Other Why upgrade really?

[DevinNj]

I was also a tournament parent up until 3 years ago. We’re at different schools now and they’ve gone off into other interests.

Sadly, what I had then in the tournament days was the original iphone SE. Fortunately I got some excellent photos and videos from it. I also had a Samsung which at the time did stereo audio for videos when iPhones would not. A couple of my friends did lug pro grade camera and video equipment around. It was a challenge for them. For me, using a phone was less obtrusive and didn’t take me out of the moment as much as using my DSLR’s and camcorders would have. Not to mention it was always a pain back then to transfer my images to computers where I could share them. I think cameras do that easily now but the equipment I could get at the time did not.

I do wish I could have had an iPhone 12 quality phone when the kids were smaller. But the images I did capture are sufficient to recall the memories in my head and that’s pretty good, too!

Yup lugging camp chairs, coolers, etc, if I can replace multiple devices with one phone, I’m all about it. Ever since the 7+ days I’ve been all about the zoom, so unfortunately I’m paying extra for that feature 🥲
And I do remember the old 5s days when that was the height of cell phone camera technology. Lol. Funny how we go full circle, we start small, go bigger, then go back to small again. LOL

 

[chanerz]

Because of the better iPhone EVER

 

[NotApplicable]

I've purchased every generation of iPhone and plan to continue.

This doesn't mean I can't have negative opinions, or things I wish they included.

They really should have found a way to include TouchID, somehow. Whether or not under-screen, I don't care. It works great on my 2020 iPad Air in the sleep/wake button. COVID isn't going away, and I'm not going to set my phone to automatically unlock if near my watch: that's not secure. There was a defense of not including it on the 2020 iPhones (they were under development before the COVID pandemic became a huge thing), but this is now 18+ months of their customers wearing masks regularly.

It.
Sucks.
To.
Use.
iPhone.
With.
A.
Mask.

Maybe you use a short, insecure passcode and it's a little less painful. That's great, but once you're into your phone, you still have to enter it every time you want to access a password manager or apps that are FaceID-enabled. Some apps (like Ally Bank) don't let you switch freely between using FaceID and logging in with password: every time you log in using password, you're unenrolled from FaceID. Then when you're at home and you want to be using FaceID again, you have to re-enroll your account in FaceID, thus starting the cycle over.

 

[bigscotal]

To be honest, I've got my 12 Pro Max, and am genuinely sad that I simply don't feel compelled to upgrade this year.

I could afford it if I wanted to, and am in no way way tempted to jump ship to Android, so it's not that. It just doesn't feel like it's worth it this year.

I said that if I ended up in this situation, I would probably upgrade my Series 5 Apple Watch instead, but same story there to be honest, just not worth the update.

I'd love to be joining in with the pre-orders chat, but looks like I'll be sitting this one out.

First world problems and all that though.......

 

[skywalkerr69]

It's actually great that Apple is doing a bare minimum because people can spend their money somewhere else. I held onto my X for 4 years and it's still doing perfectly fine but I want 120Hz screen because most of my devices are >120Hz.

You don't need to upgrade every year or even two years, phones are built to last way longer than that.

I have an Xs Max and I’m not really sure if it’s worth upgrading for the 120hz. The camera on the 13 is obviously way better than mine but with portrait mode I didn’t see a difference with the other pro models so I’ll prob still hold onto this one.

Still have Apple Care on it too which I love. I’m 50/50 on getting the 13. Is the 120 that much of a difference?

 

[turbineseaplane]

iPhone's really aren't something that should be getting upgraded as much anymore.

Even on the camera front, all the new ones are just way beyond the point of being "amazing".

By all means upgrade anytime anyone wants!

But it honestly feels like 2-4 years is a good cycle now to really get a major bang for your buck and truly serious feature upgrade when you do make the switch.

 

[bushman4]

My question is why wouldn’t Apple iinclude underscreen or power button Touch ID in a pandemic
Maybe they’ve become too worried about $$$$$ and not their main product that brings them 64% of their revenue
Just checked they have 7 patents for underscreen Touch ID.

 

[FreedomPenguin]

My question is why wouldn’t Apple iinclude underscreen or power button Touch ID in a pandemic
Maybe they’ve become too worried about $$$$$ and not their main product that brings them 64% of their revenue
Just checked they have 7 patents for underscreen Touch ID.

wasn't perfected yet imo. r/d wasn't ready for the high cost, let them perfect it and it'll pop up if they can get it perfect and cost to minimum. tooling etc for it just wasn't ready yet I assume

 

[Ifti]

Ive been using the 8 plus so I could send my 11 Pro Max off to MusicMagpie, and I have to say, I don't like TouchID any more. I liked being able to pick up the phone and have it unlock straight away without having to put my thumb in a certain spot every time.......

 

[CEmajr]

Better camera, better battery, 1TB Storage. Works for me.

 

[sonstar]

Really can't see the point in going from a graphite 12 256 pro max to a graphite 13 pro max, plus new $95AUD black leather case and $26 spigen gsp.
Would be out of pocket $900AUD for pro motion and bit better camera. Would never get any of those other colours. I like pro motion on my M1 12.9" iPad but a iPhone not sure it's needed anyway, smooth as butter now.
Anyone want to convince me otherwise lol.

 

[Delolia]

Apple always used the same strategy : include a technology when it's mature enough.

Example : 120hz screen. It's on the Samsung since S20 but it was no active by default because it drains the battery a lot. (same for the 1440p resolution => 1080p by default).
Apple waited that the technology was mature enough to include LPTO screen with 10-120hz screen and it's the good choice : battery life is even better than before even with that 120hz.

It's not the same market. On iOS apple is alone and can wait to use a technology when it's ready. On android the market is saturated with Samsung, huawei,xiami, sony, nokia, oppo, oneplus, etc.... To be on the focus they "need" to be the first to include things (120hz, mega zoom, foldable etc...) to show that they are "better" than the other brands. Apple don't care about that because people want an iPhone also for iOS and you have it only on iPhone.

For the iPhone 13, I will take the pro max because I like the camera improvements. I am waiting a macro mode since a long time and the Ultra wide was not very good before (in night mode mainly). Also Zoom X3 is a good news for me.

ProMotion, better battery are also good arguments in my usage. They can't change everything every year and design is not my main focus. I see a lot of people being hype for the leak renders of iPhone 14 like "take my money apple!" but why? Design is not useful at all... it's the least useful change they can do for the phone. Inside technologies are the most interesting things for me.

 

[TroyBoy30]

Why? Cause I can and do every year