I have a launch day X, and I don’t regret upgrading from the 7+ (which I still own) or paying over $1k. I do everything on this device, including work related projects, shopping, making doctor appointments and refilling prescriptions, paying bills, watching movies, editing my daughter’s videos for her YouTube channel and everything else I do on it. I did finance my phone through T-Mobile and got a awesome deal for $12.50 off my device payments bringing it to $5.42 a month for 2 years. I did upgrade my Series 2 Apple Watch to a Series 4, which I was happy to upgrade. Next year I will be upgrading to whatever X Max is released.