Thinking about upgrading! What should I do?

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I really don’t understand why you’re arguing this. OP uses a 6 this long, asks to know if the 8 is worth it, likely to learn if it will serve him/her just as long or better. I point out the 8 will be relevant longer, which is obviously something that is pertinent to the OP’s needs. Suggesting anything other than an 8 (ignoring financial restrictions, which I also covered in my very first post) is foolish. There are many features outside the SOC alone.

I never suggested which device the OP should migrate to, only to offer input on the current 8. However, I think your conflating as you have been in the previous post(s). I'm not arguing what device the OP should use or upgrade to, I'm simply advising my original point from the beginning, is your idea of future proofing is a misconception and is its poorly used. I don't disagree that the iPhone 8 is a current standard today, but given the iPhone power management and and how somebody uses their iPhone, and when they actually upgrade, future proofing is irrelevant.

At this junction, any upgrade from iPhone 6 is an upgrade in general. But some might argue that iOS is a downfall with how it will perform internally with the iPhone. But none the less, I'm not necessarily trying to argue with you for the sake of who's right or wrong, it's more or less I don't believe you're appropriately using the term future proofing. I will say it again, future proofing is an overly exaggerated and misunderstood moniker that doesn't guarantee anything based on all the user tends to utilize the iPhones capabilities and features, and for what time length.

 

[praterkeith]

I was waiting until Black Friday to upgrade from my iPhone 6 to an iPhone 8, but this morning I saw that Verizon had a sale on the iPhone 7. I got a 128gb iPhone 7 for $549.

 

[bufffilm]

The 8 overall is just vastly more future proof than the 7. Is $100 at most worth losing out on longevity?

The 8 isn't "vastly more future-proof" compared to the 7.

Yes, the CPU jump and feature set is bigger than the a9 to a10 bump, but to say "vastly more future-proof" is just marketing fodder.

The ip8 will get a year more of updates, but that's because of Apple's SOP.

If the OP is ok w/64gb storage, the ip8 makes a good case to buy. If he needs more storage than that, then the argument for a ip7 128gb has some validity.

 

[Acrophobiax]

The 8 isn't "vastly more future-proof" compared to the 7.

Yes, the CPU jump and feature set is bigger than the a9 to a10 bump, but to say "vastly more future-proof" is just marketing fodder.

The ip8 will get a year more of updates, but that's because of Apple's SOP.

If the OP is ok w/64gb storage, the ip8 makes a good case to buy. If he needs more storage than that, then the argument for a ip7 128gb has some validity.

I am totally ok with a 64GB iPhone 8

 

[bufffilm]

I am totally ok with a 64GB iPhone 8

Then the way is clear.