Who's the target upgrader? I have a 6S and I have no desire to "upgrade" to this phone. Sure it's faster and has nicer cameras but it's so big and heavy when I find my 6S to already be too big.
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Yes. 5G should be ready for primtime for a good percentage of people by late 2021.
If you can’t figure out why it is a massive upgrade over your 6s, you are not trying, or you don’t do much with your phone other than text.
I will add in the 80% more battery life.
Did it die in the last 8 days? Because 8 days ago Greg Joswiak said it “will continue to have a role.”
https://www.macrumors.com/2019/09/09/apple-says-touch-id-will-continue-to-have-role/
Also, Apple has released numerous products with touchID this year (iPad Air, iPad mini 5, iPad 7, MacBook pros and airs), far more than with faceID.
by the time they settled with QC there wasn't enough time to put the x20 modem into the production for iphone. hell even the x16 qualcomm chip inside the x has better coverage than the iphone 11's intel xmm 7560
I don't need to upgrade from my X this year, but I think I might do it anyway. I have 2 more months left on my iPhone Upgrade Program payments (and 2 more months of AppleCare coverage). Once it's paid off, I'll trade my X in for an 11 or 11 Pro at the lower payment rate.
My reasoning is that I've needed AppleCare coverage now fewer than 4 times (3 for hardware defects and once when I dropped my phone). I just don't trust this X hardware. If I trade in my phone right after it comes off of AppleCare, I'll know I'm trading in a working phone. If I wait, I might end up with nothing to trade in.
I like the peace of mind having AppleCare on such an expensive and breakable device.
My reasoning is that I've needed AppleCare coverage now fewer than 4 times (3 for hardware defects and once when I dropped my phone). I just don't trust this X hardware. If I trade in my phone right after it comes off of AppleCare, I'll know I'm trading in a working phone. If I wait, I might end up with nothing to trade in.
I like the peace of mind having AppleCare on such an expensive and breakable device.
But...’Best’ was wasn’t the nature behind my post, it was the Verge being primarily optimistic about Apple, which they tend not favor Apple from past reviews. Maybe you missed that part.
Plenty of rumours that already said the 2020 model is the one to get.
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Except the repetitive rumours that keep saying the 2020 models WILL have big changes.
Seems like high regard so far. The new camera system, better screen, battery life, and the textured matte glass should make it a solid upgrade, even for XS users. The midnight green and camera set up looks even better than I thought it would too. iPhone should sell pretty well for Apple this year.
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Likely because it doesn’t matter. Apple isn’t going to release a phone in 2019 with RAM issues.
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Likely because it doesn’t matter. Apple isn’t going to release a phone in 2019 with RAM issues.
Best camera ever on a phone
Best CPU ever on a phone
Up to 25% more battery life than previous year model
yep.....big disappointment
You’re referring to products that came in 2014 though. That’s how long it’s been since that was an issue. The 6s and newer all run fine today with a good battery.
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Anyone who wants a phone that is much more powerful, a massive upgrade for a camera, and huge battery life gains. They sell millions every year so there’s a target audience out there somewhere.
You gotta be kidding me:
"An Editor at The Verge Was Also on Apple’s Payroll for Two Months"
https://fortune.com/2016/09/24/verge-editor-apple-payroll/
Nilay isn't quite known for being "cynical" about Apple either:
IPHONE X REVIEW: FACE THE FUTURE
Works in progress can still be great
https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/31/16579748/apple-iphone-x-review
Nothing to see here, just pump the prime.
My XS was the first phone I liked less than my prior phone (which was a 7).
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Because I want the camera upgrades, better battery life, etc. But I'll go to the store first and play around with it.
And I question the point of a foldable phone. A foldable tablet sounds cool, but phone? Not to me. I also question if a device using foldable screen technology is actually innovative at all. The tech isn’t new. The software on the foldable device may be innovative, but I’m not sure regarding the hardware. I guess it has more point than 5G currently, and no, I don’t consider using a 5G modem to be innovative either. It is simply normal technological advancement spun by marketers. 5G isn’t innovative for Samsung now nor Apple in the future.
It would be pretty innovative if we could get something the size of an iPhone with the screen dimensions to boot when folded. And when unfolded, there would be a seamless transition and a crease-less display. So it'd be a no-compromises phone and a no-compromises tablet. Right now, there's nothing that matches this description.
I would agree if the device is 100% seamless and if it could be opened 1000 times a day for at least 5 years without developing any crease or having any issue whatsoever it would be innovative. I have doubts that will ever happen.
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not you, clearly.
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also, 2020 is 2020. No amount of discussion can steer us away from the fact that we’re a year away from that iPhone.
I figured someone would bring up one gig of RAM. And I still say that if the iPad Air 2 can run 3 apps at the same time then RAM is no longer a bottleneck. At some point adding RAM brings very little improvement and with iOS I’d say that is now. A 4GB RAM device will be ancient before the RAM is holding it back.