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iPhone 13 Pro Max Looked at new iPhones - lost motivation to upgrade

Great, then you just saved yourself some money!

Never in almost 10 years of owning Apple devices have I even remotely considered upgrading after just 1 year of owning a device. 1 year almost never brings improvements worthy of upgrading. Owning an 11 Pro and honestly still feels like a brand new phone, works smooth as butter. Longetivity is one of Apple's biggest assets!
 
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Adelphos33 said:
I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max - I was excited to update due to new color, dynamic island, camera improvements, but...

1) The new colors generally look inferior to iPhone 13 Pro Max - I couldn't tell the Deep Purple apart from Graphite / Space Black in the store. Sierra Blue still looks beauiful

2) Dynamic Island just looks like a new way to do things instead of adding funcitonality

3) I outright don't want always on display

4) Reports of battery life seem mediocre at best relative to the phone I have

5) iPhone 14 Plus, which I could upgrade due to lighter size and good color, seems to be an outright worse phone than my iPhone 13 Pro Max

I find it hard to want to upgrade. I may way until next year - at that point, maybe the "Plus" line will be a big enough upgrade (I still don't know if I want dynamic island or always on display - I basically want to buy the best phone without those two features)
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I think you’re completely right. I did upgrade to the 14 Pro Max from the phone you have because I was running out of storage for photos and to be honest I think it’s possible that the 13 Pro Max might even be a better iPhone!

It seems that Apple haven’t really got to grips with the new camera yet and, at best, it’s on par with the old one…not a worthy upgrade at all. The always on display and the dynamic island are solutions looking for problems - completely unnecessary changes that are interesting for an hour or so.

I’m a bit sorry that I needed more storage space as the 13 Pro Max seems like one of Apple’s best phones in years. You’re in the lucky position to be able to enjoy it for at least another year without feeling like you’re missing out - happy days 😃
 
Adelphos33 said:
I find it hard to want to upgrade.
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Why do you think that is a bad thing? Time Cook may be disappointed, but if the phone you have is good enough, keep it. If enough people do not upgrade Tim will notice and the focus group for next year's phone will do something different.
 
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Adelphos33 said:
I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max - I was excited to update due to new color, dynamic island, camera improvements, but...

1) The new colors generally look inferior to iPhone 13 Pro Max - I couldn't tell the Deep Purple apart from Graphite / Space Black in the store. Sierra Blue still looks beauiful

2) Dynamic Island just looks like a new way to do things instead of adding funcitonality

3) I outright don't want always on display

4) Reports of battery life seem mediocre at best relative to the phone I have

5) iPhone 14 Plus, which I could upgrade due to lighter size and good color, seems to be an outright worse phone than my iPhone 13 Pro Max

I find it hard to want to upgrade. I may way until next year - at that point, maybe the "Plus" line will be a big enough upgrade (I still don't know if I want dynamic island or always on display - I basically want to buy the best phone without those two features)
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Weird flex, but ok.
 
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Adelphos33 said:
5) iPhone 14 Plus, which I could upgrade due to lighter size and good color, seems to be an outright worse phone than my iPhone 13 Pro Max
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The iPhone 14 Plus and the entire iPhone 13 line have the same A15 processor (because Tim Cook is a cheapskate), so it’s not really an upgrade.
 
The thing is that every iPhone can’t be marketed to people on this forum and that’s iPhone nerds.

There are millions of people who absolutely don’t give a D. About A15 being in the 14 Plus. I remember a friend asking me during the iPhone 11 cycle. She had a regular 11 I had the 11 PM. She asked “what’s the difference?” I told her. She said. “I don’t care about that. Can IMessage you? Of course I said. She said “Bet”.

“Don’t buy the 14 it’s the same as the 13.” Folks don’t care. They don’t want a 13 they want a 14 because it’s “newer” not better. “newer”.

These buyers don’t care about the chip they don’t care about the nits. They just want a iPhone and #14 comes after #13.
 
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ThomasJL said:
The iPhone 14 Plus and the entire iPhone 13 line have the same A15 processor (because Tim Cook is a cheapskate), so it’s not really an upgrade.
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He's actually trying to cover every single buyer option so he can empty your wallet :)
 
AppleB said:
The thing is that every iPhone can’t be marketed to people on this forum and that’s iPhone nerds.

There are millions of people who absolutely don’t give a D. About A15 being in the 14 Plus. I remember a friend asking me during the iPhone 11 cycle. She had a regular 11 I had the 11 PM. She asked “what’s the difference?” I told her. She said. “I don’t care about that. Can IMessage you? Of course I said. She said “Bet”.

