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New iPhone 8
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Promise Land of Trustafarians
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I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on the 256Gb iPhone 8 tonight. Planning to order through T-Mobile and take the trade-in credit they're offering.
I'm a bit tempted to go with the Plus, but only for the camera. Pretty sure I'll just go with the regular phone in the end but damn I wish Apple would put the dual lens setup on the 8. |
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Formerly “MumboJumbo”
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Anyone else who was like me and upset about the missing middle tier for pricing? I was pondering replacing my iPhone 7 but I have the 128 GB and the choice now is 64 GB for whatever model you start with and $150 more for the 256 GB model. That is the only other choice. Plus there is the $50 price increase in the first place. Last year I handed them $750. This year I'd have to hand them $850 to get the same level of usability.
I love Apple but this feels a little...weird and desperate. I'm not suggesting Apple is going to disappear or anything, just that it feels so contrived in terms of driving you to the next tier and seems galling, even for them. |
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Marketing trying to upsell you? The humanity. |
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The $300 trade-in credit for an old iPhone 6 is just too good to pass up. edit: TMO still shows a ship date of 9/21-22 on the product listing page. Maybe the text was to hedge expectations? Last edited by Ryan : 2017-09-15 at 11:49. |
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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I'm going to skip upgrading this year. If the SE was upgraded to 7 spec I would really have considered it. Sure the VR stuff could be neat but not worth it to me right now. I think I'm back on the every other year cycle again now.
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UPS (somehow) couldn't find my office. No phone for me till Monday.
Man, I can't wait for Amazon to destroy that company. At least half my UPS shipments go haywire. |
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: Dec 2005
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Wife got an 8. It’s made me realized how spoiled/difficult to impress we have become. Beautiful device, fast, but overall it gets a “meh” from us. In reality, very little difference from the 7 it replaces. And Apple not having a wireless charger ready upon release is just really baffling. They weren’t even selling third party ones at the Apple store.
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Thoughts so far:
*Huge* speed upgrade from the 6. Everything is Snappy™. Touch ID is significantly faster. At some point Apple changed the leather cases—much smoother than they used to be. I never realized how mushy the buttons on the rubber case were until I tried the leather case with the metal inserts. 3D Touch on app icons! I didn't even know about this until today. I realize that's not new to the 8, I'm just behind the curve. Haven't played much with the camera yet. Sound quality on calls is much better but also very, very loud. At first I thought I had the speakerphone on. Mostly I'm just glad to have a new phone to fix the small issues with my old one: a new battery and a lightning connector where the cable doesn't fall out every damn time. |
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