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upgrade from iPhone 6 to 7, or to 8??
mkmg76:
I've had iphones since the 3gs after a short spell with a HTC. I've just sold my 7+ to my brother with the intention of buying an X but having just been in the apple store and tried the 8 and the 7 side by side the 8 is actually slower at everything I tried. I.e., app switching, loading new apps, typing etc. Shocked is an understatement. I took my brothers old 6 off him as a trade in and in the process of wiping and restoring the phone I was forced to upgrade to ios11 on it. It is now a complete pile of cr@p, it's woefully slow and reminds me of an old android with all of the stuttering and lag. My point being that I don't think the 8 was at fault rather the fact that it runs ios11 out of the box.
My 7 had been perfect for the last year, fast/smooth/reliable and i'm now regretting selling it. With all of the new tech in the X and the fact that it runs this ios11 junk, i'm now not buying it at all. I even have the day booked off this Friday to go pick it up at launch, definitely not going now.
If I was in your shoes, I'd try to get a 7/7+ and hope that it's still on ios10 in the box but DO NOT upgrade.
I'm currently pricing Samsung S8's on ebay etc as I'm absolutely disgusted over the lack of effort on Apples part with this new software and the rip off pricing getting completely out of hand.
Good luck with your choice. :happy2:
pudding:
Planned obsolescence :smiley:
Touch wood, my 7 has been fine with ios11, up to and including 11.1. No noticeable slow downs at all. In fact, with 11.1 I've actually seen an improvement in performance :happy2: My GF's 6S has slowed down a little, but not enough to justify a newer handset.
Device and software makers have been at this game for decades. Systematically releasing new OSs with tons of bloatware designed to slow down older devices, forcing you to upgrade.
Unfortunately, too many fanboys camp outside Apple stores every year to be the first to get the latest device....... so Apple will continue to bleed us all dry if the demand for it is there, which it is, in droves.
RetroRaz:
im not an iPhone fan but my sister recently asked me to transfer all her stuff from her iphone 8 back to her iphone 7.
pudding:
They don't make that easy either. If you don't sign out of icloud before you wipe the phone, it doesn't let the new owner register it as a new phone.
And if you back up the phone to iTunes on a windows PC, and try and restore it with a Mac.....yeah, that causes big headaches too.
I'm feeling nostalgic......best phone ever. I lament the days of simplicity.
pudding:
WTF??! :grin:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-iPhone-X-10-Ten-Space-Grey-256GB-Unlocked-CONFIRMED-GET-IT-BY-7TH-NOV/182858901395?epid=239165288&hash=item2a933d6793:g:CTkAAOSw9idZ8uyL
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