IPhone 8 ?

[JamieBeeston]

Durzel said:

£1k for a phone though... I mean jeez. If it's $999 price tag is true it's pretty much a certainty it'll be £999 here too "because of Brexit" etc (remember Apple hiked their prices due to that). Cue someone pointing out that tax is calculated per state so $999 isn't the final price (but it could be in some places), etc.

I paid more than that all in (with AppleCare) for the last 2 iPhones I bought, I dont understand why everyone is getting so hung up on it.

Just take apple up on their wondrous upgrade scheme (From £34 a month, with a new iPhone every 11 months!)
or ask your carrier to give you a new one every few years


I can't think of a single device I use on a daily basis for work and pleasure more than the iPhone.

[p1stonhead]

JamieBeeston said:

Durzel said:

£1k for a phone though... I mean jeez. If it's $999 price tag is true it's pretty much a certainty it'll be £999 here too "because of Brexit" etc (remember Apple hiked their prices due to that). Cue someone pointing out that tax is calculated per state so $999 isn't the final price (but it could be in some places), etc.

I paid more than that all in (with AppleCare) for the last 2 iPhones I bought, I dont understand why everyone is getting so hung up on it.

You do have an F40 though

[NDA]

JamieBeeston said:

I can't think of a single device I use on a daily basis for work and pleasure more than the iPhone.

True.

New figures out show that the majority of people browse more on a mobile than they do on a laptop or PC.

[Craikeybaby]

I agree. However there will still be people complaining that the X is too expensive, even if Apple are launching a cheaper option at the same time.

[rat840771]

I will wait until my 20 months are up on there 0%

My man maths will put me towards the X as what is the point of having the 8 when you can have the X for approx £250 more?

I paid £700+ for 7 128gb the 8 will be the same price?

X will be a £1000, so £100 down and £45 a month.

[Burwood]

rat840771 said:

I will wait until my 20 months are up on there 0%

My man maths will put me towards the X as what is the point of having the 8 when you can have the X for approx £250 more?

I paid £700+ for 7 128gb the 8 will be the same price?

X will be a £1000, so £100 down and £45 a month.

for a low data plan (45). If you want a decent amount such as 8GB you will be paying 55 at least

[Durzel]

rat840771 said:

X will be a £1000, so £100 down and £45 a month.

Unless the X is some kind of limited edition, with it being a 10th anniversary thing?

[rat840771]

I mean for just the phone will be £45. i'm with tesco on Sim only deal where i pay £10 a month for 4gb data and lots of minutes.

So yes £55 all in

Burwood said:

rat840771 said:

I will wait until my 20 months are up on there 0%

My man maths will put me towards the X as what is the point of having the 8 when you can have the X for approx £250 more?

I paid £700+ for 7 128gb the 8 will be the same price?

X will be a £1000, so £100 down and £45 a month.

for a low data plan (45). If you want a decent amount such as 8GB you will be paying 55 at least

[J4CKO]

Anyone think the relevance of the higher capacities is on the wain ?

My 6 is a 64 GB and about half used, never cleared it down, using Spotify for music, taking a few pictures and a bit of video, bit of space for something to do offline, dont feel the need to get one with loads more storage.

[Yidwann]

J4CKO said:

Anyone think the relevance of the higher capacities is on the wain ?

My 6 is a 64 GB and about half used, never cleared it down, using Spotify for music, taking a few pictures and a bit of video, bit of space for something to do offline, dont feel the need to get one with loads more storage.

Yeah, i'd agree, there are still some of us old farts though who still buy CD's and lossless them onto the device, I say old fart, 33, but.... actually having all my tunes on my phone without the new of Cloud of Streaming is important to me..... you never know which field you might be in the middle off to get a party going. Or something like that!

[Burwood]

J4CKO said:

Anyone think the relevance of the higher capacities is on the wain ?

My 6 is a 64 GB and about half used, never cleared it down, using Spotify for music, taking a few pictures and a bit of video, bit of space for something to do offline, dont feel the need to get one with loads more storage.

