Did You Pass on the iPhone 4 and keep your 3G/S?

[Reach9]

3GS to 4 was a major upgrade so IMO you made the wrong call. 4 to 5 may be smaller and the 6 in 2012 bigger again. I change phones every year so doesn't matter to me.

I believe every iPhone upgrade was major. To say one was and the other wasn't is ignorant.
In fact, a Dual Core processor in the iPhone 5 itself makes it a huge upgrade.

 

[daleycss]

Having a 3GS, I kept mine because I am always wary of new products and always wait it out to see what the disadvantages, etc. are. With the iPhone 4, there was just too much. And I wanted the white one.

 

[iApples]

I passed on the iPhone 4 at first, but about 4 months later I had the opportunity to get one for free, so I took it.

 

[decafjava]

Nope.

Went from the original to the 4. This version was everything I wanted the original to be. I will likely skip iPhone 5 and maybe 6. Perhaps use 4 until it really breaks or can't hold a charge anymore.

Lately, I've been eating healthier and regaining more of my spirituality. From lifelong carnivore to becoming a pescetarian (like Steve Jobs) and churchgoer. I'm skinny already, but my family is known for high blood pressure and diabetes from their meaty diet. So changing bad habits was needed while I'm still a "young 30" since our 40's and 50's is when our body starts to really break down. Start now. My grandpa lived up to 97, and I inspire to live that long now. My obsession for phones has lessened. None of it is "forever", so my attachment to material things is fading. Finding more meaningful goals and accomplish things in my bucket list like traveling, skydiving, and riding motorcycles than obsessing over a phone with a temporary, hollow feeling.

If I do upgrade, it might be more carrier-based than phone/OS-based. LTE speed and tethering plans interest me more than what the phone looks or offers.

Well said, I really enjoy my phone-especially what I can do with it and I do love tech but there is more to life than than ephemeral rapidly changing technology (wonder if that is a metaphor for life and evolution itself)?

Good on you for living healthier as well. I started when I was your age, then stopped and then started again, I am now 45 and really am trying to live better. My father had a multiple bypass last fall - he had been a very busy executive who lived a very stressful life. My job is far less stressful but I have a tendency to worry and get upset over stupid things too.

 

[Applepi]

Was going to hold off on upgrading to the iPhone 4 but a month ago I decided I needed a change. So iPhone 4 it is

 

[DiamondMac]

Went from 3g to iPhone 4 and am immensely happy with it

I didnt think the 3gs was worth upgrading.

 

[URFloorMatt]

First iPhone was a 3GS. I was banking (correctly, it turns out) that by the time my contract with AT&T was up, I would have the option to switch to Verizon, so I was not going to upgrade earlier and lock myself into AT&T for an additional year.

Whether I actually jump ship depends on the availability of the next iPhone, but I am leaning towards doing it because I'm a FiOS subscriber and there's a discount for triple-players.