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Ask HN: Will you buy one of the new iPhones?

5 pointsFreeHugs18 comments

Personally, I do not see any reason to buy one of those. I would love to hear from fellow hackers and founders: What could be a reason to get one?

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Yes, probably after Christmas. I usually replace mine every 2-3 years or so. The batteries are much better than they were, so I go longer than I did.

I use androids too at work so I’m familiar with both. To me, it’s the best phone and platform for my needs. I would never use a Google device without commercial terms for GSuite and Chrome.

No. It’s too big, doesn’t have a home button not Touch ID and doesn’t have bezels for holding it without interacting with on-screen elements. I’m tempted to buy a spare iPhone 8 just in case my current one dies.

The only reason I can think of is that Apple will make performance incrementally worse for every iOS update, eventually the performance of your "old" iPhone will be unbearable and you just "have" to get a new one.

Why not a $100 android phone? I have been using those for years and years now and never had an urge to get something else.

Typing from my third iPhone, agreed. The irony is that Apple calls itself a environment friendly company.

I'll be upgrading to a dumbphone once my current smartphone croaks.

I haven't noticed any significant benefit from having a smartphone. Admittedly, gps maps are somewhat convenient.

My phone is fine for now, but when I do get a new one I think I'd like it to be a Moto Z* with a dev kit for moto mods.

I think they're just too expensive for something you carry around all day and could potentially drop into a lake.

If I drop/break/lose my iPhone 8 before next year's phones, yes. Otherwise I'm fine for now.

Status! IPhone's are a status symbols. All that matters to most common buyers is that they are physically different so that people know they have the new phone.

My 150 dollar phone is good enough but no one will care that I have one. If I had a new iphone, people would look twice and ask about it.

It's all about perceived social standing.

Apple is a marketing power house 1st then a tech one.

No, I won't be buying one.

Would you say a Pixel 2 is a status symbol too?

Not in the same way but among the techies, yes.

Sure, they’re largely status symbols but they still have the fastest chips on the market and compete for the best camera on the market. I think there’s tech people out there that like it just for being one of the best phones.

No because I have a XS. May be next time.

No, my next phone will be a linux phone.

That would be awesome. But will there be a trustworthy distro?

And will it be able to run all those apps that these days you need to use all kind of services?

I'd love to move to Librem 5 handset once its released. But without out some crucial apps, mostly finance, its a non-starter for me

> And will it be able to run all those apps that these days you need to use all kind of services?

I'm hoping the answer to that on the Librem 5, PinePhone, and any other Linux phones to come out, is PWAs.

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