Other To Those Who Bought a 15, if Next Year’s iPhone Design is Indeed New/Bigger, Will You Upgrade?

[Pepperfection]

After just a year or you can just wait? Cuz I read in reddit, some would rather have a new design on its first year, while it is fresh.

Bout you guys?

 

[Shirasaki]

Can’t be bothered about the new design or whatnot either way. Design has virtually no weight in my purchasing decision as my bar is so low only the most outrageous would shut me off.

 

[gwang73]

If the 16 Pro is larger and heavier, I'm out and will keep my 15 Pro longer. I've upgraded every year since the 3S and only regretted when I upgraded from my 11 Pro to the 12 Pro. So far, 15 Pro is one of my faves.

 

[imdog]

They need to get smaller not bigger

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Can't say yes or no but I did keep my iPhone X for almost 6 yrs before I decided to get the 15PM so it would have to offer something completely different than the 15PM to convince me. If it just an incremental update (6.7 is big enough for me) I'll be sticking with the 15PM

 

[now i see it]

with all the reported issues that the iPhone 15 has had so far, I bailed on purchasing one this year. If the iPhone 16 ends up ‘just’ being a 15s with all the most glaring problems fixed.... I’ll get it, new design or not.

 

[rKunda]

I’ve tended to upgrade every other year. Sometimes every year.

I don’t think I’d want a larger phone. Moved to the max for the first time this year and it’s not bad. But even larger doesn’t appeal to me

 

[Apple_Robert]

Once the iPhone 16 pro is officially debuted, I can make an informed decision. At this point in my life, I am leaning more towards focusing more on the Apple Watch, as I have it with me more.

 

[sack_peak]

After just a year or you can just wait? Cuz I read in reddit, some would rather have a new design on its first year, while it is fresh.

Bout you guys?

A bigger phone that exceeds $1199 like a Pixel Fold?

No thank you. I prefer taller 21:9 iPhone.

Think of it like how Apple maintained the width of the iPhone 4s but made the iPhone 5 taller. Making the screen aspect ratio into 19.5:9.

iPhone Pro Max & latest Plus are about 160mm tall. Tallest non-folding Android phones are 180-185mm.

	iPhone 13 Pro Max	iPhone 14 Pro Max	iPhone 15 Pro Max
21:9 Height	187mm	185mm	183mm
19.5:9 Actual Height	160.8mm	160.7mm	159.9mm
Width	78.1mm	77.6mm	76.7mm

If Apple wants to hide the Dynamic Island while viewing 21:9 aspect ratio content they could make it taller by additional ~10mm to nearly 200mm.

This change of aspect ratio may be reserved for the iPhone Fold/Flip.

 

[Tyler O'Bannon]

Yes. Definitely. 100%

 

[ChoiMinji]

If it’s bigger then absolutely no. The 15p width is good. If the 16p is shorter @~0.3” then absolutely yes. Thinner would be nice.

 

[iLuddite]

They need to get smaller not bigger

Exactly. Just picked up a 15 today and while it’s very nice, as soon as there as there’s a new mini I’ll switch to that.

 

[thecautioners]

I want to upgrade every year so I will definitely get the 16PM.

 

[Thor_9]

They need to get smaller not bigger

I have zero issues with a larger phone. If they add extra battery life make it bigger.

 

[sack_peak]

I have zero issues with a larger phone. If they add extra battery life make it bigger.

That's the #1 reason why I stick to Pro Max.

Keep it ~77mm wide and increase it from ~160mm to 190-200mm tall.

I do not mind it increasing from ~250g to ~325g.

 

[Dirty Mac]

No ... no way I'm going to wear a "Manly Bro's iPhone Bra©️" just to cart the damn thing around.

 

[shady16]

i upgrade every year so year ill be getting the 16 pro max or ultra whichever it called

 

[hieubui]

IF the minor size change brings new experiences to iOS then maybe. Otherwise, not worth it.

 

[ericthered926]

My 15 Pro Max checks all the boxes I’ve been waiting on. I don’t see any need to upgrade for the foreseeable future. At least that’s what I’m telling myself 🙈

 

[JamesMcFlyJR]

I really like the size of my 15 Pro Max. I find it the perfect size, so Im a bit bummed that the new Pro Max will increase to 6.9in screen size.

Normally my first instinct is that I have the perfect phone right now and im going to keep it forever since its the last 6.7in iPhone

However, upon further recollection ive come to this resolution:

1. Apple will never downgrade to a smaller pro max once it goes to 6.9
2. I will eventually have to upgrade to a new phone
3. Ill never go back to a smaller iPhone even if its 6.3in

So basically, I'll just have to get used to it and move on to the larger iPhone. Not to mention, I previously thought the XS Max was the perfect size (I still think it was so comfortable and so easy to one hand), and now the 15 Pro Max is gunning for the crown of the perfect size.

 

[Matt Leaf]

I’m interested to see what becomes of the next SE. You get the feeling the current SE is on its last year, with the Touch ID button style, so maybe the SE will arrive being the option for both mini and SE style phone. Could finally be the affordable modern iPhone suitable for most people. Because every time I go in store to check out the new iPhone (as 11 Pro owner) I never see anything that compels me to want to upgrade. Sure, I bet there would be some nice camera improvements, but by and large, an iPhone is an iPhone. They’re so good these days for me personally it only makes sense to upgrade once the old one is dead, lost, or unusable.

 

[wabisabizo]

If rumors are true, regular iPhone 17 series will have 120Hz, I'm holding my breath till then

 

[Lakersfan74]

Nope. Not seeing anything that it will have over the 15 except another button the rest are expected yearly updates. I doubt we see a new design.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

After just a year or you can just wait? Cuz I read in reddit, some would rather have a new design on its first year, while it is fresh.

Bout you guys?

I have never bought for "new design." And, a new phone is not about "while it is fresh" like some new style.

Personally I buy for improved performance. Once the decision has been made to buy the improved performance of some new phone it makes most sense to buy it ASAP to avoid wasting time not having access to the improvements. The last 3-4 generations were clearly worthy of annual upgrading to me; before that it was ~ every 2 years.

Edit: No decision making until after we have a solid idea of what the new phones' expected performance will be.

 

[Allen_Wentz]

with all the reported issues that the iPhone 15 has had so far, I bailed on purchasing one this year. If the iPhone 16 ends up ‘just’ being a 15s with all the most glaring problems fixed.... I’ll get it, new design or not.

Said "all the reported issues that the iPhone 15 has had so far" have been clickbait trolling. The 15 Pro Max simply rocks.