My first and only iPhone is 11 which is going very strong, 6th year running. It works as good as new, the physical device has taken its fair share of abuse but is nearly as good as new.
Every year I’ve been vaguely following iPhone launches which over index on camera capabilities and recently intelligence. And yet not once have I felt that I’m missing out on anything because honestly for my use what I have is perfect and will probably be like this for 5 more years.
I wonder what % of iPhone users are like this. Happy with their 11/12/13/etc and see no reason to upgrade. I suppose the dip in sales is inevitable give this so maybe Apple needs a new entry level model to go after newer segments.
I used almost all the recent iPhones except 14.
11 is heavy and no MagSafe thus its a hard pass, the camera is also super old; 12 is lighter but poor battery life, camera improved a lot; 13 has better battery life but weird camera optimizations despite they tried to improve the low light performance; 15 Pro is good except the low light spatial video capture is noisy; happy with 16 Pro now.
The 16 Pro has a fantastic hand feel with the titanium body, the stainless steel from previous models and combined with their sharp edges feel barbaric by comparison.
Every year I’ve been vaguely following iPhone launches which over index on camera capabilities and recently intelligence. And yet not once have I felt that I’m missing out on anything because honestly for my use what I have is perfect and will probably be like this for 5 more years.
I wonder what % of iPhone users are like this. Happy with their 11/12/13/etc and see no reason to upgrade. I suppose the dip in sales is inevitable give this so maybe Apple needs a new entry level model to go after newer segments.