Yep. 6s is an excellent phone.
And the A9 is an excellent chip.
I was also surprised with how well iOS 14 runs on it, but it’s not too dissimilar from the high performance cores on the A10 so I guess I shouldn’t have been too surprised
It still outperforms new low end chips in 2020
I know a fair number of people who have held on to their 6s or 6s Plus and will use it till it dies
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Although the 6s, 7, and 8 all remain good phones, it’s hard for me to recommend them given the price of the new SE and what you get for it (unless you’re on a very strict budget).
It’s almost 700$ with tax in Canada, so a brand new 6s Plus from Costco for that price is pretty solid.
Plus it has a 1080p display and better battery than the SE 2020.
I can understand why OP would pick one up even as a secondary phone. 300$ Canadian is very good for a *brand new* iphone
It’s not like Canadians get paid significantly more than Americans. While the exchange rate is what it is, 700$ up here is still practically speaking a lot more than 400$ down there (in context of SE for example) in terms of what we spend $ on daily, weekly, monthly
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Fair enough. But you can also find a deal on an SE. In the US, Walmart is offering them to Verizon and AT&T customers for $200 off, meaning US $200 for the 64 GB model. That’s not a deal that everyone can take advantage of, but at least in the US, you can usually get good discounts on current phones though some combination of holiday sales, trade ins, carrier offers, etc.
Maybe it’s different in other countries, in which case I can see the appeal of a substantially discounted older model.
Unfortunately we don’t have any equivalent in Canada. I believe we still have the highest monthly cell phone plans in the world with main carriers.
We used to be able to justify it with massively subsidized phones contract, and those subsidies were better than a lot of countries, but that has since fallen to the wayside since financing similar to other regions has now come into place where you end up paying for most of the phone now anyways by term end or it’s hidden in monthly phone bill fees (i.e. 65$/mo plan with free iPhone SE is also same as 50$/Mo plan with iPhone SE starting at 360$ (15$ monthly financing))
I only have a decent plan because I’m on a corporate plan, on top of that my number is in a provincial regional with lower prices than most provinces in the country, but these plans should be what the general public has nationwide. We do get ripped off with cell phone bills here. The “big 3” carriers just keep getting richer and richer too, and 5G is going to only make everything even more expensive.
The fact modern A series chips are as powerful as they are meaning Apple can support the phones for longer and longer will be very important for Canadian users, as will the emergence of mid range androids with specs that are “good enough”....it’s one thing to get a brand new iPhone 5 for 99$ on contract for 2 years full subsidized for 30$ a month, versus a brand new iPhone 11 for 0$ down but 34$/month financing on a minimum 75$/monthly plan (109$/Mo)
Even the iPhone SE here is 100$/Mo (!) on the same minimum plan with a main carrier and 25$ financing monthly
Just to put it in perspective how expensive it is up here. This is why midrange androids and iOS devices lasting years and years are incredible for majority of the Nontech public up here
I know people who go to Costco and get the 6s or 7 for 300-400$ or whatever it is and then sign up for a 40/Mo plan because that’s what is affordable for them. That still ends up being cheaper than going with a main carrier and getting an iPhone SE
We definitely got the short end of the stick up here when it come to cell phones, and most Canadians don’t realize that because they only know what they know
