I have stayed on iOS 9 with the OTA fix, so I don't get the constant upgrade-nagging either.How is your iPhone 6 performing these days? Are you getting the dreaded slowdown *cough* planned obsolescence *cough* with the most recent iOS updates?
I have stayed on iOS 9 with the OTA fix, so I don't get the constant upgrade-nagging either.How is your iPhone 6 performing these days? Are you getting the dreaded slowdown *cough* planned obsolescence *cough* with the most recent iOS updates?
I have stayed on iOS 9 with the OTA fix, so I don't get the constant upgrade-nagging either.
How do I get rid of the nagging? What's the OTA fix? I'm still on 9 as well, have no plans to change.
If you ever do carrier installment and make use of the program's early upgrade, putting down payment is an awful deal considering the likelihood of a new iPhone getting released in less than 12 months is pretty low. You're just gonna end up paying more for lease/depreciation.I have a 6s plus. I’ll likely keep it another year if this new phone is $1k and tamobikendoesnt do a free wth trade offer (I’d probably go as far as $200 down, or better yet $2-300 divided up in 24 payments. Absolutely will not be plopping down a grand up front on a phone. Just not happening. I’d be quicker to jump on an LTE Watch.
Lol, it's probably the latter.I have a inkling i'm feeling it, but i also bought a new iPad Pro 10.5", so i maybe getting use to switching back and forth between smooth animations, quick opening of apps and the screen in general of the iPad Pro
How is your iPhone 6 performing these days? Are you getting the dreaded slowdown *cough* planned obsolescence *cough* with the most recent iOS updates?
I was likely not clear enough. T-Mobile tends to do the $650 portion of the device free via monthly bill credits. Everything beyond that is due up front. So, it ends up being like the old subsidies on two year contract, effectively. Idk how others have handled it. I likely wouldn’t choose to get rid of the phone before the two years is up if I went this route. $1000 phones won’t be yearly upgrades for me. In fact, I skipped the 7, and that wasn’t even a money thing. There just simply wasn’t a feature I needed/wanted.If you ever do carrier installment and make use of the program's early upgrade, putting down payment is an awful deal considering the likelihood of a new iPhone getting released in less than 12 months is pretty low. You're just gonna end up paying more for lease/depreciation.
I will be keeping my 6s and my husband will keep his 6. We both use our phones for calls, text, facetime, and maps and rarely use Safari on them. There is no good reason to fork over more money to Apple unless one of our devices break at some point. Both iphones are still going strong.
ETA: If Apple made an SE2 I would be tempted to jump ship earlier than expected.
We are noticing the monthly fee jump considerably and the one off handset price too. In the UK we don't seem to get trade in deals that are worthwhile and it's becoming increasingly difficult to hide the price hike of these phones. The cost of iPhones in dollars translates the same into pound sterling and with our pound being so weak, we're paying nearly a third of the price more again. It's putting a real downer on these releases as they are appearing to either be unaffordable to many or just unscrupulously overpriced.
I know the common response is 'but Apple are releasing another rehashed iPhone 6 at the previous premium price, so the lions share of iPhone owners can just buy that'.. However that is pretty uninspiring.
I've avoided Android and still think the operating system is inferior to iOS in terms of stability and longevity. But I am seriously wondering if that could be considered a trade off if some manufacturers are offering more exciting tech at a more reasonable price? Many see this as Apple finding a new market for selling a premium device. I see it as taking the piss out of loyal customers and offering industry standard features with an arrogant marketing spin. I'm not willing to be a mug this time around.
I did, but there's nothing to download at the link provided in this sentence:
You can disable automated downloading of iOS updates by installing the following tvOS Beta Configuration Profile.
That wouldn't surprise me the way things are going. I don't have to worry until next September and if the price does indeed get silly, I might consider dumping Apple for my mobile phone choice. I'll keep my iPad which was quite good value, but I couldn't justify another £80 being added to a handset price, especially when the monthly contracts are creeping up.Not to give you a bit more of a downer, there are some rumours of an increase on the price from 7 to 7s of at least 10%.
Brexit gives such a warm fuzzy feeling as everything gets more expensive...
That wouldn't surprise me the way things are going. I don't have to worry until next September and if the price does indeed get silly, I might consider dumping Apple for my mobile phone choice. I'll keep my iPad which was quite good value, but I couldn't justify another £80 being added to a handset price, especially when the monthly contracts are creeping up.
That wouldn't surprise me the way things are going. I don't have to worry until next September and if the price does indeed get silly, I might consider dumping Apple for my mobile phone choice. I'll keep my iPad which was quite good value, but I couldn't justify another £80 being added to a handset price, especially when the monthly contracts are creeping up.
I'd much rather stick with Apple out of choice. I'm just really miffed that everything is going up so much. An iPhone 7 would have cost me £240 more on my contract last year and I point blank refused to get it. I settled for a 6S and it proved to be the better choice anyway. It seems they way things are going i'll be upgrading to year old devices or just finding a cheaper alternative altogether. My days of preordering the latest iPhone seem to be over.I think all of us in the UK will have to get used to higher prices for technology. I work in IT and all stock I order has gone up quite a bit since Brexit.
It's either Samsung, Google or Apple for me. If they're all creeping up I'll probably stick with Apple. I think the X/8 price is going to beyond my limit no matter what. Not to mention the reaction from friends/family seeing me using a £1000 phone.
I looked into sim only plans but Three have horrendous coverage in my part of Wales and I don't want to outlay a load of money in one go on a handset. I couldn't hand over £500+ for a phone but would happily hide it in a 24 month contract.Monthly contracts prices are ok if your a low data user.
I currently use around 100gb-200gb will cost me around £80-£90 each month on unlimited everything on three uk.
Sim free is the way to go with my cheap £18 unlimited data sim plan.
My 6s+ is working great and should last me for quite a while. I bought it as a refurb from Apple last year. I simply refuse to pay the kind of money they are asking for the new phone.
Anyone still happy with their 6s and keeping it for another year ? (Skipping the 7, 7s and 8)
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I'd much rather stick with Apple out of choice. I'm just really miffed that everything is going up so much. An iPhone 7 would have cost me £240 more on my contract last year and I point blank refused to get it. I settled for a 6S and it proved to be the better choice anyway. It seems they way things are going i'll be upgrading to year old devices or just finding a cheaper alternative altogether. My days of preordering the latest iPhone seem to be over.
I looked into sim only plans but Three have horrendous coverage in my part of Wales and I don't want to outlay a load of money in one go on a handset. I couldn't hand over £500+ for a phone but would happily hide it in a 24 month contract.