I have iPhone 11 Pro Max now. Before that, I had iPhone 8 Plus. Before that, I had iPhone 6S Plus. It seems that iPhones last only 2 years before their performance degrade to a level that is annoying. With my 6S Plus, Apple slowed it down intentionally:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/28...e-battery-replacement-price-slow-down-apology
I upgraded to iPhone 8 Plus and was happy for 2 years. But it was annoyingly slow after 2 years. So I got my iPhone 11 Pro Max 2 years ago. It is sad to say that it is annoyingly slow now too. I erased everything on my 11 Pro Max and reinstalled everything from backup. But it did not help. My wife's Google Pixel 2 is snappier than my phone!
Is this your experience too? I don't think I want to get another iPhone this time....
Given a choice of a
very fast iPhone that has 1/2 the operating time due to worn out battery
vs
annoyingly slow iPhone that has nearly the original operating time due to worn out battery...
I choose the longer operating time as I need it to function as a phone for 2G calls & SMS. Based on the average lifespan of the low mAh battery & chips with larger die shrink it appears that people like us should buy a new battery nearing its 24th month.
What Apple did wrong here is that on day 1 they did not give users an option for full speed at a fraction of the operating time or slow down iPhone with nearly similar operating hours. They also did not communicate the new feature change effectively hence all the conspiracy theories, lawsuits and govt actions against them.
I also have all 3 iPhones that you have. If I did not need the business expense and I knew that I would be work from home for more than 21 months I would have opted to keep the 2017 iPhone 8 Plus, dowgrade to a <$6.00/month SIM-only plan and get a new battery every ~24 months until I cannot update iOS further. This would be 75-93 months from the 8's launch. This would be by year 2024. I would also likely renew
I was dumb enough to buy a 2015 Google Nexus 6P. I experienced OLED burn in,
bootloops & a bad battery in less than 12 months. Unlike iPhones I had difficulty sourcing a genuine Nexus 6P battery and just gave up.
I then bought a 2017 Essential PH-1 phone. I faired no bettery. Battery was a crap shot a little bit long after and its the 1st phone I've owned that I managed to crack the screen by simply falling face down into a concrete floor. Sadly for me that company shut down a month before lockdown.
As far as I am concerned I'm more satisfied with a <$150 Android phone than than a >$649 Android flagship.