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> My wife has held out on two generations of iPhones for this. Is that a lot? I'm still using an iPhone 11 and honestly don't see a reason to upgrade. My frien
by paint 3y ago
> My wife has held out on two generations of iPhones for this.
Is that a lot? I'm still using an iPhone 11 and honestly don't see a reason to upgrade. My friends who use iPhones are rocking the old ones that are round at the sides. Yet on public transport etc I see iPhone 14's everywhere. Buying a new phone every year or every other year is cringe imo.
- theogravity 3y agoI'm not sure. She's on a 12 mini where the battery life has crapped out and a 3rd party replacement didn't make it any better (thought iFixIt's batteries would be better, but guess not), so she has a lot of incentive to swap over. For me, I'm on a 13 Pro. If the 15 didn't have USB-C, I'd probably have skipped the iteration. Since there's USB-C and most likely WiFi-6e support, and I play MOBAs on the iPhone that are sensitive to latency and have WiFi-6e APs, it's reason enough for me to upgrade.
- tony_cannistra 3y agoI'm still on my iPhone 11 too. I only recently started getting annoyed at how sluggish apps have felt compared to using my friends' newer phones.
- Aloha 3y agoI buy every other year, if for no other reason than my phone is physically worn after two years.
- paint 3y agoA $2 plastic case might help?
- theogravity 3y agoI use the Apple leather case and after 2 years, the case may have worn a bit, but the phone itself is pristine. There is a set of people (like a friend I have) who doesn't like using cases and feel that the point of having a case-less phone is that the phone is meant to be shown off in its bare glory.
- Aloha 3y agoI do use a case. But I will end up wearing out the oleophobic coating on the screen and the battery will no longer last a full day
- theogravity 3y agoScreen protector. I use a tempered glass one for $10 that has been replaced once due to just wear from constant mobile gaming in the thumb area.
- Aloha 3y agoI have worn a hole in the oleophobic coating on the screen, tbh. Also the battery typically will no longer last a full day.
- halJordan 3y agoIt's not a lot. It's not a little. It doesn't have to be a competition of who's more whatever.