I think phones have advanced so much you don't need to upgrade every year anymore, the benefit is quite small now. I'm on the 6s and will get the X but it should last 3 years or if not more.
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I think phones have advanced so much you don't need to upgrade every year anymore, the benefit is quite small now. I'm on the 6s and will get the X but it should last 3 years or if not more.
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The hardware is outpacing the software I think. You’re packing really quite impressive CPUs with big chunks of RAM into handsets and outside of games there really isn’t the software to make use of it. You’re not going to sit down and use lightroom on your iPhone for instance. I can’t see AR being more than a gimmick.
Apples current trend has to be push the software side of their OS to slowly cripple older devices, whilst artificially restricting features to their new handsets. The new handsets are pretty powerful so I’m not sure they’ll slow down as readily as older devices. Meaning new features are all that’s left to push devices, and they seem to be pretty unexciting.
Apples current trend has to be push the software side of their OS to slowly cripple older devices, whilst artificially restricting features to their new handsets. The new handsets are pretty powerful so I’m not sure they’ll slow down as readily as older devices. Meaning new features are all that’s left to push devices, and they seem to be pretty unexciting.
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It's not a question of expensive headphones, not needing to charge another battery is almost incentive enough for me to stick to wired headphones before we go anywhere near the performance and cost aspects. So yeah I do expect them to put one on even in the year 2050 if there's no outright better alternative available.
I'm not seeing a compelling argument to consumers for removing the headphone socket beyond it'll somehow make wireless headphones 'better' because reasons but this is a tired argument, I'll respect your preference for wireless if you return the favour and at least try to understand that plenty of us have valid reasons for wanting to retain it.
I understand what your saying, there isn't just wireless though there are lightning alternatives although granted I cant say how good they are. I've just heard this drum been banged on and on since the IPhone 7 and I just think if people don't like it they should not purchase the device and of course the more devices that drop the 3.5mm jack the more encouragement developers will have to build better alternatives
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I add - like a larger screen, write at times, long emails, listen to podcast/music in the car and use it as a navigation device when walking in cities.
None of them are iPhone 8 exclusive. Can do them all with iPhone 4 if only the Apps themselves still work on the older OS which most don't.
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I'm having trouble seeing any good reasons for the lightning headphones, you'll spend more, get worse quality and be stuck only being able to use it on a small number of Apple devices. Better to just bite the wireless bullet in that situation surely?
I'm salty as all hell about the removal of the 3.5mm socket but that alone is not enough to put me off buying a phone, one of the reasons I hate this change so much, if every other manufacturer follows suit I'll be forced to buy dongles or switch to wireless and neither would be an improvement for me.
I've had my 6 since launch day 3 years ago. It has served me well, and if it wasn't for the fact that the battery and mute switch are both knackered and it runs rather slowly, I'd probably keep it for another year as well.
I can also sell it to one of the recycling sites for ~£200, which isn't a bad residual.
I'll be going for the iPhone 8 64gb and if it lasts me 3 years as well, I'm happy with the outlay.
just like the used 6S+ were the best value fro money when the 7 came out, the 7+ will be best value for money as soon as the 8 is released
just makes sense to get the previous model (decent used with warranty) for half the price
Hello Howard, you're in the exact situation as me. I got my 6 on release 3 years ago and the mute/silence switch is on it's way out too. I saw lastnight that i can get £200 for the phone still, which shocked me, so will likely go for the 64GB iPhone 8 after all as well
Exactlty.
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Keeping a gen behind is prob the most sensible option tbh, not like the 7+ suddenly went bad!!
I have a 6+ 64gb that still runs pretty well, but I am down to 1gb of storage, so to get a storage bump I need to go to 256gb in a 8+ which will set me back £949, I just can't justify that kind of money on a phone so will probably look at a S8 (which you can get for £533 brand new with trade in plan at the moment on Samsung's website, which makes it £416 pounds cheaper than the 8+ 256, will spend £20 and get a 64gb micro SD card to get 128Gb of storage) Or I will get a second hand 7+ 128.
The decision to make is whether I stay on iOS or move to Android. I like iOS I don't tinker with my phone I just want it to work and work reliably and Apple has been really good at that for me, so it's hard to make the switch (Apple replaced my iPhone 6+ just outside of warranty for dust in camera sensor for free, doubt very much that Samsung can match Apples customer service) I used Android last in 2010 on a HTC desire HD which was a awful phone and experience, got rid of that phone as soon as contract was over went to Apple and never looked back, so my Android experience has some negative memories that I am scared will repeat themselves, lag, crashes, buggy Apps, bad battery etc etc. I know Android has improved massively since then but I pretty sure Apples customer service remains second to none (and the backup system is amazing, new iPhone restore from backup everything is like it was on your old phone)
TLDR = price rises and lack of middle storage options means I am considering Android or a second hand iPhone and not the new ones.
The decision to make is whether I stay on iOS or move to Android. I like iOS I don't tinker with my phone I just want it to work and work reliably and Apple has been really good at that for me, so it's hard to make the switch (Apple replaced my iPhone 6+ just outside of warranty for dust in camera sensor for free, doubt very much that Samsung can match Apples customer service) I used Android last in 2010 on a HTC desire HD which was a awful phone and experience, got rid of that phone as soon as contract was over went to Apple and never looked back, so my Android experience has some negative memories that I am scared will repeat themselves, lag, crashes, buggy Apps, bad battery etc etc. I know Android has improved massively since then but I pretty sure Apples customer service remains second to none (and the backup system is amazing, new iPhone restore from backup everything is like it was on your old phone)
TLDR = price rises and lack of middle storage options means I am considering Android or a second hand iPhone and not the new ones.
But can you charge a phone and listed to music at the same time?
Wait and see what the Pixel 2 is like. Having owned an iPhone 6 and now my Pixel, I can say that almost all the worries I had about moving to android vanished with my Pixel and it's near to stock android experience. That said, i'm coming back to iOS as I want to make full use of the apple eco system again.
Yes the Pixel did tempt me but prices are pretty close to the iPhone, £819 for the 128gb XL and I have a feeling that the new ones will be similarly priced if not a bit more, but I agree that as close to stock Android as you can get seems to be the best for a good experience.
Hello Howard, you're in the exact situation as me. I got my 6 on release 3 years ago and the mute/silence switch is on it's way out too. I saw lastnight that i can get £200 for the phone still, which shocked me, so will likely go for the 64GB iPhone 8 after all as well
I'm just undecided on colour. Really tempted by the gold, since it looks a lot nicer than rose gold, but don't want it to look too 'cheesy' in the flesh. Otherwise I'll go for silver I think.
