You’re the one asking about why Apple still releasing new phones. Nothing to do with my point of them acknowledging longer upgrade cycles.
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iPhone 8/Plus Apple hasn't earned my upgrade: Returned iPhone 8+ to stay with my 6s... anyone else do the same?
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If that is what you think, you misread my post.
But, let's just pretend that I didn't ask that then (even though I didn't).
My question to you is what evidence do you have that Apple has ackowledged that the time between upgrades has increased?
Ok so last night I gave in and bought a new iPhone, I’ll see how it goes. But, I only bought the iPhone 8 64GB 4.7” model, because frankly with the battery scam and the notch cutting off pictures etc on the X, I’m not prepared to spend a grand on an Apple phone.
In fact as the X is bigger then the 8, if Apple stick to this bigger phone design and massive price, my next iPhone may be the SE!
I can honestly see the SE ending up at iPhone 8 prices, and then the X starting from a grand.
I don’t know, can’t see it’s worth it, I saved myself £320 for buying an 8 over an X, that’s half the cost of a new iPad Pro..
And if Apple are going to deem the iPhone needs throttling and handicapping after a year, then it’s another reason to not spend a grand on a phone!
In fact as the X is bigger then the 8, if Apple stick to this bigger phone design and massive price, my next iPhone may be the SE!
I can honestly see the SE ending up at iPhone 8 prices, and then the X starting from a grand.
I don’t know, can’t see it’s worth it, I saved myself £320 for buying an 8 over an X, that’s half the cost of a new iPad Pro..
And if Apple are going to deem the iPhone needs throttling and handicapping after a year, then it’s another reason to not spend a grand on a phone!
The X has been the most impressive iPhone upgrade I have had to date and I have been using iPhones since the 3g.
The X has drastically reduced the usage of my iPad due to screen size. I just don’t have the urge to reach for it as much. The notch is a non issue after a day and I find that FaceTime is many, many, many times more reliable than Touch ID. It isn’t even close for me.
The only complaints I have is that it is a little on the heavy side and I don’t like the glass back... I always have my phones in a case so the second point is sort of irrelevant.
The iPhone 7/8s are nice phones but they aren’t game changers compared to a 6.
I went ahead with an iPhone purchase yesterday as well. Met a lovely lady at a Starbucks and took her year old 6s off her hands for $200. I couldn't vote in the poll as I have had the X for almost two months so it's well beyond my return period. Because of this it's now resting comfortably in my bedside table drawer.
I carry a 6s for work and no matter how much time passed, the X always felt like a brick when I switched back to it at the end of the day. I was also getting more and more frustrated with the lack on one-handedness. Perhaps this wouldn't have happened if it weren't for my work phone reminding me of how perfect the 4.7" form factor is for me on a daily basis. I rarely take pictures so the camera downgrade doesn't affect me in the least.
I don't plan on selling the X immediately as I would hate to regret it and have to go spend another $1150 but I'm very happy with my shiny new (to me) 6s.
I carry a 6s for work and no matter how much time passed, the X always felt like a brick when I switched back to it at the end of the day. I was also getting more and more frustrated with the lack on one-handedness. Perhaps this wouldn't have happened if it weren't for my work phone reminding me of how perfect the 4.7" form factor is for me on a daily basis. I rarely take pictures so the camera downgrade doesn't affect me in the least.
I don't plan on selling the X immediately as I would hate to regret it and have to go spend another $1150 but I'm very happy with my shiny new (to me) 6s.
Such a downgrade... effectively the same size phone with a tiny little screen. Going back and looking at a 7 now is nuts for me, I don’t know how I got along with the little screen before!
To each their own of course, whatever makes you happy.
I love the 8+, but I would be lying if I didn’t have similar thoughts in the first week of ownership. For me, the upgrade is really in the camera and battery.
iphone 6S plus ran great for me on iOS 11. So I'm assuming If people take advantage of the $29 battery replacement, the 6S is good to go for another 1 year of optimal performance with new battery.
