iPhone 12 Pro Iphone 12 series - a downgrade?

[nordique]

Lets be honest.

The features introduced by iphone 12 series are minimal and some may argue that this is a downgrade from 11 pro.

- 5g is irrelevant in most countries and LTE is already adequate in terms of speed/download sizes of files used in a mobile device.
- magsafe: save from being cool offers nothing at the moment.
- cameras: essentially the same.wider lens and other software little contribute to the overall quality. The dolby vision etc cannot be utilised in other monitors or devices yet.
SOC: a13 already fast
- display, speakers, bezels, all the same
- battery life: even worse

My question is: what does iphone 12 bring to the table?
Imo effectively brings reduced battery life and longevity in that respect.

Annual iphone upgrades are intended to be incremental. 99% of ios users are not buying iphones every year. Apple has an entire revenue and business model around incremental updates.

Some years bring one or two bigger upgrades but they are all incremental essentially, with few exceptions

 

[NathanDrake]

This is one of the bigger years for upgrades IMHO

but even big years are mostly incremental

next year will be a very small upgrade

 

[Lakersfan74]

Big upgrade from my 6s. Nov 10-16 I get my Graphite 12 Pro. Can't come soon enough.

 

[FreeWoRLD83]

I am upgrading from iPhone X so let’s see if it will feel like a considerable upgrade