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iPhone 5 or earlier How often should I upgrade?
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The actual physical iPhone?
Whenever you want. I’m using a 9 year old iPhone 6S+ and it does everything I want - and isn’t slow.
iOS? When apps you care about and safari stop working properly
Whenever you want. I’m using a 9 year old iPhone 6S+ and it does everything I want - and isn’t slow.
iOS? When apps you care about and safari stop working properly
Correct, it is brand new meaning that no one else has used it if it is factory sealed
Elaborate on this please?
Elaborate on this please?
When your device is "out of support" and you won't get any security updates might be one of many reasons to upgrade.
Dang! Guess I need to throw out my Sanyo Katana, my HTC Touch Pro, my iPhone 3GS, 4, 4s, 5, 6+, 6s+ and my Pixel 3a XL. Oh, and also my iPad 6th gen.
Nah, the 6th gen can still run iOS 17 and the 6S with iOS 15 has gotten some updates. But Apples lack of comms on what iOS versions that are still supported makes it hard to know if they will deliver security updates.Dang! Guess I need to throw out my Sanyo Katana, my HTC Touch Pro, my iPhone 3GS, 4, 4s, 5, 6+, 6s+ and my Pixel 3a XL. Oh, and also my iPad 6th gen.
I was kidding…
My 6, 6+ and Pixel are on charger right now. Going to do something with them today.
I was kidding…
My 6, 6+ and Pixel are on charger right now. Going to do something with them today.
yea, kinda thought so. Nice to have an old collection of phones. Kinda miss I got rid of some, nice reminder that things has progressed a lot when grabbing the iPhone 3G.
If you don't use it for photography/videography and the apps you use still work with iOS 15.x [assuming you installed or allowed the iPhone to install updates], just upgrade once those apps no longer function and ask for a newer version... You can refer to my previous post on what iPhone models I consider a good upgrade...
If all iPhones were free, then the choice would be easy - get a new one.
But they’re not and their price is often the deciding factor.
So pick one you can afford. The newer, the better (theoretically)
But they’re not and their price is often the deciding factor.
So pick one you can afford. The newer, the better (theoretically)
Come to think of it, when is MacRumors going to pop up a board or two for vintage iOS devices, a la the PowerPC Macs section?
Hard to say if they ever would. Who’s still rocking an iPhone 3GS as a daily driver phone? (Before you laugh, I saw people daily driving 10+ year old PowerBooks [including Old World ROMs] back after the Intel transition. I think the appeal was that 1) it was hardware they already had and 2) it was offline so it was distraction free.)Come to think of it, when is MacRumors going to pop up a board or two for vintage iOS devices, a la the PowerPC Macs section?
There might still be mission critical software for some companies running on old PPC Macs. There probably isn’t mission critical software running on an old iPhone 3GS (really, it’s more older games that people are interested in when it comes to older iPhones).
All that is to say that, outside of collectors and people nostalgic for niche mobile apps/games of yesteryear (or people trying to document niche mobile device accessory hardware of yesteryear*), there’s probably not all that much interest in running older iPhones.
* Back in the 30-pin days, I had a radio dongle for my iPod touch that tuned in HD Radio. It would be cool to figure out how it communicated with the HD Radio app. I could see someone going over it in a YouTube video in the future similar to how someone might go over the first party iPod radio (or random MP3 player accessories, a la DankPods) these days. Maybe we’ll see MacRumors add such a board in 5 to 10 years time (though, of course, the original iPhone will be 20 years old in 3 years**).
** Sorry, this realization makes me feel as old as it probably makes you feel!
Every year. 🥳
Seriously: an iPhone can easily last 5 years. You’ll need to replace your battery at least once, but you can use your phone until it isn’t supported by the latest iOS anymore.
Honestly ,
Whenever you want , Depends on your priorities in life and your financial situation
Whenever you want , Depends on your priorities in life and your financial situation
and all those OLD coffee mugs too, they are not supported by their manufactures!Dang! Guess I need to throw out my Sanyo Katana, my HTC Touch Pro, my iPhone 3GS, 4, 4s, 5, 6+, 6s+ and my Pixel 3a XL. Oh, and also my iPad 6th gen.
At least so you have a supported operating system. Running without security fixes is never a good idea.
I just upgraded from an SE (2016) to a "like new" refurbished SE (2022) for half the price than it's sold by Apple and also purchased an SE (2020) as a spare phone for a very low price, also refurbished like new.
For cases I need a bigger screen I have an 8 Plus since release and also just purchased a second one for very cheap.
All of those except the SE1 what still sometimes is in use have 256GB.
I won't upgrade to any phone that will permanently scan my eyes and I like the Home Button. Also everything still works fine for me, just the SE1 got a little small and I think after the release of iOS 18 some banking apps might not get a required update anymore for iOS 15.
So I still have a few years left to stay with Apple and will decide what to do when the time has come.
For cases I need a bigger screen I have an 8 Plus since release and also just purchased a second one for very cheap.
All of those except the SE1 what still sometimes is in use have 256GB.
I won't upgrade to any phone that will permanently scan my eyes and I like the Home Button. Also everything still works fine for me, just the SE1 got a little small and I think after the release of iOS 18 some banking apps might not get a required update anymore for iOS 15.
So I still have a few years left to stay with Apple and will decide what to do when the time has come.
As often as you want or are able to. There is no correct answer to this question so you do you!