We just traded in my X, which became my wife’s once my company bought me an 11 Pro Max…
The X was still doing fine although it was time for a battery swap at ~80% battery life.
When you do some of the various model comparisons, the X was really the first ‘pro’ - from the stainless to camera and optical zoom, etc.
As we have a newborn, the camera is seeing more usage and whle it was still holding up overall, she got a 14 to replace it - this was a month or so before 15 launch.
I planned on keeping my 11 Pro Max until the 16 came out, then either going for it or a refurbed 15 Pro Max, but I didnt have my choice of storage options on the work-paid phone, so my 11PM was 64gb and I finally filled it, so t became time and just ordered a 15PM.
Amusingly, I did the Apple trade in on our X, which literally looked brand new (always cased and screen protector), and some idiot apparently stole it from the trade-in box. Have to wonder if Apple’s ‘refurb partners’ are scamming and ‘skimming off the top’ a bit, as there’s no sane way that box tore open.
As OP said, phone features and generally performance, have kind of stagnated. Yes, cameras improve, and that’s worth something (main reason to replace the X), but short of those playing serious-ish games on their phone (and why, when iPad if has to be mobile..?), or movies (again, why - iPad), there’s not a huge ‘wow’ factor for most modern phone releases IMO. Yeah, I did replace my 11PM with a 15PM, but it had a 4 year life and the X 5, and I also looked at 13 and 14s used, refurbed but between vet discount, tradein etc., there just wasn’t enough difference in $ across the options whle the added optical zoom on the 15PM will be nice to have for the baby.
When I had first moved my wife off a random Android phone (I think she got a 5 then later my 6 or 6S) she loved it, then still liked the X, but moving from the X to the 14 was pretty much ‘ok, maybe a bit nicer pics and the battery lasts longer’ was the net response. I’m expecting the move from my 11PM to the 15PM to be similar once it shows up. Besides the needed storage upgrade and the camera, battery life will be nice but not that big of a deal as the main drain is when we use GPS (in the car = has power, but will be nice on the bikes), or when occasionally need to use as a hotspot (again, which then has power connected). I’m sure the screen is nicer, as is ProMotion but again, I don’t watch movies or game much on my phone vs ipad, console, …) so my biggest hope is f there’s any improvement on cell reception and the occasional unknown-reason ‘call failed.’
The X was still doing fine although it was time for a battery swap at ~80% battery life.
When you do some of the various model comparisons, the X was really the first ‘pro’ - from the stainless to camera and optical zoom, etc.
As we have a newborn, the camera is seeing more usage and whle it was still holding up overall, she got a 14 to replace it - this was a month or so before 15 launch.
I planned on keeping my 11 Pro Max until the 16 came out, then either going for it or a refurbed 15 Pro Max, but I didnt have my choice of storage options on the work-paid phone, so my 11PM was 64gb and I finally filled it, so t became time and just ordered a 15PM.
Amusingly, I did the Apple trade in on our X, which literally looked brand new (always cased and screen protector), and some idiot apparently stole it from the trade-in box. Have to wonder if Apple’s ‘refurb partners’ are scamming and ‘skimming off the top’ a bit, as there’s no sane way that box tore open.
As OP said, phone features and generally performance, have kind of stagnated. Yes, cameras improve, and that’s worth something (main reason to replace the X), but short of those playing serious-ish games on their phone (and why, when iPad if has to be mobile..?), or movies (again, why - iPad), there’s not a huge ‘wow’ factor for most modern phone releases IMO. Yeah, I did replace my 11PM with a 15PM, but it had a 4 year life and the X 5, and I also looked at 13 and 14s used, refurbed but between vet discount, tradein etc., there just wasn’t enough difference in $ across the options whle the added optical zoom on the 15PM will be nice to have for the baby.
When I had first moved my wife off a random Android phone (I think she got a 5 then later my 6 or 6S) she loved it, then still liked the X, but moving from the X to the 14 was pretty much ‘ok, maybe a bit nicer pics and the battery lasts longer’ was the net response. I’m expecting the move from my 11PM to the 15PM to be similar once it shows up. Besides the needed storage upgrade and the camera, battery life will be nice but not that big of a deal as the main drain is when we use GPS (in the car = has power, but will be nice on the bikes), or when occasionally need to use as a hotspot (again, which then has power connected). I’m sure the screen is nicer, as is ProMotion but again, I don’t watch movies or game much on my phone vs ipad, console, …) so my biggest hope is f there’s any improvement on cell reception and the occasional unknown-reason ‘call failed.’
