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iPhone 6(S)/Plus iPhone 6/6s owners, are you finally upgrading?
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Very excited to upgrade to the 12 Pro Max from my 6S+. The autofocus on my current phone is a bit wonky, otherwise I would keep the 6S+ until it was absolutely dead.
Use both the 5SE and a 6S.
No. I'll wait for the 12S mini with, hopefully, promotion screen, and touch ID. Otherwise, the rumored Sony compact will be my next phone.
No. I'll wait for the 12S mini with, hopefully, promotion screen, and touch ID. Otherwise, the rumored Sony compact will be my next phone.
Yes, I’m finally upgrading my 6s Plus that I’ve have since launch day, with a 12 Pro. It’s been a fantastic phone, and unlike others, ios 14 seems to run ok on mine. A little slower, of course, but not too shabby for an old phone. I’m mainly upgrading for the better camera and the smaller form factor. Don’t get me wrong, I love the screen size of my phone, but with the bezels, it’s a little too big for my liking. I was tempted when the X came out, but the fact that the screen was narrower than my 6s Plus made me reconsider. Now that the Pro size is 6.1" I’m hoping I won’t lose any screen real estate but get a slightly more portable device.
I was planning on holding out another year, but the deals were too good to pass up and fear they won’t be as great next year.
I was planning on holding out another year, but the deals were too good to pass up and fear they won’t be as great next year.
I upgraded from my 6s to the SE2020 on launch day. It suits my needs for now and I want a phone with Touch ID, where I live is pretty much just going to be low band 5G, and I don’t want to be a real world beta tester for the first iPhone that has 5G. I want another generation of antenna to come out and get the battery life dialed in.
I have a launch day iPhone 6, 64 GB. I replaced the battery 3 years ago, which breathed new life into the phone. It’s been great up until just recently; the replacement battery is now starting to show its age. I could replace it, but there’s little point in doing so, since it can no longer run the current iOS version.
T-Mobile offered me a generous $215 trade-in value for my phone, along with an additional $200 on the trade-in for customer loyalty. $415 is far more than the phone is worth, and nobody in my family needs a hand-me-down phone (all of their phones are newer than mine at this point anyway). So it‘s time to upgrade.
I was originally going for the mini, but I went for the 12 Pro because of the extra camera and extra RAM. I’m thrilled that I got 6 years out of my 6, and would love to get 6 years out of its replacement as well.
T-Mobile offered me a generous $215 trade-in value for my phone, along with an additional $200 on the trade-in for customer loyalty. $415 is far more than the phone is worth, and nobody in my family needs a hand-me-down phone (all of their phones are newer than mine at this point anyway). So it‘s time to upgrade.
I was originally going for the mini, but I went for the 12 Pro because of the extra camera and extra RAM. I’m thrilled that I got 6 years out of my 6, and would love to get 6 years out of its replacement as well.
I tried out my friend's 6S awhile ago and even that was a stark difference in speed, especially Touch ID v2.0. Raise to wake was also pretty convenient. As long as I don't go around trying newer phones, I will make do with the 6 ?
Apple missed the best time of the decade to release side Touch ID.
I'm using an iPhone 6 Plus and even with a battery replacement at 95% capacity, my phone is so slow it takes over 30 min to place an order for some wings from a local restaurant app, over 10 min for McDonalds, and macrumors.com hangs up Safari when I scroll.
When T-Mobile offered their $215 trade-in, it was a no brainer to finally upgrade to an iPhone 12 after I saw how low the prices were for the iPhone 6 plus on Swappa and Craigslist. Hoping the iPhone 12 will last me six years like the iPhone 6+.
I will miss the touchID though.
When T-Mobile offered their $215 trade-in, it was a no brainer to finally upgrade to an iPhone 12 after I saw how low the prices were for the iPhone 6 plus on Swappa and Craigslist. Hoping the iPhone 12 will last me six years like the iPhone 6+.
I will miss the touchID though.
For those that are curious, this shows an iPhone 6s with a case for a 12 for size comparison.
![iphone 6s vs 12 case_sm.jpg]( "iphone 6s vs 12 case_sm.jpg")
Does anyone know if the actually usable screen size of the 12 Pro will be more in line with my old 6s Plus than the X and XS were? Those were too narrow IMO and was wondering if now that they are 6.1" instead of 5.8" if the screen will be wider. Hoping I didn’t make a mistake and will regret going with the Pro over the Max.
No. 6s works well enough. I even play some 3D games on it. Happy to stay put and save my money.
Good move (or non-move)! I have bought a new device before and asked myself afterwards, "Is this really that much of an improvement in my day-to-day usage?"
yeah. Upside of the 6s/SE being so long lasting is you save money not needing to upgrade. Downside is you may need to upgrade all of them at the same time.
we have my wife and daughter on SE and son with 6s. I’m hoping to upgrade 1-2 this year and maybe one next year. Maybe one can take my 12..
I needed to upgrade and my wife needed to replace her LG so that’s one reason back in April on launch day we went with the SE 2020. That way for the price we could both afford to upgrade. We saved the 6s as a started phone for our daughter.
X/XS and 12 Pro/Max all have the same, narrower screen ratio than your 6s plus.
12 Pro is only 45 pixels wider than XS.
That’s unfortunate. So the device only got taller but not wider? I was really hoping with the reduced bezels and new size it would be a little wider.
Technically it did get wider but since the screen ratio is so narrow, the difference is negligible.
.02" wider / 45 pixels
Thank you for that. Now I’m seriously going to have to consider returning and getting a Max.
Same here. I've bought both the X and XS but returned both phones soon after. Once the initial "excitement" of a new a phone (and the new features) wears off (for me, that's a few days after purchase), I've found the new phone does essentially the same thing as my previous phone. iOS is iOS, and is (essentially IMHO) the same whether you're using a 6S or 12Pro Max.
Sure, the new phone does things better (ie takes better photos, loads apps faster etc), but for my use, that's not worth spending the ££££/$$$$/€€€€ (or whatever your currency is). When I do decide to upgrade, I'll buy a second hand phone and save my money. It's a shame the battery capacity in the SE (2020 version) wasn't larger!