Honestly I would have kept the 6S but got a $300 sam's club gift card plus waived activation fee in November. And I sold my 6S plus 64GB for $400.
So my "net" cost to upgrade from iphone 6S $64GB plus to iphone 8 plus 64GB was "only $100" when factoring gift card that can be used at walmart or sam's club.
90% plus of macrumors forum memebers would probably "upgrade" to a 8 plus for the equivalent of $100 (in my opinion)
Honestly I would have kept the 6S but got a $300 sam's club gift card plus waived activation fee in November. And I sold my 6S plus 64GB for $400.
So my "net" cost to upgrade from iphone 6S $64GB plus to iphone 8 plus 64GB was "only $100" when factoring gift card that can be used at walmart or sam's club.
90% plus of macrumors forum memebers would probably "upgrade" to a 8 plus for the equivalent of $100 (in my opinion)
That notch is annoying when the phone is on its side, and I just know all I’ll think is it’s not worth the money, Apple need to adjust their perception of pricing I think, more so if they are going to throttle 1 year old phones!
Plus it is a bigger phone and more so with a case on it.
And for a grand I expect more then what the X is offering to be honest.
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Is there a company that has "earned your upgrade"? Any reason not to give them a try? If it's due to cost, there are certainly cheaper options in the iOS lineup.
Have a 7+.
Went and really looked at the X. Then looked hard at the 8.
For the first time in years I did not upgrade (yearly).
For the X the grand upgrade total was just over $1400 US.
The 8+ just didn't offer a significant reason. Recent events have left me tentative on going to the 8+.
Price and other issues made the X just not worth it.
Went and really looked at the X. Then looked hard at the 8.
For the first time in years I did not upgrade (yearly).
For the X the grand upgrade total was just over $1400 US.
The 8+ just didn't offer a significant reason. Recent events have left me tentative on going to the 8+.
Price and other issues made the X just not worth it.
My thoughts exactly. All the previous upgrades I did were nice, but minor. The X is the big one. Especially given the price I paid and also because I know the next few generations will be incremental improvements again, I want to hang onto this one for as long as I can.
I’ve always had that same respect for people who stick to their old models. Maybe it’s because of how much I’ve spent upgrading.
But yeah, the X is wonderful and I can see myself happily using it for the next two or three years at least.
Well... today I made the tough decision to return the 8+ and stick with my 6s
I appreciated all of the improvements the 8+ had such as:
... but in the end I just couldn't justify spending $900 on a new phone when my 6s still gets the job done and I'm content with it. It didn't help that I learned about Apples throttling scandal after I purchased the 8+, along with a few other annoyances below.
- Bigger screen
- Brighter screen
- Longer battery
- Better camera
- Stereo speakers
- Faster processor
Early on, some of the main reasons that I was leaning towards keeping the 8+ was the fact that it will be the last great phone which has 1] TouchID 2] IPS screen, and 3] notch-free design. The 8+ also had iOS 11.1.2 so it didn't have Apples throttling "feature" (unlike my 6s which has 10.3.3 and will eventually be throttled). Also next years iPhones, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, will all have AMOLEDS / no TouchID / Notches *bleh*
I kept switching back and forth between the two and seeing if the 8+ was truly a big enough difference to justify spending that amount of $ on something instead of sticking with the phone I have that's already paid off and I still was content with.
I'm also a minimalist by nature and tend to over analyze any buying decision that might possibly create unnecessary waste / excess. It's funny because if a family member lost their phone and needed my 6s it would have made the decision a lot easier. I would have given them my 6s for free and simply have kept the 8+. No one I knew needed a free 6s though, so it felt like a waste having a perfectly good phone sitting around the house doing nothing.
In addition to the whole $ wasting aspect + not creating unnecessary technology clutter around the house... Apples recent actions with their throttling scandal left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. ...snip...
Anyone else out there decide to return your 8/8+/X and stick with what you had? What were your reasons for doing so?
I did return the X. The display hurt my eyes. I was also never quite comfortable with such an enormous cost for one phone. I run a line for iOS and one for an Android phone. It’s sort of a hobby with me right now.
