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Yes - iPhone Xs | 21 | 20.00% | |
Yes - iPhone Xs Max | 21 | 20.00% | |
Yes - iPhone Xr | 5 | 4.76% | |
No | 24 | 22.86% | |
F*ck NO | 34 | 32.38% | |
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09-14-2018, 04:58 PM | #67 |
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Just got a new 8 and pleased versus the 6 plus. At least 8 has the better processor and camera. Battery life is excellent at this point and a lower price point relative to the X
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As far as luxury purchases go (and I don't have a Rolex, but I do have an M4) those are for enjoyment, not ROI.
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Also, no one said renew every year, i have a X and def dont pln on upgrading until 5g is live. 3-4 gens back, the difference is huge.
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I've had customers come in with an iPhone 4 (in 2015) and they were perfectly fine with it since they didn't need the iPhone 7 (latest phone at that time). I've also had customers come in needing an upgrade because their phone isn't advanced enough to handle their needs. At the end of the day, phones are similar to cars, some just need something from point A to point B and others may need to upgrade every few years to satisfy their needs.
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I have an iphone 6 and it works fine for me! I've owned two phones in the last 10 years, an iphone 3 that I got back in 2009 and then an iphone 6 (my current phone) after I dropped my iphone 3 in a lake.
The features I use the most on a day to day basis are texting, checking and sending emails, and using the web browser, and I've never felt constrained or limited in any way. I don't abstain from upgrading to save money, but I also don't like wasting money if I don't feel like I'll derive any pleasure from it. I bought my wife an iphone X when it came out. She's keen on upgrading to an XS which is fine by me. She enjoys having a nice phone and derives pleasure from it so it works for her. I feel like I would be needlessly wasting $1000 (worth $2k, $4k, $8k 10/20/30 years in the future assuming a 7.2% ROI). I'd rather have $8,000 in 30 years than the "privilege" of owning an iphone X today that brings me absolutely no added pleasure whatsoever. I'd rather have $100,000 extra in my nest egg in the future to pass down to my kids than upgrade to a new $1000 phone every year. This is not to say that I live like a miser. I have my guilty pleasures. Having the latest phone is just not one of them. (For the record since it was brought up watches are not one of my guilty pleasures either. My most expensive watch is a $150 Seiko). |
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And for the record I've obviously tried my wife's iphone X before and the difference between the X and the 6 is nothing short of tremendous. The 6 feels incredibly laggy by comparison. Opening up a safari web browser might take my phone 2-2.5 seconds whereas the X can do it in less than 1.
And yet that difference just doesn't hold value for me at least. I'm sure there are millions out there for whom the performance improvements etc. add tangible monetary or emotional value to their lives in some way. |
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Every few years I need a phone. This looks great.
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People who fail to see the benefits of a better phone are not surprisingly the people who don't own one. I upgrade every year and every time I go back and use my previous year phone I notice the lack of speed. I never feel the previous year phone was slow until I get used to the new one.
Subscribe to the theory of ignorance is bliss if you want, but don't act as though there aren't real-world improvements.
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I guess what I don't understand is why there appears to be an implicit sense of condescension on your part or glennQNYC's simply because some people don't upgrade their phones every year or every 2-3 years. I feel like this topic is emotionally charged for you when it shouldn't be. |
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It's not emotionally charged; its logically charged... if you don't wish to upgrade; this is 100% fine and acceptable but the excuses that are being used for not upgrading are often simply lacking logic where you see were people do spend significantly more money. |
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There is no one size fits all when it comes to upgrading phones. The condescension is what I don't understand (and about upgrading phones no less). It's laughably arbitrary. Quote:
If you have an older generation phone and it's too slow and you have the means to upgrade to a faster phone and you willingly don't upgrade then that, by definition, makes you ignorant. You seem to be implying that a striking number of individuals who don't upgrade their phones regularly fall into this category. Why? |
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