iPhone 13 Pro vs. iPhone 16 Pro Buyer's Guide

[Razorpit]

A year from now, Siri will be completely reborn.

Isn’t that what they say every year?

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Sorry, couldn’t resist 😁

Dang, kick a man when he’s down why don’t you. 😄

 

[imola.zhp]

Will this be updated after the event? My 13 pro was replaced by apple care last year as the 15's were released. I was going to get a 15, but they sent me a brand new 13 pro, battery was 100%. I couldn't justify upgrading. I may go for the 16 or I may wait for the 17. Probably upgrading my Apple Watch 7 this year though, to the X if its significantly upgraded, or whatever version of Ultra is released today if not. Sister has the Ultra and loves it, but I sleep with mine on and I feel like the ultra will be too big/heavy/bulky for sleeping.

 

[Agile55]

13PM here, would opt. for a 15PM if AAPL had any + good experience‘s trading w/ them even w/ their low offers.

Undecided today but may cave Fri @ 05 & then ride a 16PM until the 18’s drop in 2 yrs.

ETA > caved on Fri so now waiting on a 16PM to be delivered from AAPL.

 

[Rookwood]

I wish this were updated. This is the upgrade I'm doing, and I'd like a table like this, but with the actual details, not rumors.

 

[ClockMeister]

by the list of these features it certainly looks that my 13PM is a keeper for at least another year ...

I may very well stick with my 13PM for the duration. I see nothing about the new ones that motivates me to jettison perfectly good equipment. Up until now I've upgraded because of the camera improvements (mainly) but after comparing the output of the 13PM with a friend's 16 I just don't see the point - the 16 ain't enough better for me to throw away a perfectly functional unit (with 1TB of memory in it). I don't give a rip about the AI stuff either. Think I'll stay put and just replace the battery when it goes TU - which ain't going to happen for awhile yet.

 

[ClockMeister]

That's because phones have completely matured the same as desktop computers. All that's left is upgrades to the software. I don't see anything amazing that Samsung is doing either. That is probably the reason apple is going all in on VR. The day they are able to make VR small enough to the point they look like cool sunglasses or just regular glasses is the day everyone is going to want one.

Agreed. Both the Personal Computer and Phone as platforms are in a serious plateau. Just because the vendors need to sell another one with some incremental (and I mean INCREMENTAL) improvements doesn't suggest that you should ditch perfectly operational gear that (and let's be honest guys) doesn't perform any less well for what you bought it for. Planned obsolescence is the order of the day. Upgrading is fine if it actually offers a feature you don't already have or your existing gear is failing or something but that aside it's pretty stupid to keep spending bucks to get no REAL improvement. In my case my 13PM continues to perform perfectly well. If the battery goes Tango-Uniform the guess what? I'll have Apple replace it for $100 (or maybe I'll try it myself with a kit I can get for less than $50). Enough!

 

[Crowbot]

Agreed. Both the Personal Computer and Phone as platforms are in a serious plateau. Just because the vendors need to sell another one with some incremental (and I mean INCREMENTAL) improvements doesn't suggest that you should ditch perfectly operational gear that (and let's be honest guys) doesn't perform any less well for what you bought it for. Planned obsolescence is the order of the day. Upgrading is fine if it actually offers a feature you don't already have or your existing gear is failing or something but that aside it's pretty stupid to keep spending bucks to get no REAL improvement. In my case my 13PM continues to perform perfectly well. If the battery goes Tango-Uniform the guess what? I'll have Apple replace it for $100 (or maybe I'll try it myself with a kit I can get for less than $50). Enough!

I've been doing the Two Year Two-Step since the first iPhone. Usually there are just enough improvements to interest me and I always had a market for a free, two year old phone with my relatives. Now, Apple gives me good credit for turning in a phone so the system works for me.