balance to keep clock speeds lower, favour scheduling processes onto the low power cores etc) and this year Apple might well have a shot at getting my business based on battery life alone.
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I'm not sure if this has already been covered in other news/threads, but it would be interesting to see what impact dark mode has and whether there has been anything to try and assign how much extra battery life you'll see with 'average use' compared to the same phone (OLED screen) with non dark mode under the same average use. My guess would be that dark mode as a free iOS update might be of a bigger benefit than the usual cursory battery bump?
 
Howyalikdemapls said:
I’m sure Apple has analyzed the data to no end, but I’m not a fan of this recent three year cycle they’ve been doing (6,6S,7; X,XS,11). I guess it gives me a reason to save a little money and not buy a new phone every two years, but I enjoy new phones and the new features they bring, but it’s hard to justify spending thousands of dollars for a minor upgrade. I truly loved when I bought the 5 after the 4, and the 6 after the 5. I was happy to spend the money on a drastically improved device. Now if I do end up buying the 11 there will definitely be a lot of wavering and some post-consumer regret.
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Exactly how I feel. I went from iPhone 7 Plus to the X, simply for the new design. I miss a larger screen though. I was planning on upgrading to the max size last year, but the improvements were so minimal I figured I would wait until this year. The new cameras sound awesome and are usually my major reason for wanting to upgrading, but if rumors prove true, I will have buyers remorse next year. I always liked being on the new design cycle- 4,5,6plus, 7plus. But the new prices make it hard to justify frequent upgrades
 
I have a launch day iPhone X, 256GB, with battery max capacity at 85%. But I do have a max boost battery case.

I honestly do not know if I will be upgrading this year or not. To this point, i have ALWAYS upgraded at the 2 year mark (original iPhone > 3GS > 4S > 5S > 6S) but since the prices of phones have gone to $999 for the flagship model, yet the updates appear to be incremental, I do not know. I will not decide for sure until AFTER I watch the Apple event on Tuesday.

That said, even if i DO upgrade, I will not be trading my X in. I never trade my current phone in, rather, I keep it around in case something happens with the new phone and I need a back up.

If I choose to not upgrade this year and keep my X for another (3rd consecutive) year as my daily driver, I will be going to Apple for a new battery before my Apple Care expires.
 
I have the XS Max currently. My ideal situation would be to trade this phone for the regular sized iPhone 11. Not sure how retail value will be though. You never know what Apple’s gonna do with prices.
 
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That said, even if i DO upgrade, I will not be trading my X in. I never trade my current phone in, rather, I keep it around in case something happens with the new phone and I need a back up.
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I used to do that but this time if I upgrade I will immediately sell my Xs to take the sting out of the upgrade price since I always buy my phones outright.

My thinking is that I definitely do want a backup phone in case something happens to my main phone but if that were to be needed it would only be for a very short period of time since I would immediately want to get a modern replacement. I'd maybe only be using my backup phone for a day or two, perhaps at maximum a week if I needed to sort out anything with insurance first before getting the proper replacement, hence my current backup phone for my Xs is my old 6S that would do me just fine for an emergency backup.

I think maybe my strategy going forward will be - if my upgrade is within the now 3-year life cycle where Apple is basically refreshing the internals of what is basically the same design, e.g. 6/6s/7 or X/Xs/11 then I'll sell my most recent phone to take the sting out of the upgrade cost since I don't feel that I should be spending too much on a relatively minor upgrade such as the one I might do this month from my Xs to an 11. When I jump to a totally new design/generation however, e.g. when I went from my 6s to the Xs, I'd keep the previous one since for those sort of upgrades they are a much bigger leap so it feels OK to me to eat the full cost of getting the new design.
 
ScreenSavers said:
I have the XS Max currently. My ideal situation would be to trade this phone for the regular sized iPhone 11. Not sure how retail value will be though. You never know what Apple’s gonna do with prices.
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I just made a thread on this but - I'm in the same boat - what has you wanting to move towards a regular sized 11 this year?
 
I see that people keep mentioning Apple using the same design for 3 years but it’s actually 4. The 6/6S/7/8 are all the same design. Is suspect that 2020 will also be the same design despite the rumors. Apple has no incentive to push up the cycle.

Why would Apple throw in 5G, improved camera tech, USB C, remove the notch, and create a new design in the same year? They’ll want to at least milk 5G before going to a new design. That’s why I’m thinking the iPhone 12 will have the same design.

My background with using Apple is pretty significant. I got into iPhones after using Macs for many years. Started off with the iPhone 4 and quickly went to the 5. Then used an iPhone 5S for 4 years. Switched to the iPhone 7 in 2018 and iPhone X in 2019. I use my iPhones for around a year with the exception of the 5S.

So I would not even consider upgrading to the iPhone 11 unless the price drops or features blow me out of the water. Since neither is likely, I’ll have to decide if the camera improvements are going to be worth it. My daughter is almost a year old and my only camera is on the iPhone.

Considering that iPhone cameras are super important to me, I might just keep the iPhone X and buy a DSLR. The iPhone X is still an amazing phone and I do not think that $1,000 per year for a gadget is reasonable. So if Apple thinks that a camera tumor is going to be enough this year, they’ll be getting a wake up call.
 
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Have the 'X' and a 6s in the drawer as a back-up (practically new due a service error on replacing the battery, they gave me a new one).
No reason to upgrade this year.
 
Nacho98 said:
^^^But the X came out alongside the 8, so a new design was available after three years.
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That’s true but the same design was still used for 4 years. The iPhone X was the original iPhone Pro. So I hope that in the future they will have a cheaper “flagship” model and a more advanced, future proof model. Samsung seems to be doing this already.
 
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My carrier in the UK is 02. Looking at their website the updated picture of their 5G coverage is blue with blue being good. Yellow is less good. I live in London. My contract ends in October 2019. If the new iPhones in September 2019 have no 5G I assume Apple will lose many O2 London customers, probably me included.
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ArthurWellsley said:
My carrier in the UK is 02. Looking at their website the updated picture of their 5G coverage is blue with blue being good. Yellow is less good. I live in London. My contract ends in October 2019. If the new iPhones in September 2019 have no 5G I assume Apple will lose many O2 London customers, probably me included.
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O2 has zero 5G coverage in the UK until October. Pretty sure that map shows the 2G coverage
 
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