iPhone 7 - Buy or Pass?
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
I was trying to think, I had the iPhone 4s for 1 year, 2 of the iPhone 5 for over 2 years and now I have the iPhone 6 Plus for almost 2 years. So I've been an iPhoner for a little over 5 years.
When I first got the iPhone 6 Plus I thought "man this thing is too big I made a mistake" but after a few weeks I loved it. Every time I upgraded the screen got bigger.
I'm looking over the iPhone 7 and aside from the waterproof (which I really don't need) for the first time I don't see any reason to upgrade. Plus, this is the first time my cellphone company won't be heavily subsidizing the cost of the phone. I think I bought my iPhone 6 Plus for $320 with a 2 year contract, now I would have to pay full retail or some stupid monthly installment plan.
The one thing I didn't understand yesterday was Apple paid all this money for Beats Headphones and didn't incorporate that in anyway to the new wireless headphones at their press conference.
When I first got the iPhone 6 Plus I thought "man this thing is too big I made a mistake" but after a few weeks I loved it. Every time I upgraded the screen got bigger.
I'm looking over the iPhone 7 and aside from the waterproof (which I really don't need) for the first time I don't see any reason to upgrade. Plus, this is the first time my cellphone company won't be heavily subsidizing the cost of the phone. I think I bought my iPhone 6 Plus for $320 with a 2 year contract, now I would have to pay full retail or some stupid monthly installment plan.
The one thing I didn't understand yesterday was Apple paid all this money for Beats Headphones and didn't incorporate that in anyway to the new wireless headphones at their press conference.
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Sucks that no more free upgrades exist
I love my iPhone but hate iTunes, all the restrictive bullshit when loading videos onto an iPad. It's tempting to jump to Samsung/Android.
I don't get see a reason to upgrade from my 64GB iPhone 6 yet. I wished I could I have gotten the bigger "plus" model but work wouldn't spring for it and I couldn't find any really cheap ones to purchase outright where I lucked out for the standard model that I could repair. The new model 7 doesn't seem compelling since my model 6 still works ok. I don't have the same marine problem you have. But I admit iTunes is far from perfect.
Now if the iPhone 7 had better spell check .....
I hate iphones and will be sticking with Samsungs for now. Iphones are not durable at all. A friend of mine dropped his on the CARPET and the screen shattered. I like ipods and macbooks but do not like apple phones.
Btw, skill testing question: Why is AAPL's PE so low compared to other tech companies?
That could be one way to do it.
Having to push "7" four times to get a "s" sucks, but you don't miss what you never had.
I drive two really nice German cars. When I pull up to my brothers house the first thing his teenage kids ask is what type of phone do I have now, they could give two shits about what car I'm driving. Two of this kids have their licenses too.
Wait for the iPhone 7s or whatever the slightly improved model is. They'll probably bring back the headphone jack.
I am skipping upgrading for three reasons.
1 - My current phone is plenty fast for what I do.
2 - I don't like the remove of the ear phone jack. I have a perfectly good set of 10 year old Sony headphones that still work great for when I listen to music, and I also suspect I'll lose the adaptor within a month after getting the phone.
3 - My battery is still going strong. So no reason to upgrade.
4 - None of the features other than maybe the improved camera zoom on the 7 Plus.
5 - Finally since the phone is no longer subsidized by my carrier, It's going to take a lot more improvements than two incremental updated to my 6 to make me switch now.