I gave up and bought an iPhone the last time I wanted a new phone because the last Pixels were so uninspiring. Glad to see them trying to turn it around.
So far they have been pretty good at making people want to replace their existing iPhone with a new iPhone. I'm using an iPhone 7, and while I won't buy a new phone any time soon because my current one still works, the 120Hz oled screen is attractive (and the design makes my current phone look ancient with its huge chins on the top and bottom), and the better camera would be nice to have.
I was last looking for a new phone around the time the iPhone X came out, but I decided on an iPhone 8 instead of an X. The X was not only more expensive, but also felt heavy and chunky in a way that I hadn't experienced since the original iPhone. It put me off. I decided that I'd wait until my next phone upgrade to get on the screen-to-body-ratio bandwagon.
I'm guessing a lot of people are in the same boat. It normally takes at least four generations before an old model of phone starts feeling slow running modern versions of apps, so we're not yet at the point where anyone who had to make that decision (small-screen light cheap phone, or big-screen expensive heavy phone) has felt the need to upgrade again, and so had the chance to re-evaluate the landscape.
I feel like the gains are becoming smaller, at least in terms of stuff that interests me. I was happy to get the OLED screen on my iPhone 12. It's still running strong and have no plans to upgrade for at least another few years.
Unfortunately, I think one of their problems is that iPhones last too long. I'm still very happy with my iPhone 6. The spec updates aren't as tantalizing as they used to be.
Now if they ditch the flat UI nonsense and back to the original look & feel, they may actually see me upgrade from the best iPhone ever made - the iPhone 4.
Thats not super suprising. I still recall my Samsung i997 if I recall correctly, from 2010. It made better looking, more vivid crisp and detailed photos than newest iPhone X does today. And got very decent photos with limited natural light. All iPhones gave up immediately the moment you dim or turn the lights off.
I've stuck with my iphone 11 forever now because I was hoping newer iphones would have slimmer camera lenses. Doesn't look like they'll ever go back unfortunately.
Never found myself getting excited about iPhone hardware, I guess partly because with the giant screens you don't really notice it. I've got an 8 Plus now and find it very difficult to go back to the titchy old devices.
Yeah, still rocking the iPhone 6 here. I'd quite like the 3D touch that's on newer models, but not enough to pay for a new phone. Will likely stay with this until the battery drops off or it otherwise stops working.
Previously had 3G,3GS,4,5 so this is the longest I've a particular model.
Is the same stagnation in Android land too? I wonder how manufacturers will handle it in the long run?
That's kind of scary. The original iPhone was a pretty awful phone by any objective measure (speaking as someone who has owned one of every model and seen them improve steadily over the years.)
But it wasn't really top notch back in the days either. I had a Droid/Milestone and the iPhone just looked and felt like some plastic garbage in comparison to it. It took the Apple til the iPhone 4 it became a real gem and now it seems that they're going back.
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