Just interested. That’s all. I feel like Apple is kinda going backwards in some respects. Change for the sake of change. And the herd follows.
Fair enough. I think it is the bolded sentence that I might take slight issue with. Consider this: I am not a fan of android and am not interested in phones that use that OS which limits me to iOS devices.
- I did not like that Apple eliminated the headphone jack. However, I like new tech and was not going to hold onto my 6S forever and so I looked at my choices and determined the pros of the 7 outweighed the cons and moved forward. Not blindly following as a herd would.
- I did not like that the X was so narrow, similar to a 4.7" phone. I also didn't prefer face ID to touch ID. I felt given the smaller size of the X screen (the surface area of 5.5" plus being more than the surface area of the 5.8" X has been covered from here to the moon), combined with the 19.5:9 made watching native 16:9 videos awful with the letterboxing. So, I chose to go with the 8 Plus. Had nothing at all to do with price. No herd following there.
- Now, the XS Max has addressed the screen size issue I had with the X. My videos are great size again, the notch does not interfere, the camera is by far the best I have used on any iPhone, the speakers are much louder like they claim, the stereo recording in video is great at concerts, and I am enjoying the OLED screen. I still don't have a headphone jack. I now have to use Face ID when I still prefer Touch ID. But it is far from a 'Apple sheep / herd follows' scenario. Again the pros outweighed the cons for me, this time compared to both the X I passed on and 8 Plus I owned.
Does this make the 8 Plus a bad phone? Not to me it doesn't. Is it the best iPhone ever made? I think at the very minimum that is subjective but one could argue that to be objectively false as well. The Max does have a better chip, it does have a higher PPI screen, it does have a marginally better camera, it does have a higher IP rating, it does have better speakers. Those things really cannot be argued. One can argue whether they are worth the extra price. But that is not what this thread was about. I also don't get caught up in the 'dated' look. I work in a building with 9,000 other employees. I can tell you right now that the high majority of iPhones here have bezels and home buttons. Even with the X having been out a year. These people don't care. People in my social life don't care. It blows my mind that we have gone from a community that had to fend off android loving trolls all day long to now having to battle our fellow iPhone users. And for what? A bunch of strangers acting like having the newest phone makes them somehow more 'elite'. I have nothing but respect for those who have the latest/greatest phone but are here to help and discuss, not degrade and brag. Relentless Power is a great example. He justified his purchase, made, and carries about his business without a single sense of being 'better' than someone using an older model.
There are people who cannot afford the new phones and there are people who cannot justify the purchase of the new phones and there is a stark difference in the two. And neither person should be pitied or looked upon condescendingly. Polls don't always tell the entire story and in the end, bickering occurs because certain folks feel offended that others don't share their same view. It's an oddity I don't understand.
Is Apple making some changes for the sake of change? Maybe. But look around. A lot of competitors seem to be following suit as quickly as humanly possible. Those changes leave us as the consumer with a few choices: Accept the change because the overall pros outweigh the cons, reject the changes and stay with our current device, or switch platforms and try something new. I am not part of a herd. I made a choice.
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