Eh, I'll stick with my 7. I've only had it since March, and my T-Mobile financing doesn't allow annual trade-ins. So I have the 7 at least through March 2019, but I can't complain because it's an improvement over the 5 I had for 4 years.
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Any point in going from a 7 to an 8?
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I’m gonna pass on the X this year. Hope to get second gen X next year. Already on IUP so I’ll be paying $40/month for next year anyway, so I’m gonna upgrade from 7+ to 8+
Same here. Love my 7plus and not thrilled with the X face ID. First time since the 4 not intending to upgrade. Apple TV 4K useless if you don't have a 4K TV. Only item interested in is the watch with cellular that will connect to my air pods.
Nope! My 7+ is still amazing and the X is just too much money and I don't want to be a beta tester for Face ID. The 8 is just not enough of an upgrade for me to splurge that much money on.
I think you answered the question yourself.
7 plus here. Not upgrading any time soon. Who cares if my phone sees my fingerprint or face. Big deal.
Me too. I don't want the X, but I'm on the IUP so I may just get the 8 Plus since I can and see what the next X phone brings next year. I do like the wireless charging. I came from Android last year and that was really something I miss. I have like 6 QI chargers floating around that I can't do anything with currently. I already did the pre-approval so I'll mull it over until Thursday. Still not sure if I'll pull the trigger.
I'm on the fence. I'm on the Apple plan, so it really doesn't make much difference money-wise, but my 7+ is great and I think the software update is gonna be a pretty nice upgrade, so this might be the first year ever I don't get a phone at release.
I'm just not sure what I think of the X - I'd really need to see it.
The only thing is if I decide to get either one a few months down the road, it'll screw me up for being able to get one at release next year and IDK if I wanna do that.
I'm just not sure what I think of the X - I'd really need to see it.
The only thing is if I decide to get either one a few months down the road, it'll screw me up for being able to get one at release next year and IDK if I wanna do that.
7 to 8? Meh.
5C to 8? Hell yes. That's my wife's upgrade path.
Stop getting all pissy about getting "mere" incremental updates. Sit out an upgrade cycle or three, and then make the jump bigger.
5C to 8? Hell yes. That's my wife's upgrade path.
Stop getting all pissy about getting "mere" incremental updates. Sit out an upgrade cycle or three, and then make the jump bigger.
Me too
Seems no reason not to upgrade to 8 if on AUP and don't want X.
Agree with your logic.
Next year trade in value would not be that great. Would be nice for back up unit though. Not in situation to give as hand me down.
As Someone owning the 7+, the iPhone 8 will not be justifiable enough for me to upgrade, as where the iPhone X will meet my preferences. I would say all the features you listed, Tru-Tone is a nice add on from the iPad Pro lineup.
Water resistance is the only potential benefit I see for me. But at the cost of losing the headphone jack - which for musicians is still important.
Absolutely no point whatsoever. The upgrade path for iPhone 7 owners is the iPhone X, or wait until the proper version of this device late 2018 once they've ironed out many of the issues that will no doubt exist with the X (hardware & software).
It's not so much the lack of more "upgrades" but that sone if this has been looking more like downgrades. The 5s was a better phone than my 6s because of the form factor ( new ones are too big and too thin). Loss of headphone jack on the newer ones.
It's like the new laptops. Thinner with worse connectivity.
