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Other What's Your iPhone History? List Them In Here...
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iPhone 5
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone 7
iPhone X (was my phone for all 4 years of college, so I’m particularly attached).
iPhone 13 Pro (first phone I bought on launch day, with my own money I made from a post-grad job!).
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone 7
iPhone X (was my phone for all 4 years of college, so I’m particularly attached).
iPhone 13 Pro (first phone I bought on launch day, with my own money I made from a post-grad job!).
iPhone (bought on release day, story below)
iPhone 3G (I downgraded OFF 3G when I got the iPhone. Missed it.)
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5C - work provided; SUPER locked down, I kept my 4S as my personal phone because I could actually load apps on it, the 5C could only load a VERY limited set of work-approved apps. Left that job before I got an upgrade. I was in the first batch to get an iPhone at all - before that, it was always Blackberries.
iPhone 6 - iPhone 6s (Bought an iPhone 6 two days before the 6s' release on a promo that gave me a huge trade-in deal, and 'free upgrade to 6s', so I only owned the 6 for three days.)
iPhone 7 (Was still on the 'free upgrade' plan.)
iPhone X (Wasn't even planning on upgrading yet at that point, but my kid had broken their phone, my spouse said "you buy a new phone and give kid your 7. Who was I to argue?)
iPhone 13 Pro
So… Original iPhone. I hadn't been planning on getting it. I was happy with my not-AT&T carrier, I had my 3G "smartishphone" (Motorola somethingorother running the same OS as the RAZR, but far less flashy.) It had Bluetooth, could pair to my computer, had crappy GPS turn-by-turn directions app, and best of all - could tether to my laptop to share the 3G connection.
But a friend decided to wait in line at the local Apple Store for SIX FRICKIN' HOURS to get his iPhone on release day. About half an hour before the doors opened (he was like 10th in line) I went down just to keep him company. As the line started moving, the store employees told people they could buy a maximum of two phones.
"I'm only getting one for myself - do you want me to get one for you?"
"Sure, why not? I'll try it out."
Paid him the $599, took the phone home……. And wasn't able to activate it for two days because AT&T's activation system was completely overwhelmed. And of course, it was completely unusable before activating.
Carried both it and the Motorola around for quite a few months - using it for "smartphone" things, and the Motorola for actual *phone* things and tethering to my laptop.
Ironically, I ended up with the friend's *other* iPhone months later, too. He had done an early jailbreak on it and…. bricked it. So he bought a replacement. Then a few weeks later figured out how to un-brick it and sold it to me cheap for my spouse to replace their phone with. My spouse ended up dropping it into a snowbank outside a neighbor's barn, and it turned up *TWO YEARS LATER* when the neighbor found it in the muck (yeah, that wasn't just mud outside the barn) cleaned its exterior, plugged it in, turned it on, and saw our kid's picture so gave it back to us. That OG iPhone sat in muck for two years, and still worked once recharged. There was "mud" under the glass, half the backlight didn't work, and half of what did work stayed on 24/7 even when the screen was asleep, killing battery life. But the fact that it worked at all was astounding.
iPhone 3G (I downgraded OFF 3G when I got the iPhone. Missed it.)
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5C - work provided; SUPER locked down, I kept my 4S as my personal phone because I could actually load apps on it, the 5C could only load a VERY limited set of work-approved apps. Left that job before I got an upgrade. I was in the first batch to get an iPhone at all - before that, it was always Blackberries.
iPhone 6 - iPhone 6s (Bought an iPhone 6 two days before the 6s' release on a promo that gave me a huge trade-in deal, and 'free upgrade to 6s', so I only owned the 6 for three days.)
iPhone 7 (Was still on the 'free upgrade' plan.)
iPhone X (Wasn't even planning on upgrading yet at that point, but my kid had broken their phone, my spouse said "you buy a new phone and give kid your 7. Who was I to argue?)
iPhone 13 Pro
So… Original iPhone. I hadn't been planning on getting it. I was happy with my not-AT&T carrier, I had my 3G "smartishphone" (Motorola somethingorother running the same OS as the RAZR, but far less flashy.) It had Bluetooth, could pair to my computer, had crappy GPS turn-by-turn directions app, and best of all - could tether to my laptop to share the 3G connection.
But a friend decided to wait in line at the local Apple Store for SIX FRICKIN' HOURS to get his iPhone on release day. About half an hour before the doors opened (he was like 10th in line) I went down just to keep him company. As the line started moving, the store employees told people they could buy a maximum of two phones.
"I'm only getting one for myself - do you want me to get one for you?"
