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Disappointed that there wasn't really a true breakout feature I guess they're still doing the s-cadence even if they got rid of the name.

I'm still rocking a 6s and I'm gonna keep it for the next year I guess, more battery life is nice but can't swing $999 for 4 more hours of battery life. Here's hoping 128gb is standard next year (I currently have the 128gb 6s which was the most expensive at the time).

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I also have an 6s. Haven't found much reason to upgrade. I like the smaller form factor. I guess upgrading to the 7 or 8 may be nice at some point for water resistance (a heavy rain shower killed my SE).

I switched from 6S to XR, and I wasn't expecting much, but oh boy, you don't realize how much of a difference a boost in processing speed and screen size can make. Massive productivity gains, even though I'm primarily a desktop person. That plus the huge battery on the XR fundamentally changes how you think about your phone.

I don't really use my phone much anymore besides for calling, messaging and occasionally checking email. Whatever productivity boost I'll get on my phone doesn't matter much in practice.

Battery life is also no problem. The 6s makes it through the day and I charge it overnight.

Portrait mode is a pretty sweet upgrade.

For me the 4 extra hours of battery life is the real breakthrough here.

I don't care for many of the other features because you forget them in your day-to-day use.

I just swapped out the deteriorating battery on a 6s for one that has even more capacity than the stock battery did new. It may go up in flames or something next week, but for now it’s a huge upgrade.

If there’s “more capacity” in the same volume it is almost certainly a lie. And sellers that lie may cut corners in other areas. And lithium ion batteries can explode.

There haven’t been any improvements in energy density in the last 4 years? That would be pretty surprising.

Then you may find that battery research and development is pretty surprising.

On a 6S myself but it's in dire need of replacement (survived multiple drops fine, but a flip on my desk broke the glass and now it's progressively getting worse).

The 11 looked like a fine-ish option (with a 128GB version), but god it's half an inch wider and taller again, and 30% heavier. I guess I'm getting an 8.

> broke the glass

You know you could have the screen replaced, right...?

Just FYI: Your options are 64gb, 256gb, 512gb. It honestly doesn't seem likely that they'll change that anytime soon as I haven't heard a single person complain about storage in the last 3 years. While nobody felt that 8/16/32gb was enough.

I happen to be using 50gb atm, on a 3.5 year old phone. But the new cameras have higher resolution photos which take up more space. Plus apps are only ever getting bigger, So I would likely have to pay the extra $100 for the 256gb.

> Just FYI: Your options are 64gb, 256gb, 512gb.

That's the 11P, the 11 is 64/128/256. And the 8 is 64/128.

> I haven't heard a single person complain about storage in the last 3 years. While nobody felt that 8/16/32gb was enough.

I've been on 128 since I bought a 6S. I'm using about 80GB currently.

> the new cameras have higher resolution photos which take up more space.

That's a concern for people who use cameras and keep pictures long-term. I've got 2GB of photos on my phone. I really couldn't care less about the camera.

> It honestly doesn't seem likely that they'll change that anytime soon as I haven't heard a single person complain about storage in the last 3 years. While nobody felt that 8/16/32gb was enough.

I'm currently on a 64GB plan with 200GB iCloud subscription, but I share the plan with family. I'm almost at the point where I'll have to upgrade to the 2TB tier (at 3x the price), so I hope they introduce something in between.

iOS 13 is likely the last iOS your 6s would run despite A9 being good enough. Similarly to Catalina being likely the last macOS running on first retina MBP 2012 that are still good enough and likely will be for a few more years (much faster than latest Airs).

I love my mid-2012 MBP. I expect I’ll have to replace it next summer if I want to run the latest Xcode, which will make me very sad. It amazes me that it’s seven years old, as it runs as well as it did they day I bought it.

I'm looking to get a new one just for the battery life (4 hours more than the xs, which is probably double the 6s). I can browse for ~3-4hrs and can "idle" for 14hrs before 0% on my 6s right now.

For me, the water/dust resistance and better camera was worth the upgrade from 6+ to the 8+. Especially because unremovable first specks had gotten into my 6+ camera, making it basically unusable.

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