Going from the X to the XS Max. It was just a bigger X and it was at that point I realized I didn’t want the plus sized phone any more. I went back to regular size when the 11 came out. Unfortunately it sounds like I might have to get a plus sized phone again this year for the better camera according to the iPhone 15 rumours
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The 8+. I should have just kept the 7+, cause it was practically the same and less buggy. Other than the 8+, I never regretted an iPhone purchase.
Interesting you found the 8+ buggy. My 8+ was perhaps the most solid iPhone I’ve owned to date apart from my current 13 Pro Max. It’s probably the one iPhone I look back fondly at as it was just so reliable.
My 1st one (the 5). Because after that, I just wanted more and more of them. I now have the last of the Minis (12) and while I don't regret getting it, it's kinda sad knowing my next iPhone will have to be the size of a tablet and won't fit in my pocket anymore. I will also need both hands to use it.
And the ironic thing was I bought it cause the design and touch ID was proven. I wasn't ready to take the chance on the X design. But the 8+ didn't treat me well.
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agree with this. Absolutely same experience. Although my 11 Pro was a champ as well.The iPhone XS nothing but issues with hardware and my first one was replaced by Apple due to a hardware issue on the logic board. Second one had the same issue and instead of accepting a third XS I paid a little extra and got my 11 Pro.
The 7+.
Upgraded from the 6, a family member was needing a "new" phone so I upgraded to the 7+. Went with the + so therew as a noticeable difference between models. I didn't like the bigger size.
The "worst" phone is a different case. My first, the 3G, had no headroom for future OS and apps improvements. From the era when Apple still didn't know if they would succeed in phones, so don't overengineer.
Why would you upgrade to 14 pro max, if you got the green iPhone 13 pro max that came out mid cycle which means you barely had the phone for long. I agree the alpine green colour to me is a better colour than the 14 pro line up. You need to at least keep an iPhone for a year to get any use out of it.
The 8. I preordered as I was on a two year cadence at the time (coming from a 6S).
Should’ve spent the extra cash and bought the X. Such a leap forward!
Most satisfying upgrade was going from the 4 -> 5S (tied with the 3G -> 4). Loved my 5S (still have it).
Should’ve spent the extra cash and bought the X. Such a leap forward!
Most satisfying upgrade was going from the 4 -> 5S (tied with the 3G -> 4). Loved my 5S (still have it).
Yeah it didn’t make sense. I spent parts of last year bouncing between the mini and the max, hence the mid cycle switch.
And I’m a perennial upgrader also, which is why I went for the 14 pro max.
Most years it’s a nice treat to get the latest and greatest and justified in my mind as it’s my most used personal piece of technology.
But as I said this year more than most felt like a side grade
iPhone 6 Plus
It was a slow, underpowered disaster with 1GB of RAM and a high resolution screen.
The battery was a disaster that would shut the phone off randomly at 10-30%. Then secretly they added the speed throttling to avoid that which made the phone even slower.
An absolute disaster of a “flagship” product.
It was a slow, underpowered disaster with 1GB of RAM and a high resolution screen.
The battery was a disaster that would shut the phone off randomly at 10-30%. Then secretly they added the speed throttling to avoid that which made the phone even slower.
An absolute disaster of a “flagship” product.
I’d get bored of phones very quickly if I was upgrading every 12 months. I have to see a difference personally, otherwise it seems like a waste of money for me. It all feels like a bit of a con now these phones have gone stupidly expensive and barely anything changes now the technology has matured.
That's also something I find a bit surprising as I have heard more wrong with both the 6 and 7 series than anything 8 related.
it all depends on which phone you are coming from. Like for eg majority coming from 6s plus to 7 plus might feel 7 plus is waste but f you are coming from 6 plus to a 7 plus you will see major differences.
But i guess in general 7 series /xs series will see big voting for regrets followed by 11/12
But i guess in general 7 series /xs series will see big voting for regrets followed by 11/12
I would say mine would be iPhone 4 and iPhone 12 - my 4 was riddled with software & hardware issues and iPhone 12 didn’t impress me with 5G speeds & battery life.
My 12 mini, which is my favourite iPhone to date got just over 500Mbps on 5G, in South Africa. Problem with that was I burned through 1GB in 3 seconds flat running Speedtest. I was on pre-paid. I now keep my phone only on LTE/4G, and I don’t run speedtests on mobile data anymore.
Mine was the 12s. The 12 pro and 12 mini, sub par battery really sucked.
I suppose that depends on what you need the phone to do. My 12 mini often goes the whole day, and then some, mostly just playing music through BT headphones, in other words minimal screentime, unless I’m taking lots of photos/video, navigating with GPS in the car, hotspotting, launching actual rockets in to outer space etc.
I suppose the removal of the mute switch and SIM tray on future iPhones is going to allow for a monumental bigger battery….
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Ok, that was the phone I actually regretted getting, for that reason, and the battery. 100 times worse than the 12 mini. My 1st gen SE can barely still play Apple Music, if I can even get the thing to boot. Battery is completely finished now, and even plugged in it keeps on spantaneously restarting. I’m literally using it as a paper weight now. Barely got 5 years use out of it. On the other hand, my 2011 MBP is still somewhat useable, battery now over 2000 cycles, the only real reason I got a MBA M1 was because of software compatibilty.
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