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mr lizard said:

spheric said:

The incremental upgrades on the Apple Watch are not geared towards people upgrading every year, or even every two. I went from a 0 to a 6, and probably won’t upgrade again until a series 9 or 10 at the earliest. 

Exactly this. The only reason Apple would significantly bump the chip is if the watch had more sensors that the current crop of chips couldn’t handle.

How many series 6/7 owners are complaining that their watches are too slow. 

Mine is always a minute or two behind.

Xed said:

ravnorodom said:

There should be some sort of handheld device that when you plug in the cable, it can detect which version. 

👍 That's an interesting idea. Not just HDMI but how other cables are rated, too. I have C+USB-C cables that are a mess: 60W v 100W PD, PD v data.

Yes, good idea - may simply the device you are using it with could tell you that? Simply and intuitively?

I hope Apple doesn’t forget there are a bunch of people desperately waiting for a 27” refresh. 

MplsP said:

I’m sure there are a lot of people like me. I have a Xs. A better camera would be nice, but I’m not making movies, I’m taking snapshots of family, pets, etc. smaller notch? Meh. Battery life? My current battery is still working fine. Processor speed? I’m sure I’d notice the difference, but I’m not unhappy with the speed of my Xs and I don’t play games or do anything else that taxes the processor. 5G might be nice now that they’re finally getting reasonable coverage, but my current speeds are fine. 

In the end, is it worth it for me to shell out $1000? Not really. But that’s part of why I buy an iPhone and not an android - so it’s not obsolete and unusable in 6 months. 

Same here – and couldn't agree more. I was excited for the Portrait-Mode on the XS, which is fantastic, but I don't use it a lot. I can't see any feature that would currently attract me to the 13 – nonetheless it is no doubt a great phone and better than its predecessors. Besides removing the notch – I can't see what more can be in store for the iPhone. It seems to have reached some level of sophistication that does not allow for much more real world development.

I'd be really interested what people here think the iPhone (or any phone) might be missing, or what kind of development there might be for the iPhone. I would think: not a lot. The only real improvements might come from software and iOS developments.

As for the AppleWatch – I believe it has potential for a long time, mostly towards health monitoring.

Fred257 said:

I bought my iPhone mini 12 to replace my first generation iPhone SE.  Besides the camera most software and Siri haven’t changed at all and run at the exact same speed.  Siri is still light years behind Google.  It’s so bad that it’s a complete joke in my opinion.  It’s a big, heavy and crappy phone in comparison to my SE.  As a matter of fact I’m extremely disappointed in my purchase and will be selling it when a new SE comes out next year.  Not having Touch ID during the pandemic (when it’s in the newest iPad mini) goes to show you just how moronic Apple has become.

It seems you made the wrong choice and should have bought an Android Phone.