Has phone upgrading peaked?

Yep the 7 was a flunk. I went to the SE instead, and only then because somebody knicked my 6 which was working fine.
 
I'd agree in part (although I own a 7 plus and have previously had a 6s plus). Not many people want to spend £600+ for an evolutionary upgrade, if companies started making large upgrades, more people would likely consider upgrading.
 
I will probably get the 8 or whatever it's called but I agree it has peaked. I've had my 6 plus since release and now I've had the screen replaced it's still pretty flawless bar a small lag so I am in no massive rush to change. If there are large issues with the 8 (Which I sense there might be given the apparent rush to get it out the door) I'll wait till next release.
 
I'm on a 256 gloss blk 7. And I shall be upgrading to the 8. I'm a sucker for new tech.

I don't feel I need to upgrade. At all. The 7 is a fantastic phone. And will be for years to come.

I just want shiny new tech :D
 
I think most phones are good for 3 generations now, ive gone from S7 E to a Iphone SE, and ive not felt ive downgraded, my wife has a Samsung S5 and it still feels a good phone. I think people only upgrade due to phones being status symbols now and they fall for the marketing, but in reality theres no great difference. certainly not enough of a difference to justify chucking 500-600 sheets every year.

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My iPhone History has been OG > 3G > 4 > 5 > 6 > 7+

Normally I'd skip the next (7S) but now being on the AUP and with hearing this '8' will be a bigger upgrade I'm tempted.
 
My 5S is on its last legs and I'll probably get an SE when/if it finally dies. Also very interested in the idea of an SE2 if the rumours are true.

3G > 4 > 5S
 
Don't think so.

I know loads of people with the latest phones and half of them bang on about how skint they are.

The majority of them upgrade every year.
 
Still on a 6+ here, still works perfectly well for what I need. New models do improve things slightly but phones in the last few years have gotten good enough to last 3 4 years easily without any major slowdowns. I am tempted to keep my 6+ for another year which would make 4 years on same phone, but if I do upgrade I don't think it will be to a iPhone 8 more likely I will get a second hand 7+ for a lot less money and keep that for 2 3 years too.
 
Vargas said:
Don't think so.

I know loads of people with the latest phones and half of them bang on about how skint they are.

The majority of them upgrade every year.
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The contracts make it too easy, but when you work out the full cost of those contracts - blimey. Why people don't just buy up front and get a SIM only deal is beyond me.

Tatsuki said:
Still on a 6+ here, still works perfectly well for what I need. New models do improve things slightly but phones in the last few years have gotten good enough to last 3 4 years easily without any major slowdowns. I am tempted to keep my 6+ for another year which would make 4 years on same phone, but if I do upgrade I don't think it will be to a iPhone 8 more likely I will get a second hand 7+ for a lot less money and keep that for 2 3 years too.
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This is the issue really. Either due to tech limitations or lack of innovation and design, what we have been getting over the last 3 to 4 years (both iPhone and Android) are basically repackaged phones with small incremental advances.
 
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Faustus said:
This is the issue really. Either due to tech limitations or lack of innovation and design, what we have been getting over the last 3 to 4 years (both iPhone and Android) are basically repackaged phones with small incremental advances.
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I was thinking what do they need to do? Bigger screens with no bezels are nice but not game changing, wireless charging same, water proof same. I use my phone for emails, messages, music, photos, videos, phone calls!, the odd game and keeping track of my appointments, I don't need a new phone with the above improvements to do any of that. I feel like phones need some new radical thing that suddenly makes them appealing/useful again, but I have no clue what they could do to do them that would achieve that.
 
Tatsuki said:
I was thinking what do they need to do? Bigger screens with no bezels are nice but not game changing, wireless charging same, water proof same. I use my phone for emails, messages, music, photos, videos, phone calls!, the odd game and keeping track of my appointments, I don't need a new phone with the above improvements to do any of that. I feel like phones need some new radical thing that suddenly makes them appealing/useful again, but I have no clue what they could do to do them that would achieve that.
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Battery simple as, you can dress a phone up all you want with a nice design but it soon becomes a white elephant if the battery is just pants which they are on all phones.
 
Spook187 said:
Battery simple as, you can dress a phone up all you want with a nice design but it soon becomes a white elephant if the battery is just pants which they are on all phones.
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My iPhone 7 battery is more than adequate. Actually.

I've never had an issue of running low during the day or on a night out. I really don't get the battery complaints.
 
I went through every handset from the original iPhone (2007) to iPhone 5S then stopped upgrading annually.

I have always bought the handset outright so it was only a duff battery that got me to upgrade to the iPhone 6 when my 5S starting having issues.

I skipped the 6S and went to the 7 Plus because I wanted to save some money and had a 6S Plus as a work phone and liked the size.

To be honest I'd love the 7S/8 or whatever they'll call it purely because the mock ups look amazing but I'm saving for a wedding and don't fancy spunking the best part of a Grand on a phone I don't need.

Upgrading annually has benefits (higher resale, best tech) but it's also a hassle knowing you're either having to sell it privately and deal with the fees/hassle or trade it in for less cash. I'm just glad I've got a good contract and buy the handset outright as I know if they released a device I didn't like I could just go elsewhere. Unlikely, but possible.
 
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