"Sure, why not? I'll try it out."
Paid him the $599, took the phone home……. And wasn't able to activate it for two days because AT&T's activation system was completely overwhelmed. And of course, it was completely unusable before activating.
Carried both it and the Motorola around for quite a few months - using it for "smartphone" things, and the Motorola for actual *phone* things and tethering to my laptop.
Ironically, I ended up with the friend's *other* iPhone months later, too. He had done an early jailbreak on it and…. bricked it. So he bought a replacement. Then a few weeks later figured out how to un-brick it and sold it to me cheap for my spouse to replace their phone with. My spouse ended up dropping it into a snowbank outside a neighbor's barn, and it turned up *TWO YEARS LATER* when the neighbor found it in the muck (yeah, that wasn't just mud outside the barn) cleaned its exterior, plugged it in, turned it on, and saw our kid's picture so gave it back to us. That OG iPhone sat in muck for two years, and still worked once recharged. There was "mud" under the glass, half the backlight didn't work, and half of what did work stayed on 24/7 even when the screen was asleep, killing battery life. But the fact that it worked at all was astounding.
3Gs
4
4s
5
6
6s plus
7s plus
X
Xs
11 PM
13 PM
Now sticking with a 2-3 year upgrade cycle.....
4
4s
5
6
6s plus
7s plus
X
Xs
11 PM
13 PM
Now sticking with a 2-3 year upgrade cycle.....
iPhone 3G - had it for about a year
iPhone 3GS - had it for about a year
iPhone 4 - kept it for ~3 months. antennagate pissed me off so waited for...
iPhone 4S - kept for 2 years. absolutely brilliant little phone.
iPhone 12 Pro Max - still got it.
long story time:
Obviously I skipped the iPhone 5 but when I got rid of the 4S i gave the 5S + 5C a shot but didn't keep them (can't remember why). Skipped the iPhone 6 but when 6S came out I tried a 6S+ which I also returned (again, can't remember why). After that and up until November 2020 I was on Android. With every new iPhone release I looked into it cause I wanted to come back to iOS but for one reason another I decided against it.
The 12 Pro Max was the iPhone that "clicked" for me and brought me back to iOS. I'm so happy with the phone. I went with the Pro Max because I wanted the best iPhone on offer and I didn't mind spending the price cause I want it to last me a long time. On Android I went through 7 phones between trying out the 6S+ in 2015 and getting the 12 Pro Max last year. I was spending hundreds on a phone and then something would piss me off and i'd sell/trade it. The breaking point was when I spent £600 on a Oneplus 6T in 2018 and only kept it for ~6 months before spending £400 on a Pixel 3A XL which I only had for about a year before it stopped working.
So spending £1,100 on a 12 Pro Max with the view of keeping it for 2, 3 or even 4 years makes sense cause I had spent almost that much on the Oneplus 6T and Pixel 3A XL in ~7 months. Alright, after trading in the Oneplus 6T the real cost is probably about £600. The phone I had before the 6T was the 5T which cost ~£500 so there you go...in a year and a half i spent about the same as I paid for the 12 Pro Max.
I've had the 12 Pro Max since launch so I'm only 11 months in with it now which honestly is good. I had the Pixel 3A XL for about a year but before that the longest i kept a phone was my 2016 Samsung Galaxy A5 (~a year and a half). and before that I had a Nexus 5 for about a year and a half. before that my iPhone 4S for 2 years. I was tired of going through so many phones (and wasting money).
My 12 Pro Max is covered under AppleCare+ until November 2022 so if anything goes wrong it'll get fixed/replaced. So I'll easily get 2 years out this phone which only the iPhone 4S can rival. I do look after my stuff so I reckon I will manage to get 3 years out the 12 Pro Max. But hey...maybe I'll be tempted by the iPhone 14 next year cause that's when my AppleCare will be about to expire (or expired). I might get bored and have money to burn so decide to get a new shiny phone. I probably won't need to get it but we'll see....
iPhone 3GS - had it for about a year
iPhone 4 - kept it for ~3 months. antennagate pissed me off so waited for...
iPhone 4S - kept for 2 years. absolutely brilliant little phone.
iPhone 12 Pro Max - still got it.
long story time:
Obviously I skipped the iPhone 5 but when I got rid of the 4S i gave the 5S + 5C a shot but didn't keep them (can't remember why). Skipped the iPhone 6 but when 6S came out I tried a 6S+ which I also returned (again, can't remember why). After that and up until November 2020 I was on Android. With every new iPhone release I looked into it cause I wanted to come back to iOS but for one reason another I decided against it.
