saarek

Xed said:

CheeseFreeze said:

saarek said:

Guess my iPhone XS Max will last until 2023 then.

I’m not replacing it until it either dies or they kill off the notch completely and have it all under the display.

Is that really so important for your decision to upgrade?

To me, the camera, battery life and better hardware in combination with new/better uses (software).
I am not controlled or obstructed by a tiny notch. What is your daily use of your phone that makes this important to you?

It’s odd that someone would ignore all the additional features and performance, as well as the fact that they get a lot more display from the forehead and chin going away, but instead focus on a small area of the extra display not going all the way across the top.

We all have our preferences, features that matter more to us than they do to others.

The iPhone line is mature now, boring if you will when it comes to yearly updates. My iPhone XS Max performs as well now as it did when I bought it and I am in no rush to replace it. The fact that the iPhone 13 is 50% (or whatever it is) faster than my iPhone is irrelevant to me whilst my iPhone launches the apps I use, like Safari, immediately anyway.

I’ll look to replace my current handset either when it dies or when the notch dies a death. 

CheeseFreeze said:

saarek said:

Guess my iPhone XS Max will last until 2023 then.

I’m not replacing it until it either dies or they kill off the notch completely and have it all under the display.

Is that really so important for your decision to upgrade?

To me, the camera, battery life and better hardware in combination with new/better uses (software).
I am not controlled or obstructed by a tiny notch. What is your daily use of your phone that makes this important to you?

At the end of the day the notch, or any intrusion really, is a compromise in the design.

It’s a trade off I accepted with the XS Max, but I assumed it would have gone by now. Apple doesn’t seem in a rush to spend the money on removing it through, so poor assumption on my part.

I’ve got the MagSafe issue. To be fair it’s all part and parcel of a new Mac Design. It shouldn’t be, but the old “it just works” stopped being the case years ago.

I’m definitely going on holiday to Turkey next year. It was cheap before this crash.

hucom2000 said:

I wish there was a 16 inch MacBook Air, that would be perfect for what I need in screen size and plenty powerful.

Amen to that, it’s not just professionals that want a larger screen!