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pjschmid

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My hand-me-down iPhone 12 Pro Max is getting on and I was starting to look at what model I might upgrade to. I know some will say, but why would you go to a base iPhone 17 or 17e if you use a Pro Max. As I said it was a hand-me-down to save me from my iPhone X which was dying. So this is in truth more iPhone than I need. I have only used about 109 GB and it's telling me I have 26GB in unused apps so really quite a bit less actually used. I barely ever take pictures (maybe 10 in the last year since I moved to the 12). With this in mind I'm wondering if the additional cost of the base iPhone 17 makes sense. I know it's a better phone but as I look at it the main difference I see is the camera and I'm not sure it's worth it. Is there something else I'm missing?

I wanted to start looking now since it appears that everything is about to get more expensive with the shortage of memory haunting all of the computer industry right now.
 
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