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iPhone 6 owners: Will you upgrade to the 6s?

Upgrade to next iPhone?

  • Yes

    Votes: 204 59.1%

  • No, I'll wait for next year's iPhone

    Votes: 141 40.9%
  • Total voters
    345
biracialfamily91 said:
I'm upgrading for two reasons first, For the extra ram the iPhone 6 + is in need of more ram. I never had these performance problems with the 5s.
Secondly, me and my husband underestimated how many people were going to be waiting in line at launch day. (NYC) there were people there a week before launch day so by the time we actually got in the store there was only 16gb iPhone 6 and 6pluses. Since we had no other option we went for it. I can no longer deal with the lack of memory. My hubby and I will be more prepared this year.
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Yeah, I can imagine a lot of people were forced to get the meager 16GB iPhone 6/6 plus when the 64GB models sold out quickly. If only Apple dropped 16GB and made 32GB the base capacity. My friend almost gave in to a 16GB iPhone 6 due to the lack of availability of the 64GB models. Thankfully, he resisted realizing that going from a 32GB iPhone 5 to a 16GB iPhone 6 wasn't a good idea, even with iCloud.
 
dampfnudel said:
Yeah, I can imagine a lot of people were forced to get the meager 16GB iPhone 6/6 plus when the 64GB models sold out quickly. If only Apple dropped 16GB and made 32GB the base capacity. My friend almost gave in to a 16GB iPhone 6 due to the lack of availability of the 64GB models. Thankfully, he resisted realizing that going from a 32GB iPhone 5 to a 16GB iPhone 6 wasn't a good idea, even with iCloud.
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Hopefully 16GB gets dropped this year
 
For Apple to consider keeping the 16gb will be laughable as most other models in the market offer 32 as minimum . Well it's less heard of anyway and even if 16 is the lowest they offer SD card support to bump up the storage!
 
dampfnudel said:
Yeah, I can imagine a lot of people were forced to get the meager 16GB iPhone 6/6 plus when the 64GB models sold out quickly. If only Apple dropped 16GB and made 32GB the base capacity. My friend almost gave in to a 16GB iPhone 6 due to the lack of availability of the 64GB models. Thankfully, he resisted realizing that going from a 32GB iPhone 5 to a 16GB iPhone 6 wasn't a good idea, even with iCloud.
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I think force is a strong word. No one was forced to do anything. If certain people wanted the 64GB models and they sold out no one forced them to buy the 16GB models. They could have just waited until more were available. I wanted the 128GB model which is what I got because I got my preorder online as soon as they went up on Apple's site. If I hadn't been able to secure one at launch I would have waited until more were available.
 
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Mr.C said:
I think force is a strong word. No one was forced to do anything. If certain people wanted the 64GB models and they sold out no one forced them to buy the 16GB models. They could have just waited until more were available. I wanted the 128GB model which is what I got because I got my preorder online as soon as they went up on Apple's site. If I hadn't been able to secure one at launch I would have waited until more were available.
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I would've done the same thing if I wasn't able to get the model I wanted on day one. I would've waited a couple days or maybe even a week to get the one I wanted. I definitely wouldn't have settled for 16.
 
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It would cost me too much as I have a year left on my contract and I doubt I can justify it, I should have bought direct from Apple and got a sim only deal this is what I will do for my next iPhone though
 
A significant battery upgrade would be one of the few things that would push me over the edge. Since I do not think that will happen, I do not think I will upgrade. I do not multi-task to the point 2gb of RAM is necessary if the 6S brings that to the table.
 
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I won't be upgrading since I just bought my iPhone 6 yesterday.

Why?

I'm on O2 Refresh and only had £120 left to pay on my device plan to upgrade early (contract expires in February 2016). I sold my 5s for £180 at the weekend, paid the £120 to upgrade early and got the 6 on the same monthly tariff as my 5s for just £9.99 up front. So for less than £130, plus £50 cash in my pocket, I got the 6. The 6s will have a high upfront cost to get one on the same tariff I have now, and my February my 5s would have lost further value and not covered the fee.

I just wanted the bigger screen and ApplePay. For the really heavy duty iOS stuff I have my iPad Air 2, so the 6 will do me just fine. I had no performance issues with iOS on the 5s, it was just that it was beginning to feel very small.

On the plus side, my new contact now expires on 23/8/17 ... perfect timing for the new iPhones in September should Apple stick to that schedule of course. February was a little too in between so now my contract is better positioned for future upgrades by expiring at the end of the month before the new iPhone launches.
 
