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Any chance they will announce new iPhones? I am, vaguely, considering switching because of the better privacy stuff, but I don't want to buy something a few mon

Any chance they will announce new iPhones? I am, vaguely, considering switching because of the better privacy stuff, but I don't want to buy something a few months before a new version comes out.

Kyro38 6y ago
Nope. The last iPhones were presented in october, it's definitely to early.
nagwag 6y ago
Nearly zero chance; you will have to wait till the fall.
ianai 6y ago
That’s be like a half or off cycle update. They did it for the SE I think. But as others say, it’s unlikely. They’d probably only do such an upgrade for a “big technological upgrade.”
minhazm 6y ago
This is actually about the midpoint since we're 6 months since the iPhone 12 came out. The last phones were announced in October, and with the global component shortage it's plausible that it might even get pushed further this year. That said I personally would suggest waiting for the 13 since the 12 added two new big things, 5G and Magsafe. Both of which should be much improved in their second generation
- ballenf 6y ago
  120Hz displays should be coming this fall, which would be worth the wait in my opinion.
  - cruano 6y ago
    They've been saying that since the iPad introduced them many years ago
smoldesu 6y ago
>I am, vaguely, considering switching because of the better privacy stuff Here's my N=1 anecdata, but in 10 years of using a smartphone I have yet to be hacked. I've used iPhones and Android interchangeably, and neither of which felt more secure or private, their vulnerabilities were just spread out across different attack surfaces. You're free to draw your own conclusions here, but "privacy" is a pretty strange reason switch. You're just putting your faith in a different company, which doesn't really improve anyone's condition.
- secondcoming 6y ago
  I think GP is talking about data privacy rather than security
- rudedogg 6y ago
  I don't think the parent is worried about being hacked, but more worried about their data being used/abused. Apple is really good about this. More things are done on-device, and the list of on-device machine learning stuff keeps expanding. Their strategy is very different compared to Google or Amazon. Take a look at: https://www.apple.com/privacy/ https://www.apple.com/privacy/
  - smoldesu 6y ago
    I'm well aware of this, but Apple is also the company who cancelled their plans for E2E encryption on iCloud when the NSA complained. Plus, "really good" is only relative to the insanity of consumer tech, Apple's privacy claims are only worth the faith you have in them.
fsflover 6y ago
> because of the better privacy stuff I don't think Apple is meaningfully better than Google in terms of privacy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26639261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26639261. If you want a private phone, you should consider something else.
Version467 6y ago
Basically zero. New iPhones are announced at their September event and I don't think there's ever been an exception to that. Probably still worth waiting for the next generation, since the iPhone 12 took a hit in the battery life department because 5g modems were still super inefficient.
dguo 6y ago
Check out the MacRumors Buyer's Guide (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/). Apply has consistently released new iPhone models every September/October, but it's very unlikely that they would announce them this early. That will come in another event later this year.

Any chance they will announce new iPhones? I am, vaguely, considering switching because of the better privacy stuff, but I don't want to buy something a few months before a new version comes out.

Kyro38 6y ago

Nope. The last iPhones were presented in october, it's definitely to early.

nagwag 6y ago

Nearly zero chance; you will have to wait till the fall.

ianai 6y ago

That’s be like a half or off cycle update. They did it for the SE I think. But as others say, it’s unlikely. They’d probably only do such an upgrade for a “big technological upgrade.”

minhazm 6y ago

This is actually about the midpoint since we're 6 months since the iPhone 12 came out. The last phones were announced in October, and with the global component shortage it's plausible that it might even get pushed further this year. That said I personally would suggest waiting for the 13 since the 12 added two new big things, 5G and Magsafe. Both of which should be much improved in their second generation

ballenf 6y ago
120Hz displays should be coming this fall, which would be worth the wait in my opinion.
- cruano 6y ago
  They've been saying that since the iPad introduced them many years ago

smoldesu 6y ago

>I am, vaguely, considering switching because of the better privacy stuff Here's my N=1 anecdata, but in 10 years of using a smartphone I have yet to be hacked. I've used iPhones and Android interchangeably, and neither of which felt more secure or private, their vulnerabilities were just spread out across different attack surfaces. You're free to draw your own conclusions here, but "privacy" is a pretty strange reason switch. You're just putting your faith in a different company, which doesn't really improve anyone's condition.

secondcoming 6y ago
I think GP is talking about data privacy rather than security
rudedogg 6y ago
I don't think the parent is worried about being hacked, but more worried about their data being used/abused. Apple is really good about this. More things are done on-device, and the list of on-device machine learning stuff keeps expanding. Their strategy is very different compared to Google or Amazon. Take a look at: https://www.apple.com/privacy/ https://www.apple.com/privacy/
- smoldesu 6y ago
  I'm well aware of this, but Apple is also the company who cancelled their plans for E2E encryption on iCloud when the NSA complained. Plus, "really good" is only relative to the insanity of consumer tech, Apple's privacy claims are only worth the faith you have in them.

fsflover 6y ago

> because of the better privacy stuff I don't think Apple is meaningfully better than Google in terms of privacy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26639261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26639261. If you want a private phone, you should consider something else.

Version467 6y ago

Basically zero. New iPhones are announced at their September event and I don't think there's ever been an exception to that. Probably still worth waiting for the next generation, since the iPhone 12 took a hit in the battery life department because 5g modems were still super inefficient.

dguo 6y ago

Check out the MacRumors Buyer's Guide (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/). Apply has consistently released new iPhone models every September/October, but it's very unlikely that they would announce them this early. That will come in another event later this year.