There were claims of 4-6 month delays with the past two iPhones and we didn't see that happen.
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Apple's 2020 iPhones Said to Launch Starting in Late October Due to Coronavirus Delays
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Challenge accepted. All of the things I hate about the X+ line of iPhones still exist in these.
I would not mind that either. I know everyone is pretty excited for 5G, but for ME, 5G does absolutely nothing. At least where I live, my AT&T data speed is excellent. Not once have I ever encountered a situation where I thought "wow, I could use more speed". Everything that I want to do on my iPhone while I'm out and about I can do without current non 5G internet speeds slowing me down at all.
My only complaint with data plans are caps and prices. And trust me, Verizon and AT&T are dying to charge premium for it (or increase prices across the board).
The sad reality is that most consumers in the US excited for 5G and obsessing over iPhone display resolutions don't even realize that the majority of plans limit the streaming resolution to SD unless they pay for higher cost plans.
I kinda don’t know what to be excited for as an iPhone XS Max user. So like wow the phone looks like the iPhone 5 I used to have with square edges? Cool I guess. Gonna have a marginally better camera? Cool I guess. 5g? I don’t even use the speeds I get with 4g.
Not trying to crap on it before it even comes, but phones have gotten so damn good it’s hard to really convince myself what I have isn’t good enough to the point I should spend $1200 during a pandemic
Not trying to crap on it before it even comes, but phones have gotten so damn good it’s hard to really convince myself what I have isn’t good enough to the point I should spend $1200 during a pandemic
If you have to pay extra, that isn’t Apple’s fault. You agreed to the terms. And for there is nothing in the terms denoting Apple has to release any phone a a specific date, so that you don’t have to pay a 13th payment.
In reality, if Apple just said “screw it. With everything going on, we’re not releasing a new iPhone this year” everybody would be just fine
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Makes sense. Or you could just get a current 11 Pro to hold you off. These devices are so powerful already that annual, maybe even bi annual upgrades are almost superfluous, to me at least.
I am concerned with the OLED setup on these new iPhones however, burn in is a very real problem that shortens the life of a device (without having to take it in for a screen replacement at least).
My Note8 has severe burn-in from using Waze all the time, so I'd also get an 11/Pro until software upgrades rendered it unusable.
If you're using the phone for 13 or 14 months, you should pay for them. Where you might run into an issue is if they go back to a September release in 2021, and you've only made 10 or 11 payments on your 2020 model.
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That’s a good point! I think they’re just false rumors! I believe Apple will release them in September in a timely manner
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You’re missing my point. The program is benifical because it’s a garunteed 50% trade in at 12 payments. A 512gb iPhone doesn’t lose $120 in value in two months.
This past year I got an offer for my old phone over 50% so I bought this phone on a new upgrade program contract thinking super easy to pay off the old phone. Nope two months calling Citizens One and Apple requesting to pay off the device. It was a royal pain. Apple benefits from the program they wouldn’t offer it out of the goodness of their heart. There is no way I’m going to eat 120 in extra payments. I’ll pay off the device and fight with them again. But I’m not joining the program unless it works. Stop trying to say it’s just a loan Apple’s whole pitch was to make it easier if you get a new phone each year. If anything it’s been a bigger pain because of things like this.
I can be annoyed. I can also go back to buying my devices outright and selling them each year. I’ll probably make more and Apple gets zero benefit. It might be less work at this point compared to the “convenience” of the upgrade program.
How does your reply even pass a sanity test?
Find a link that suggested the iPhone 11 would be delayed by 4-6 months. That would make it a 2020 iPhone. Nah.
Do you mean 4-6 weeks? I’ve never seen a rumor of a 4-6 month delay on the sites I visit.
...the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca has been cancelled for most, for only the third time in 1300 years....
Even encouraged. It's late July before an iPhone announcement which has been held in September for several years. People are skittish.
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Redheaded stepchildren unite! Roll on the 5.4, my next phone.
Think I'll order the red.
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iPhone X launched in November back in 2017.
Who cares when it launches anyway? What’s the big deal if it’s September or later?
Who cares when it launches anyway? What’s the big deal if it’s September or later?
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Maybe they’ll delay the launch to add an under-glass fingerprint scanner..
would be a logical step to save the product.
would be a logical step to save the product.
I was going to complain about this but then realized that I am on a site called MacRumors
It’s fine if any of these timeline rumors had credibility, but they just keep throwing things out there.
I was waiting for this one. This is the one valid complaint I can think of. Maybe they should just take the extra payments and apply them to the new iPhone since the opposite will happen if the next one releases normal in September.
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Yea I remember that year was another where people were having issues with the iUP since they were paying 13 14 15... payments until they got the new device so they were wasted since they only needed 12 to upgrade
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Exactly there's a difference between voluntarily holding on the old device vs having nothing to step up to. And I never knew it was such a pain to pay the phone off. Maybe it's better just going with the carrier installments. Has always been easy to pay a phone off there. And yea not only do you waste payments waiting, you have to pay extra payments later if you want to upgrade on time if it is on time again.