“Don’t buy the 14 it’s the same as the 13.” Folks don’t care. They don’t want a 13 they want a 14 because it’s “newer” not better. “newer”.

These buyers don’t care about the chip they don’t care about the nits. They just want a iPhone and #14 comes after #13.
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The regular 11, 12, 13, 14 are practically the same phone other than a few minor updates and slight size modification.
 
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SYCAMOREGRAD said:
It was nice to be included on the deals as an existing customer this year. $1000 off? I’ll take it! It’s almost like now, and has been, recently, that they pay ME to upgrade!
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Guess again. You are paying for it with inflated monthly service fees.

Example....Verizon offers $500 "free" for bringing your own device. A year of their service for one line is on the order of $1200. You can get a year basically the same service on US Mobile for around $500. So, after a year, you paid Verizon a NET OF $700 and only $500 to US Mobile. That "free $500" cost you $200.
 
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Adelphos33 said:
I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max - I was excited to update due to new color, dynamic island, camera improvements, but...

1) The new colors generally look inferior to iPhone 13 Pro Max - I couldn't tell the Deep Purple apart from Graphite / Space Black in the store. Sierra Blue still looks beauiful

2) Dynamic Island just looks like a new way to do things instead of adding funcitonality

3) I outright don't want always on display

4) Reports of battery life seem mediocre at best relative to the phone I have

5) iPhone 14 Plus, which I could upgrade due to lighter size and good color, seems to be an outright worse phone than my iPhone 13 Pro Max

I find it hard to want to upgrade. I may way until next year - at that point, maybe the "Plus" line will be a big enough upgrade (I still don't know if I want dynamic island or always on display - I basically want to buy the best phone without those two features)
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What a weird list. 14 Plus is worse than a 13 PM. Well d'oh. Really?
 
lordhamster said:
Battery life - I'd give my left nut for a thicker phone with better battery. Give me an iPhone 15 Ultra where they make the body wider (flush with cameras) so I can get a better battery.
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This. When there was just one "Iphone" it was fine to just accept whatever Apple released. But if they are doing 3+ different models, they absolutely need one that is big with a giant battery.

My iphones are always in battery cases, which make them about 3x thicker, so I never know or care how thin Apple makes a phone. I get a week of use without plugging in. I'd rather go back to Nokia than give that up. And as you say, they could easily make the camera flush with the body. Go ahead and give us back the headphone jack, too.
 
spicynujac said:
This. When there was just one "Iphone" it was fine to just accept whatever Apple released. But if they are doing 3+ different models, they absolutely need one that is big with a giant battery.

My iphones are always in battery cases, which make them about 3x thicker, so I never know or care how thin Apple makes a phone. I get a week of use without plugging in. I'd rather go back to Nokia than give that up. And as you say, they could easily make the camera flush with the body. Go ahead and give us back the headphone jack, too.
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Technology is not going the way of a giant battery. It’s going the way of redesigning the battery and other battery technologies.

Like Samsung is working on stacking battery cells instead of winding them so the same size battery will have more capacity. Apple is probably working on it also. The goal is to have a small battery that can have higher capacity than what’s available now and more efficient. Some of the same tech that’s in EV batteries.

Those Nokia phones had bigger batteries but they weren’t efficient. The hardware wasn’t efficient. It didn’t have to be. It just needed to handled a few tasks.

And you can forget that head phone jack. That ain’t coming back my friend. That’s a waste of space.
 
Still love and enjoy my SE1 fleet

Apple lost me on upgrades when everything just kept getting bigger

I don’t want a large phone
 
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Have the 12 Pro Max. I did not upgrade because I was expecting 8K video capability, WiFi 6E (or hopefully even 7), Lossless audio playback, and a biometric combo (Touch plus Face) which were all rumored and confirmed several times on this site.

I would also love USB-C and size close to 7" but realistically know that would not come this year.
 
Had ( still do ... I think lol ) the opportunity to get the 14 PM for a very insignificant amount.. The lack of a physical SIM slot was ( is ) the ultimate deal breaker!
 
janeauburn said:
The sweet spot is when your old phone breaks. That's a lot longer than 3 years. My iPhone 8 still works great. New battery.
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Only for one more year of software updates and Tim will force you to upgrade unless you just want to use it as phone and text No more security updates after Sept 2023 with iOS16
 
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