Is anyone dying to get an iPhone7?

[Beam Me Up Scotty]

I'm an Android user so no, any iPhone is not worth the price of admission. I'm not a Android fanatic (it's hardly perfect) but it does what I need it to do (for me it's the apps that matter, not the OS) at about half the cost of an iPhone. I purchase what I need at Swappa and have no problems owning "trailing edge" technology. I figure if I drop, break or lose it I won't cry in my coffee. Perhaps if I wanted a Apple Watch my story would change but I just consider one of these as an expensive bluetooth accessory for an iPhone.

Edit: I guess I view phones as disposable items and view the purchase of one as that of any appliance item and not a fashion statement. Just something you need and nothing to get too thrilled about where needing the "latest & greatest" matters.

D & C

[OWC Jamie]

Just got a 6S beginning of the year. I would have been content with a 5SE if they had been available at the time.
I really only wanted a used 5S and there were quite a few nice ones on this board's for sale page at the time.
But you move on.
I'll likely be squeezing as much life out of this 6S as I can. So no 6SE or 7 for me.

[pRICE cUBE]

My main reason for an iPhone other that calling and texting is the camera. WHen the price comes down I will get an iPhone 7 but if I am spending over $500 for photo, it is going to be and SLR or lens related.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

cbelt3 wrote:
I'm hoping beyond hope that killing the headphone jack will prove to be a terrible idea that will actually get reversed. But I doubt it. Apple really never takes a step backwards.

Removing the headphone jack would be a step backwards.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

davester wrote:
Isn't part of the reason for removing the headphone jack that it is part of the strategy to make the phone more resistant to water intrusion (since the jack is basically a big hole in the phone)? It seems to me that water resistance is a very desirable feature which I'd gladly trade for the headphone jack. However, until my current iPhone 6 falls in the water I'm not in any hurry to trade it in for a 7.

AFAIK, the Samsung Galaxy S7 is currently the gold standard in cell phone water resistance. Here is a shot of its bottom edge:


http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/s...7-problems

[SteveG]

Maybe if the demand is slow enough, Cook and his boys can go back to upping those "computer thingies" they used to make.

[davester]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=davester]
Isn't part of the reason for removing the headphone jack that it is part of the strategy to make the phone more resistant to water intrusion (since the jack is basically a big hole in the phone)? It seems to me that water resistance is a very desirable feature which I'd gladly trade for the headphone jack. However, until my current iPhone 6 falls in the water I'm not in any hurry to trade it in for a 7.

AFAIK, the Samsung Galaxy S7 is currently the gold standard in cell phone water resistance. Here is a shot of its bottom edge:
Not according to Consumer Reports: http://www.consumerreports.org/smartphon...ance-test/

[ka jowct]

I have only had my 6 about 18 months. So doubt I'll feel any inclination to upgrade for at least a year.

[lost in space]

I'm happy as a clam after upgrading from my 4 to a free 5. I'm so cheap I squeak.

[sekker]

My worst fear is that Apple goes with a new, proprietary wireless protocol and dumps the headphone jack.

But then stops supporting Bluetooth to show how much better Apple Freedom Frequency is. This would mean poorer Bluetooth support for ALL iPhones in future software updates.

They've done it before with other I/O protocols.

This would be a form of planned obsolescence since many users use Bluetooth.