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recoil80 said:
I really hope so but I'm not sure they'll move to 32GB this year.
In iOS 9 they introduced app thinning to help users with low storage so I'm afraid they could keep 16GB for one more year
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Certainly when ios 9 is said to only take up 1.3GB
 
The 1GB of RAM on the 6 Plus is starting to annoy me - when playing graphically intensive games, animations like the multitasking switcher sometimes just fail to animate; Spotify occasionally 'forgets' a song is playing when it's been paused for more than a minute; and tabs in Safari rarely last more than a minute without having to reload (actually, quite a few websites crash, I presume due to a lack of RAM. No word of a lie, this page reloaded spontaneously while I was writing this.) - but is probably not quite annoying me enough to drop another few hundred pounds on a 6S.
 
My iPhone 6 128gb cost me £270 from O2 last year on day of release. I can only assume the iPhone 6S 128gb will cost the same.

I still have £240 (£20 per month) left to pay off, which I can do in one go.

If I can find someone to buy my near immaculate iPhone 6 128gb for £510 then I will upgrade to an iPhone 6S 128gb. I can't see that happening though.
 
CasuallyDressed said:
My iPhone 6 128gb cost me £270 from O2 last year on day of release. I can only assume the iPhone 6S 128gb will cost the same.

I still have £240 (£20 per month) left to pay off, which I can do in one go.

If I can find someone to buy my near immaculate iPhone 6 128gb for £510 then I will upgrade to an iPhone 6S 128gb. I can't see that happening though.
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You can get £450 for it on sellmymobile.com

I use that site a lot
 
bigjim83 said:
I will be upgrading. Not going to lie though. The note 5 with that 4gb of ram has me feeling a bit itchy
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Completely off topic, but that was my same thought with the S6. In reality, Samsung's aggressive RAM management kills performance even with 3GB+ of RAM. Like I'd use Spotify and listen to music and switch to another app and minutes later the music would stop because Spotify was kicked out of RAM. This happened with every app, all the time. Super frustrating considering it had 3GB RAM.

Now, back on topic: Yes I will be upgrading from the 6 to the 6S Plus. I desperately want a bigger phone, and with all of the improvements that the S model is getting, it should be significantly better than my 6.
 
I'm on Vodafone UK and will be upgrading to a 6S Plus (preferably 128GB dependent on upfront costs) as my tariff allows me to upgrade early.

I'm fortunate enough to know someone who works in Vodafone Retail so I get 30% discount on my line rental.
 
On the non S cycle this time :(...going to stay with the 6 plus until the 7, maybe 7S if there is such an animal.
 
Just not that excited about iPhones anymore. I got my 6+, and it´s the first iPhone that just dosen´t feel right. Touch id only works half the times, buggy messages app that never seems to get fixed. Too big to operate comfortably with one hand (for me). The only thing is that amazing screen...
So I will hang onto my 6+ with mixed feelings. The price is just too high these days, with the strong dollar.
 
Mr.C said:
I think force is a strong word. No one was forced to do anything. If certain people wanted the 64GB models and they sold out no one forced them to buy the 16GB (12-13GB) models. They could have just waited until more were available. I wanted the 128GB model which is what I got because I got my preorder online as soon as they went up on Apple's site. If I hadn't been able to secure one at launch I would have waited until more were available.
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Well, maybe the word "forced" was too strong, but the point I was trying to make was 16GB is a ridiculous base capacity for the vast majority of iPhone users and its existence can confuse some people who might believe thanks to the promise of iCloud that 16GB will be enough for them (only to regret it later).
 
I'm quite happy with my 6 so I won't be upgrading. Unless I can get a good price for it then maybe I'll consider it. :cool:
 
I always go for the 16GB iPhone, mainly because I do all my "heavy" iOS stuff on my iPad.

Apps wise I only have social media apps, YouTube, my banking app, and a few games.

I'm also not someone who hoards hundreds of photos on my phone either.
 
I do see a lot of 16GB haters, and I understand the frustration if you can't use cellular data, clouds or streaming services. Personally I love the convenience with mobile data on the go, and I don't miss the planning and handling of syncing or updating my devices with my own content. I no longer have need for hard drives. However, using cellular data may not be the cheapest alternative, but since I regard the iPhone as a premium device with a high price mark, I also believe the user base must also be able to pay for data use.

The only real problem has been the lack of storage whenever there is a software update, and you don't have a computer to store the software IPSW file.

I am not updating to 6S. I don't think I need the power until next year, when iOS app developers have started playing around with the extra power in the next gen phones, and know how to utilise it. Will definitely buy iPhone 7.
 
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