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What would stop you from buying?

  • No 120hz screen

    Votes: 48 19.4%

  • No Charger or buds

    Votes: 5 2.0%

  • Price increase

    Votes: 61 24.6%

  • Same size notch

    Votes: 26 10.5%

  • Smaller battery

    Votes: 25 10.1%

  • No xCloud/Stadia

    Votes: 7 2.8%

  • All of the above

    Votes: 20 8.1%

  • Other

    Votes: 56 22.6%
  • Total voters
    248
SmugMaverick

SmugMaverick

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Recent leaks are showing same size notch, no 120hz screen, no charger or buds in the box, smaller battery, same size camera sensors, no AOD, 64GB base, lack of xCloud/Stadia and $50/£50 increase in price.

Are any of these reasons you won't be getting the 12 or 12 pro this year?

For me in the UK we already had a £50 increase last year with the 11 Pro starting at £1049, if it goes to £1,099 for 64GB then I'm out because I need at least 100GB and I already paid £1,149 last year for 256GB and won't be paying £1,199 for just a new frame design if these leaks turn out to be true.
 
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Smaller battery would be a killer for me, I jumped Ship to Android years ago due to having to charge the iPhone more than once per day. I hope for the battery to be on par if not better than the 11. Anything less I wouldn’t consider.
 
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If its so late that I end up paying off more of my iUP on my 11. In that situation I may sit out a year and just pay off the 11.
 
Honestly nothing will stop me from buying the 12 pro, I upgrade every year and every iPhone has some sort of new feature when it's released. Even if it has none of the rumored features I'm still gonna enjoy it.
 
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If the iPhone 12 continues with the current practice of making the camera bump larger and fuglier than the last iPhone model, then that is what will stop me from buying it.

I have not bought a new iPhone since the 6s because of this design 'feature' that Apple seems to love so much.
 
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Upgrade every year and if rumors stick will not be for the first time

Apple is asking for too much money for too little; even IF there is no price increase from $999/1099. There are $350-500 phones doing more these days. Higher Geekbench than a laptop is great, but what does that MEAN. Ther are midrange chips that 95% of people wouldn't notice the difference. It's not like iOS can even do 2 apps at once...

All of those except the gaming thing; not a gamer so dont care. The George Jefferson notch is old now, and Face ID with masks just isnt worth the compromise anymore for it to be there IMO. And no 120hz (or at least 90) is inexcusable when a $400 phone can do it these days.

The screen is what you look at 100% of your time using the phone, its the most important aspect IMO.

This whole shrinking the battery to make the same usage time is also ridiculous; why not LEAVE IT and make it longer with a more power-efficient chip? Who wants these .5-1mm thinner phones so badly?

Dont care about charger or earphones, have tons.

If there is a price increase they are going to push a lot of people away. 5G isnt enough to get the tech nerds enthused other than buying it "because Apple" who wouldnt buy anything else anyway
 
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SmugMaverick said:
Recent leaks are showing same size notch, no 120hz screen, no charger or buds in the box, smaller battery, same size camera sensors, no AOD, 64GB base, lack of xCloud/Stadia and $50/£50 increase in price.

Are any of these reasons you won't be getting the 12 or 12 pro this year?

For me in the UK we already had a £50 increase last year with the 11 Pro starting at £1049, if it goes to £1,099 for 64GB then I'm out because I need at least 100GB and I already paid £1,149 last year for 256GB and won't be paying £1,199 for just a new frame design if these leaks turn out to be true.
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You get price-increases in the UK because your currency has devalued massively over the last years.

Don't blame Apple, blame your politicians (or your neighbors who voted Leave).
 
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My 11 Pro is all the Pro I need. It’s so nerve wrackingly expensive to insure and repair the pro phones now that I’m more inclined to use smaller cheaper phones that still have good cameras as my daily drivers. Also now is not the time for me to invest in yet another phone without Touch ID.
 
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Well, I bought a new iPhone this year, true it's an 'old' model but I'd like to see two years out of it. There will be many in my position, but many others who like a new phone every year; there are always enough people to jump for a new iPhone model that Apple will certainly sell many millions of them regardless of what features are dropped/retained/introduced. That goose is a surefire golden egg layer.
 
I bought my iPhone 11 in January. That'll keep me from buying the 12 - no matter how good or bad it is. Unless I destroy the 11, which isn't likely. I typically keep my phones four years - twice as long as the typical owner will.

Yes, I know 5G is coming and is already here for some. So maybe I'll upgrade in three years - if 5G turns out to be anything close to what it's being hyped to be. Hint: I suspect not - at least not at first. In the meantime, I'll enjoy the best LTE service there has ever been as the networks are opened up and tuned for 5G.
 
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eyoungren said:
If the iPhone 12 continues with the current practice of making the camera bump larger and fuglier than the last iPhone model, then that is what will stop me from buying it.

I have not bought a new iPhone since the 6s because of this design 'feature' that Apple seems to love so much.
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I thought Apples was bad. After seeing the S20 ultra I was like it’s contagious! Lol.
 
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Not worth paying a premium from a xs Max to yet another S update while they hold back features for next year’s redesign.
 
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