I went from upgrading every 2 years to planning to wait for 3. One additional year isn't that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, and my phone is most

I went from upgrading every 2 years to planning to wait for 3. One additional year isn't that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, and my phone is mostly capable of doing everything I want already. The biggest factor though is that I have become more suspicious of new features, rather than enthused by them. I actually don't use most of the new capabilities on my current phone other than the improved camera. Really I just want incremental hardware performance and battery life upgrades and the same capabilities, but I am not given easy options to just avoid the new features in many cases (e.g. forced to turn Siri on to use CarPlay as an example). Not sure if I'm representative of most Apple buyers, probably not, but I think this is not just me. When technology is exciting and new features are something you want, you will go and buy and shift money around to make it happen if necessary. But if you are not excited, and dread what's coming next (even less privacy, now with AI you don't control), it's a different story.