But you can't underestimate the power of hype. Even if I had been able to secure an iPhone 7, even if there hadn't been that shortage, even if there hadn't been that Apple upgrade program debacle that ended up with no phones in stores, I probably would've bought it! But I would've returned it!!Says that to whoever bought the SE or any "s" models.
It hit you this recently? Not since 2009 or 2011 or 2013 or 2015 or when people bought the SE? Just now? I can't wait when the 2017 iPhone 8 is released. Another one of these "I only judge the worthiness of an upgrade by external design" threads by 2019 because it looks the same.
Not dissing the OP at all. I think the OP came back to reality. Hypnotized for a bit before wising up that this is ho-hum, stopgap upgrade. Part tick but mostly tock. Most places that were quite barren are smart and wised up from this recycling nonsense Apple tends to get away with.
The stores that drew big crowds had buyers labeled sucker all over them. Just takes time for some people like the OP to take off the wool over their eyes.
I'm just glad I was able to overcome the hype. I had to put the breaks on. "Hold, hold on now. Let's think about what we're doing here. If I got rid of my iPhone 6s, I was about to set a very dangerous precedent."
And just imagine if I had taken advantage of the iPhone 7 promo by T-Mobile, and got a free iPhone 7, thus losing my Simple Choice rate plan and becoming stuck with that new One rate plan.
It's the equivalent of T-Mobile saying, "Alright cough it up! We don't want to hear jingling, we want that stuff that fold!"