I am waiting for USB-C port implementation. Till then my iPhone X is plenty fast and does not show hints of a slowdown. I might replace battery as it is at 87%.
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iPhone 11 Pro Feeling ripped off after recent 11 Pro purchase.
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To be fair, apple also encourages abuse of the 14-day window. Many stories on here of people bringing devices in for repair, and being quoted a 7-day or more turnaround. Instead of a loaner device or just handing over a new device (like they used to do quite often), the apple geniuses tell you to buy a new device and return it when your repair is ready.
In other words, that 14-day window hides a lot of sins.
It is not about if one values the above or not. It is about what one is upgrading from.
If one is upgrading from iPhone XR or iPhone XS then it is not worth it. Especially for the price that Apple is charging.
Do you think the iPhone XS from last year is still not capable of running programs and games for another year?
The processor used in iPhone XS is faster than Snapdragon 855 cpu used in Samsung’s top phones. If that is the case is it really needed to upgrade the phone which will probably not benefit in real life performance that much. People are not going to run CPU benchmarks all day to feel happy with their iPhone 11 Pro purchase.
By the time games come out which will need the power, iPhone 12 will release at the same price as iPhone 11, today. We get 5G and pencil support, though.
You can feel anything you want. Doesn’t mean your feelings are accurate or honest.
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I went from a 6s plus to an 11. Basically same weight and size and massive improvement in pretty much everything.
the 6s plus can’t compete with the regular 11 on any metric. I don’t know about the pro or pro Max but I suspect it’s not close.
Maybe the 6S Plus can't compete on metrics, but metrics only matter in so much as they do something useful, and using both phones side-by-side for typical phone tasks, there was very little difference.
Actually I used to upgrade to every new phone. Sometimes 1 new phone every 3 months. Then later 1 phone per year and now I am starting to realize there really is no real benefit.
IPhone XS can play games just as fast as iPhone 11 Pro, apart for the games loading faster. The 1 or 2 secs saved is not worth spending $1500 again for a new phone.
If you really want the best of the best then you will have more options with Android because now smaller companies are releasing phones with fast processors at half the price of what Apple or Samsung charge for their flagship phones.
Check out the ASUS ROG Phone 2 which costs half the price of the iPhone 11 Pro and is faster in real life usage.
This is an eye opener for Apple and Samsung who take consumers for granted by releasing phone with small upgrades to make money.
IPhone XS can play games just as fast as iPhone 11 Pro, apart for the games loading faster. The 1 or 2 secs saved is not worth spending $1500 again for a new phone.
If you really want the best of the best then you will have more options with Android because now smaller companies are releasing phones with fast processors at half the price of what Apple or Samsung charge for their flagship phones.
Check out the ASUS ROG Phone 2 which costs half the price of the iPhone 11 Pro and is faster in real life usage.
This is an eye opener for Apple and Samsung who take consumers for granted by releasing phone with small upgrades to make money.
I am in Hong Kong. Over here carriers offer 2 year contracts. I don’t mind getting a phone without a contract but this year I really didn’t feel the need to upgrade.
I will just sign a temp 1 year sim contract and sign a 2 year contract with a free iPhone 12 pro max (or whatever is coming next).
That is one advantage we in Hong Kong don’t have. Over here, once you open the box, you can’t return it. Hell, even if you bought it and not even open it, Apple will cut 15% as restocking fee.
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I love the yearly buyer remorse posts.
i wonder what he expected the phone to do before he bought it.
ripped off? Too funny.
If you don’t like the phone, just return it. No need for hand wringing.
i wonder what he expected the phone to do before he bought it.
ripped off? Too funny.
If you don’t like the phone, just return it. No need for hand wringing.
I said in another post, it is even worth upgrading from XS to 11 if you dont value OLED. Since you aren't really paying much from reselling XS to buy 11.
I think your answer echo my points. Since you value purely from CPU performance perspective. Apart from arguably OLED, the 11 is even better than last year's XS in every way at a price point that is much lower.
And if you are upgrading from XR, you get more Memory.
You get better Camera, Any of the 11 line up has better Camera performance than XS.
There are no other iPhone upgrade in the past few years that present as big of a leap as 11 in terms of hardware and pricing.
And precisely because you dont value any of those things, and you simply value CPU performance, and that is why you have your answer.
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This requires some responsibility on the part of the consumer, which is anethema for many of the people whining on these boards.
Yep! They charge too much for more memory on iPhones, and WAY too much more for GPS model on iPads. It's redic!
Diminishing returns. A $40,000 is not twice as fast or efficient as a car at half the price. Ironically, that’s closer to true for the phone. This is more likely a case of the OP trying to fill a personal void with retail therapy only to find out that twice as new doesn’t make you twice as happy.
It's perfectly okay to be unhappy with an expensive purchase and to return it. Stop feeling like you've been wronged somehow. Just return it and move on. No one will judge you.
8 to an 11 Pro seems like a pretty solid upgrade: better display (more display area to size, higher res / nits / contrast / PPI), a couple of generations of CPU/GPU, better water resistance (4m IP68 vs. 1m IP67), good bit better battery life, __much__ better camera systems, U1 for future, better wireless tech - and a change to a better (subjectively) user interface design.
In a package that's only 0.22" taller, 0.16" wider and 0.04" thicker
In a package that's only 0.22" taller, 0.16" wider and 0.04" thicker
I always laugh when people claim they don't notice much difference between OLED and LCD.
8 to an 11 Pro seems like a pretty solid upgrade: better display (more display area to size, higher res / nits / contrast / PPI), a couple of generations of CPU/GPU, better water resistance (4m IP68 vs. 1m IP67), good bit better battery life, __much__ better camera systems, U1 for future, better wireless tech - and a change to a better (subjectively) user interface design.
In a package that's only 0.22" taller, 0.16" wider and 0.04" thicker
This is the transition I recently made. I never used FaceID/had an OLED screen before, so the upgrade was significant for me. I tend to upgrade every two years, as I feel that that way you see a real difference between the models. Personally think upgrading every year is silly, and individuals won’t see much of a difference. But I also understand that it’s nice to have the latest and greatest.
I always laugh even harder when people throw thousands of dollars away...lol, I’m still laughing as matter of fact.