My wife needs more than 64. 128gb would be the sweet spot but knowing apple it will be 64 or 256. Start storing movies and holding 1000s of photos and you will blow that up

[BlueHave]

Burwood said:

J4CKO said:

Anyone think the relevance of the higher capacities is on the wain ?

My 6 is a 64 GB and about half used, never cleared it down, using Spotify for music, taking a few pictures and a bit of video, bit of space for something to do offline, dont feel the need to get one with loads more storage.

My wife needs more than 64. 128gb would be the sweet spot but knowing apple it will be 64 or 256. Start storing movies and holding 1000s of photos and you will blow that up

I have a 32GB 6 which is perfectly fine as I sync and back up at least once a week. Anyone needing 128gb or 256gb storage must be shooting 1080 or scaled up 4k videos in which case an iPhone isn't what you should be using.

I 'm predicting a regular phone which will have one of two unique features which will be pretty minor and Samsung have probably had on their phones for years.

Also I'm predicting they will make an anniversary phone with all the bells and whistles and will cost about £10k and have some sort of designer like Hermes cover or something a bit like the Apple Watches.

Edited by BlueHave on Tuesday 12th September 17:46

[Burwood]

she doesn't back it up until it's full. That's the issue

I use about 40gb but i would take the 128g if it's available.

[BlueHave]

Burwood said:

she doesn't back it up until it's full. That's the issue

I use about 40gb but i would take the 128g if it's available.

Not backing up at least once a month is really not a great idea. I've seen people in hysterics and on the verge of a breakdown because they didn't back up precious photos and videos of dead family members / newborns or work documents they had spent months working on.

Then you tell them they can get it all back but it will cost about £300 -£500.

It's not worth the risk especially when a decent 2TB external hard drive is about £80 -£150.

[p1stonhead]

BlueHave said:

Burwood said:

she doesn't back it up until it's full. That's the issue

I use about 40gb but i would take the 128g if it's available.

Not backing up at least once a month is really not a great idea. I've seen people in hysterics and on the verge of a breakdown because they didn't back up precious photos and videos of dead family members / newborns or work documents they had spent months working on.

Then you tell them they can get it all back but it will cost about £300 -£500.

It's not worth the risk especially when a decent 2TB external hard drive is about £80 -£150.

Doesn’t everyone’s back up to iCloud every night when it’s on charge? Mine does I just assumed it was the default for most people. I’d hate to lose photos etc so having it done automatically every night takes any worry of that way.

Edited by p1stonhead on Tuesday 12th September 17:58

[Burwood]

p1stonhead said:

BlueHave said:

Burwood said:

she doesn't back it up until it's full. That's the issue

I use about 40gb but i would take the 128g if it's available.

Not backing up at least once a month is really not a great idea. I've seen people in hysterics and on the verge of a breakdown because they didn't back up precious photos and videos of dead family members / newborns or work documents they had spent months working on.

Then you tell them they can get it all back but it will cost about £300 -£500.

It's not worth the risk especially when a decent 2TB external hard drive is about £80 -£150.

Doesn’t everyone’s back up to iCloud every night when it’s on charge? Mine does I just assumed it was the default for most people. I’d hate to lose photos etc so having it done automatically every night takes any worry of that way.

Edited by p1stonhead on Tuesday 12th September 17:58

my phones automatically send photos to iCloud and my iMac so no issue there. My phone is plugged in daily and everything new is also sent to dropbox. Edited to add. wife does not use the iMac so only backs up when I think to do it.

[NDA]

J4CKO said:

Anyone think the relevance of the higher capacities is on the wain ?

My 6 is a 64 GB and about half used, never cleared it down, using Spotify for music, taking a few pictures and a bit of video, bit of space for something to do offline, dont feel the need to get one with loads more storage.

Yes, I was thinking this today. Most of my stuff is in the cloud - my 7 is a 128 of which 92 is available. I use Spotify for music and download a couple of playlists... photos are in Flickr.

Not sure what the X will have - too much I reckon.

[Rawwr]

I'm wondering what the minimum they could say and still get people whooping and clapping.

[Burwood]

the watch is getting more interesting. built in cellular

[Rawwr]

Well he's said 'magic' twice.