That would be iPhone 8 or higher. With 6s, credit is only $350. To me, that's not worth getting tied down for 30 months.
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Apple Saw Largest Number of iPhone Upgraders Ever in Q1 2021
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That would be iPhone 8 or higher. With 6s, credit is only $350. To me, that's not worth getting tied down for 30 months.
Apple doesn’t care how much the phone cost when you don’t buy it from them. An active iPhone is a potential spending customer. So yeah, it is impressive.
Design choices aren’t binary. I get the point, discussing the notch over dinner or cocktails (before lockdown) would be a boorish conversation. It’s good internet fodder though.That doesn't discount the fact that they exist. For instance, the ones here on MacRumors...are real people.
I just looked up iphone 6s and its price seem to be around $100, how are they covering the rest $900? Something is fishy
T-Mobile had a trade-in offer for the iPhone 6S of $215 plus another $200 loyalty discount, $415 total. That offer is no longer available. So there were some really great carrier trade-in offers.
Makes 4G LTE feel old like how 3G was. 5G is amazing, I'm literally getting a lot done anywhere, anytime. That upgrade in itself is worth every penny. Not to mention a T-Mobile 20GB/monthly hotspot, this is like true ethernet speeds anywhere when needed.
I saved mine for this quarter. I think a lot of people were upgrading from older phones like the iPhone 7 or 6S.
doing what exactly though? I don’t have any buffering with 4g. Honestly I don’t understand what benefit I would see.
you’ve provided no specifics just said it’s amazing.It would be impossible to feel like the jump form 3 to 4 as it’s demolishing returns.
I would imagine having so many iPhones at much lower price points like the XR, 11 and SE has helped massively this time around.
Looking at the prices going up on competitor devices, I wouldn’t mind betting Apple will be looking to raise the price of their Pro line in the near future.
Looking at the prices going up on competitor devices, I wouldn’t mind betting Apple will be looking to raise the price of their Pro line in the near future.
My dad and husband won’t switch back the iPhone. My husband likes his Samsung phones too much and my dad always moans about how expensive the iPhone is and doesn’t do as much as his Samsung phones. The last iPhone he wanted was the 6 plus. In the end he didn’t get it.
Samsung had to reduce the prices of their S21 line up this year so maybe Apple will not hike prices just yet.
Really?
”[iP12’s]...significant camera improvements..”
Can someone make a short list about these improvements and their significance?
Compared to iP11?
Or is MR comparing to <wild guess>iP6?
I suppose it all depends on demand. Samsung don’t enjoy the sales iPhones do, although I have no doubt the flagship iPhones aren’t as popular as the cheaper models either.
you are right. 5G does not benefit you using an iPhone. 5G main beneficial features:
1-high speeds
2-less congestion
Unless you are loading and uploading big files, sending emails or messages won't be any faster on 5g than 4g. Note, with bigger files you have the monthly cap limit. So 5G with 15GB/m is not too beneficial.Congestion is if you live in a crowded area and you do not get signal.
5G is worthless now because they still have not installed enough antennas, you will go many places and won't find a 5G signal. Its also not far reaching. Let me put it this way, give a person a 4G or 5G phone and he won't notice a difference until he downloads the a full season of Seinfeld...IF he finds a singal...IF his cap limit is not over.
Does he? Was not it just the case of pent-up demand due to the fact that people were waiting for 5G and Apple was (as usual) late with it?
I am still not convinced that 5g was as big a deal in the US (probably moreso in China). What I suspect likely happened is that you still had a lot of people on older iPhones (iPhone 7 or 8s) who simply felt it was time to upgrade.
As carriers end their subsidies and people hold on to their smartphones longer, I feel the age of the supercycle is coming to an end. Rather, what will happen is that Apple will rely on the 2nd hand iPhone market (mainly from trade ins and their own upgrade programme) to expand their user base and continue to market their own products to their existing user base.
It certainly helps that iPhones are quite durable in general, are eligible for battery swaps and will be supported with software updates for 5-6 years at least. All this ensures that iPhones stay in active circulation far longer than your average android smartphone.
I am one of those people who don’t upgrade every year. I am still using a iPhone 6S+, running iOS 14.4. September will be when I will be upgrading to the next iPhone Pro Max model. Pretty amazing how well iOS 14.4 runs on the A9 CPU with only 2GB RAM. Does not feel sluggish at all.
You know, there are companies like Facebook who throw accusations of being “anti competitive” around. But what you suggest, that is pure anti-competitiveness.
I agree with what other say, that would be dreadful for the whole mobile industry. Android is what pushes our iPhones to be as good as they are. Remove that competition and we’d go back to Apple doing the absolute bare minimum. Competition is what drives innovation and great products. I’m surprised you didn’t realise that.
Lots of Android is NOT open source. Samsung tried to get around Google starting with open source Android, and they failed.
Android innovates then Apple implements properly.True. Android implements things first. Apple implements things late and right.