12 pro max…still good and no upgrade needed….it’s a 3 year cycle at min now….see you at 15 ultra..should be time be then.
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Other See you at 15…uh 16 Pro Max
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I upgrade every 2.5 to 4.5 years. I'll be done paying off my 11 Pro Max in March 2023. After that, I figure another two or three years.
See you at the 17 or 18.
Someone who invested $1000 into Apple 5 years ago would have gotten exactly $4500-your income tax bracket.
You could probably buy 4 iphones for the price of 1 invested.
You could probably buy 4 iphones for the price of 1 invested.
It’s so cute reading posts about people trying to outdo each other when it comes to gapping upgrades. Every three years every five years every seven years! See you at 15, 16, 17, 18!
I sell my phone every year because it’s going to have the greatest resale value before the keynote so I just jump on the next one. I’m on Mac rumors because I’m a tech enthusiast. If I wasn’t I wouldn’t bother hanging out here. It’s no fun to me to just talk about it. I have To buy it and live it.
So the people who just come here to talk about how they’re still on their iPhone 8 gives me zero interest or pleasure to read about. Lol
I sell my phone every year because it’s going to have the greatest resale value before the keynote so I just jump on the next one. I’m on Mac rumors because I’m a tech enthusiast. If I wasn’t I wouldn’t bother hanging out here. It’s no fun to me to just talk about it. I have To buy it and live it.
So the people who just come here to talk about how they’re still on their iPhone 8 gives me zero interest or pleasure to read about. Lol
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Thank you for sharing your lack of interest in this year's model. It was very interesting as I didn't realize that not everyone upgraded every year. Thank you.
Awesome OP!! At this rate you might even be able to hold out until the 16 or 17! Thank you so much for letting us know!
Sorry, it just seemed like you weren’t getting enough responses to validate your personal choice (which is presumably why you posted here).
Sorry, it just seemed like you weren’t getting enough responses to validate your personal choice (which is presumably why you posted here).
Smart…3 years like I said for smart money would be min…hopefully they have added more than old ram by then too.
And yet you still read and took the time to comment…
Yes because I believe some people are not self-aware and someone should make it apparent
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I will see you and be trading in my 14PM for the new 15 Ultra, bring it on!
It's so cute reading about tech-heads who upgrade every year posting as though they're in on 'some kind of secret' that saves them so much moolah in the long term while maintaining their near-continuous stream of fresh tech. It's your hobby, and that's 100% fine, 'you do you' and all that jazz, as long as you don't go trying to convince any of us that it makes any kind of financial / objective sense.
I’d wait for the iPhone20, it’s going to be sick
15, there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose yourself within a morning star
15, I'm alright with you
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you've only got a hundred years to live
Time to buy and time to lose yourself within a morning star
15, I'm alright with you
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you've only got a hundred years to live
I do not need to convince or justify how I spend my money.
Every year “some” tell us how we are wasting Our money. You got to understand that what is a lot of money for some, is near nothing to others. It is just the way it is.
Someone has made a calculation it doesn’t really matter if you do one year or three year cycles as the trade in value drops consistently with time. I wish I could give you a source, if anyone can find it?
I never really did 1 year cycle as it feels like wasting money.
I never really did 1 year cycle as it feels like wasting money.
No one asked you to. Least of all me. Just don't try to convince me that a grand a year upgrading from iPhone 'n' to iPhone 'n+1' is always going to be money objectively well-spent. That's going to be true whether you're a pauper or a billionaire. The only thing that changes is how much that money means to you.
- USB-C port
- "Pill" display cutout in place of the notch on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
- Under-display Touch ID fingerprint scanner
- A17 chip, manufactured using a 3nm fabrication process
- Periscopic telephoto camera,
Periscope will take a lot of room. The obvious offset is from the now empty SIM tray area. If this is the case, does that mean the international models will not have periscope? Or will the trade-off be somewhere else, I wonder.
My experience is that I see the people who upgrade every year post about how excited they are.
I also see people who wait 2 or more years to upgrade talk about why upgrading for them every year would be a waste of money.
I don’t see anyone trying to convince others that they should upgrade every year.
I also see people who wait 2 or more years to upgrade talk about why upgrading for them every year would be a waste of money.
I don’t see anyone trying to convince others that they should upgrade every year.
iPhone 15 Ultra will have 2 front cameras, USB-C and will start from 256GB. iPhone 15 Pro instead will always start from 128GB and will have USB-C but only 1 front camera
Also the line will be iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro and 15 Ultra. The Ultra line is expected to replace the current Pro Max line
Also the line will be iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro and 15 Ultra. The Ultra line is expected to replace the current Pro Max line
I'd probably actually buy that. But even if all of that is eventually coming, Apple won't launch it all in the iPhone 15. If we discount USB-C which is IMO 100% likely, the current Apple would spread the rest of that across at least three iPhone releases.