The 12 Pro Max was the iPhone that "clicked" for me and brought me back to iOS. I'm so happy with the phone. I went with the Pro Max because I wanted the best iPhone on offer and I didn't mind spending the price cause I want it to last me a long time. On Android I went through 7 phones between trying out the 6S+ in 2015 and getting the 12 Pro Max last year. I was spending hundreds on a phone and then something would piss me off and i'd sell/trade it. The breaking point was when I spent £600 on a Oneplus 6T in 2018 and only kept it for ~6 months before spending £400 on a Pixel 3A XL which I only had for about a year before it stopped working.
So spending £1,100 on a 12 Pro Max with the view of keeping it for 2, 3 or even 4 years makes sense cause I had spent almost that much on the Oneplus 6T and Pixel 3A XL in ~7 months. Alright, after trading in the Oneplus 6T the real cost is probably about £600. The phone I had before the 6T was the 5T which cost ~£500 so there you go...in a year and a half i spent about the same as I paid for the 12 Pro Max.
I've had the 12 Pro Max since launch so I'm only 11 months in with it now which honestly is good. I had the Pixel 3A XL for about a year but before that the longest i kept a phone was my 2016 Samsung Galaxy A5 (~a year and a half). and before that I had a Nexus 5 for about a year and a half. before that my iPhone 4S for 2 years. I was tired of going through so many phones (and wasting money).
My 12 Pro Max is covered under AppleCare+ until November 2022 so if anything goes wrong it'll get fixed/replaced. So I'll easily get 2 years out this phone which only the iPhone 4S can rival. I do look after my stuff so I reckon I will manage to get 3 years out the 12 Pro Max. But hey...maybe I'll be tempted by the iPhone 14 next year cause that's when my AppleCare will be about to expire (or expired). I might get bored and have money to burn so decide to get a new shiny phone. I probably won't need to get it but we'll see....
I went back and forth between Android and iPhone for awhile. Starting with the iPhone 6+, I have been on iPhone ever since as my primary phone.
iPhone 6+
iPhone SE
iPhone 8+
iPhone 12 Mini
(soon to be) iPhone 13 Pro Max.
Hopefully the 13 will last me for many years to come.
iPhone 6+
iPhone SE
iPhone 8+
iPhone 12 Mini
(soon to be) iPhone 13 Pro Max.
Hopefully the 13 will last me for many years to come.
Here goes mine
iPhone 3G 16Gb Black
iPhone 3GS 32Gb White
iPhone 4 32Gb Black
iPhone 5s 32Gb Silver
iPhone 6s Plus 128Gb Silver
iPhone 7 32Gb Jet Black
(iPhone SE 128Gb Silver)
iPhone X 256Gb Silver
(iPhone 8 64Gb Space Gray)
(iPhone 8 64Gb White)
iPhone 8 Plus 64Gb Space Gray
iPhone 12 Pro Max 256Gb Silver
iPhone 13 Pro 256Gb Graphite
Ones in brackets were my work phones.
iPhone 3G 16Gb Black
iPhone 3GS 32Gb White
iPhone 4 32Gb Black
iPhone 5s 32Gb Silver
iPhone 6s Plus 128Gb Silver
iPhone 7 32Gb Jet Black
(iPhone SE 128Gb Silver)
iPhone X 256Gb Silver
(iPhone 8 64Gb Space Gray)
(iPhone 8 64Gb White)
iPhone 8 Plus 64Gb Space Gray
iPhone 12 Pro Max 256Gb Silver
iPhone 13 Pro 256Gb Graphite
Ones in brackets were my work phones.
iPhone 11 Pro (when I truly discovered that there is no such thing as a PRO iPhone), iPhone 12 regular, iPhone 13 regular. Otherwise I stick with Samsung Galaxy devices no matter what and even before I ever had an iPhone as well.
iPhone 4s Black
iPhone 6 Space Gray
iPhone 7 Plus Black
iPhone 11 Pro Max Space Gray
iPhone 13 Pro Graphite
iPhone 6 Space Gray
iPhone 7 Plus Black
iPhone 11 Pro Max Space Gray
iPhone 13 Pro Graphite
3GS White
4 Black
4S White
5 Slate
5S Gold
6 Plus Space Gray
6S Plus Space Gray
7 Plus Black
8 Plus Silver
XR Black
12 Pro Graphite
13 Pro Sierra Blue
4 Black
4S White
5 Slate
5S Gold
6 Plus Space Gray
6S Plus Space Gray
7 Plus Black
8 Plus Silver
XR Black
12 Pro Graphite
13 Pro Sierra Blue