The iPhone is Dead
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The iPhone is Dead
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#2> iPhones don’t age well
On my iPhone 6+, most apps crash on first open. Apps freeze for 5–10 seconds whenever launched or switched to. I lose 3–4%/min on my battery and Apple Support insists that my battery is perfectly healthy. I went through “apps using significant power” and uninstalled most of them.
Not to be too critical of this author, but this whole post is full of personal anecdotes extrapolated onto the half a billion iPhone users worldwide[1]. iPhones actually age quite well, as their resale value proves. And that doesn't even take into account their long-term security updates and patches.
1. https://www.quora.com/How-many-iPhone-users-are-in-the-world...
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#4> iPhones don’t age well On my iPhone 6+, most apps crash on first open. Apps freeze for 5–10 seconds whenever launched or switched to. I lose 3–4%/min on my battery and Apple Support insists that my battery is perfectly healthy. I went through “apps using significant power” and uninstalled most of them. Not to be too critical of this author, but this whole post is full of personal anecdotes extrapolated onto the hal…
My iPhone 5 still works fine. Admittedly it’s not loaded with apps. Most of the things he does on his phone I do on my iPad instead.
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#5There are a lot of useless personal anecdotes in this blog post, but one resonates with me strongly: Apple needs to better handle spam calls. In fact the entire mechanism dealing with how we make phone calls (authenticating callers) is ripe for disruption.
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#6Just pay for iCloud then half of your issues will be moot.
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#7Saw there was a survey that the iPhone loyalty has decreased a little but was at record lows even though still 80%
"Separately, Cowen conducted a survey of smartphone buyers and found that iPhone loyalty appears to be trending lower. In fact, repeat iPhone purchase intent is at a record low (within the context of Cowen's quarterly surveys). To be fair, iPhone loyalty is still incredibly high, with 80.5% of respondents planning on buying another iPhone when the time is right, but that's down sequentially from 87.6%. "
https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/01/18/is-iphone-x-demand...
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#8The last company I’d have storing my personal data is Google. In fact, any of the arguments he presents are moot to me due to the alternative being an Ad agency’s product...
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#9> iPhones don’t age well On my iPhone 6+, most apps crash on first open. Apps freeze for 5–10 seconds whenever launched or switched to. I lose 3–4%/min on my battery and Apple Support insists that my battery is perfectly healthy. I went through “apps using significant power” and uninstalled most of them. Not to be too critical of this author, but this whole post is full of personal anecdotes extrapolated onto the hal…
My iPhone 5 still works fine. Admittedly it’s not loaded with apps. Most of the things he does on his phone I do on my iPad instead.
So, what does your iPhone 5 work fine for?