My wife bought an iPhone X to replace her iPhone 5. The 5 was 32 bit, so no new apps and old ones were not supported, her battery didn’t hold a charge very long, she only had 32 GB memory and she takes lots of videos and pictures so space was always a problem, and she couldn’t set up or use Apple Pay because she didn’t have Touch ID or Face ID.
5 years is an eternity in smart phone time. And i told her that my opinion is you buy the best there is, or the best you can afford and then use it until you no longer can. You can argue that the iPhone 5 was not at the unusable stage because it worked for calls and text and music but it would not support any IOS upgrades, so it would become more limited rather quickly.
When we agreed she could get a new phone I will admit I hoped she would pick a 7s or one of the 8’s, but my ‘buy the best’ statement came back to bite me. She wanted the ‘X’.
Because there were a lot of features added since her iPhone 5 she was quite pleased with the phone. She has not had any problems with the phone or software.
She was surprised when she asked me near Christmas if I would get a new phone when I said no. I’m the one who always wants the shiney new tech, whereas she is usually content with what she has. But none of the new phones-and I’m including Android and Blackberry models here- had anything that was a significant upgrade from my IPhone 6+. I wouldn’t gain a lot of new functionality the way my wife did. And the cost, for any of them, was close to $1000.00. Or if if I buy a cheaper phone I’m only getting a new phone and not any features that I don’t already have. And my phone works.
So for my wife , the iPhone ‘X’ was worth it. For me, it’s not.