When I sent the X back and traded my 7 Plus in, I got back enough money to afford an 8 Plus and a Pixel 2. The Pixel 2 camera is brilliant. I love it. I also love many things about Android Oreo, as I learn my way around it. The 8 Plus was a nice upgrade for me.
However, my original plan was to return the X and stay on my 7 Plus to go along with the Pixel 2. But my 7 Plus battery has been draining abnormally fast. Restarting didn’t help. I wasn’t able to isolate the cause.
I was going to go in for the battery change but then I thought about my situation. I may not be able to use future OLED iPhones. I’m not ready to leave iOS just yet. In another two years I think I could make the switch. It’s very close now but not yet. So I thought about how my warranty was up and how I had not purchased Apple Care Plus for the phone. I decided I wanted True Tone and wireless charging. And the camera improvements and wireless charging. I decided getting an 8 Plus would buy me at least two more years on a form factor and display that are time tested and proven quantities that I know I’ll enjoy.
So, I traded in my 7 Plus and was able to get the 8 Plus for around $630. I got a defective one, so I’m now on my second 8 Plus. I’ve never gotten a defective iPhone before. I hope that’s not a sign of any decline in Apple QC.
I’m feeling a bit of ambivalence toward Apple right now. It’s a bit sad because I was so excited when I saw the Keynote last year. I fell in love with the X. And I got it and it was really a fabulous phone. Face ID worked well for me. The notch was fine.
It was just alarmingly expensive to buy and insure. The cost to repair meant I felt I had to buy Apple Care Plus and that made the phone painfully expensive for what it really is. Face ID is good but Touch ID is as good, if not better in many circumstances. It didn’t feel necessary to sacrifice so much and add so much cost just to have that feature.
And OLED was pretty but it didn’t buy me the battery life I was hoping for, because iOS doesn’t have a true dark mode. And the pulse width modulation settings they went with meant the display was going to give me considerable eye strain. It seemed bearable at first, but for that price I want enjoyable, not merely tolerable. And as time went on it went from bearable to annoying.
I do miss the X. But I found a more satisfying choice for its cost.
My launch day 6 works great. I can text, email, browse, take pics and talk on the phone. Not sure what else I need.
There were a couple of problems with it.
One was not really a problem, just an extremely minor and merely cosmetic flaw, so I would have been willing to live with it: the display glass was raised up from the aluminum frame on the left side. There was a gap where the glass meets the frame that I could see and feel with a fingernail. I looked that up on this forum and apparently it’s a common defect of no functional consequence. Not an issue at all, just something I was surprised to see because I’ve been lucky to get perfectly assembled iPhones all these years.
The second issue, much more of a concern, was appalling call quality on AT&T. One call was so bad, I couldn’t hear much of the conversation and so I ended the call from my 8 Plus and called back on my Pixel 2. I’d gotten good call quality on my AT&T X with the Intel modem, so I wondered if my unlocked 8 Plus with the Qualcomm modem had been handicapped too much by Apple. So when we returned the unlocked 8 Plus we asked for the AT&T model. I’ll not be leaving AT&T anytime soon so I don’t really need an unlocked model anyway. My unlocked 7 Plus and my husband’s unlocked 7 Plus never worked well on AT&T. I was always having to make calls on my Android phones.
The final blow was discovering my lightning port was messed up. None of my lightning earbuds nor the dongle could be counted on to work properly. The lightest touch to the cord near the connector would cause the sound to cut out.
Ok, so my iPhone 8 is a device with better reception and the camera is slightly better in low light, need to test daylight shots yet.
I think I’ll keep it but when the SE 2 comes out I may change it for that, because that will be something new and cool and compact plus I guess with 128GB storage.
So far the 8 really is just a mildly improved 6S to me. I wouldn’t recommend it really over the 6S.
I think I’ll keep it but when the SE 2 comes out I may change it for that, because that will be something new and cool and compact plus I guess with 128GB storage.
So far the 8 really is just a mildly improved 6S to me. I wouldn’t recommend it really over the 6S.