When Should You Upgrade Your iPhone? 

You feel the pain tomorrow not today. Damn I felt that.

Upgrade when your current one stops working. Plain and simple. Depending on how your up keep is, it may last 2 years or almost 10 years. Either way, it’s a great money saver, and let’s you stick with something you know for longer.

I've been using my 6S for over 6 years now. Think it's time to upgrade to the 14, looking forward to its release!

I’d say most IPhones can last 4 years and work super well. What do u guys think?

I've been wanting to upgrade from my iphone 7 to the latest one but i kept on searching reasons not to. Thank God i saw your video! I will probably watch this everyday until i convince myself not to upgrade 😂

Paid off an iPhone X 256 gb in February just to turn around in April to resign a new lease for an iPhone 11 Pro Max 256 gb. Nothing was wrong with my iPhone X I’m someone who takes care of their phone, my point is I paid off a phone just to turn around a pay for another phone that did the same thing because I just had to have it because everyone around me was getting one. Honestly I liked my iPhone X better but believe me when I say I’m not upgrading until this phone completely falls all the way apart, I don’t care if I have the cash one day to buy one straight out I’m not upgrading again until my phone is on its last leg! Smh 🤦🏾‍♀️ learning to make better decisions! Great video

My paid off iPhone X is going strong and I have no plans to upgrade anytime soon.

“You don’t feel the pain today, you’ll feel that pain tomorrow”. No truer words have been said. 💯

every single time i have a thought of wanting to get a new phone i come straight to this video, thank you

I used to think pretty much like you, but now I believe that sometimes buying something because you really want it is also a good reason to buy that product I'm with you in that we should think more about what we NEED before taking a decision, but I really think that there's nothing wrong with buying something because you want it (as long as you have the money to spent) PS: I love your videos, keep it up!

My XS Max is running just fine, will hold on for another year.

Still using my S7 Edge ,buttons are falling off but it's runs great and the battery lasts a whole day even during quarrantine!

I’ve had my iPhone 7 for almost 4 years and I have never really felt like I need to upgrade it, but recently the “battery health/life” has dropped to 71%... and the battery drains from 100 to 70% in around 30 min of almost no use... I have been thinking of getting the iPhone 12 because If am going to upgrade I want to go for the newest...

PREACH brotha!!! Thank you for dropping knowledge 🙏🙏🙏

Whenever I think about buying a new phone, or switching from my 12 to 13 mini or 13 pro (and im thinking about it a lot) Your video helps me to cool down and realise, that it won’t change anything except for my wallet being empty. So this method „think what scott would say” is very effective in my case. Thanks for that!

I'm basically where devices go to die. I buy year (or more) old tech at deep discounts and use them till I can't repair them anymore or they become so slow that they hamper overall usability. I still use a monitor from 2005 today in 2020. It's still a very usable display that's still chugging along. The only issue I've had with it was having to replace a blown capacitor on the motherboard back in 2017, $3 part and a few hours of work to dismantle, figure out the problem and replace the capacitor. I hate the trend of disposable tech that everyone seems to adopt now. Did you manage locate your balls, or are they still MIA? She hid them well huh. 👀🤣

Well needed video. I was gonna buy an Apple Watch, but applied all the same reasons for the iPhone. I dont need it.

Exactly my thoughts, however, I just renewed my plan yesterday, and gave the phone to my Wife the S23 ultra just because I think that she really needs it for work and business , her previous phone was the Mate 20 Peo but it now started to go on auto restart. I’m still rockin with my iPhone 12 mini though. Thanks for this video Man! I’ll wait for the iPhone 17 and see if I need to upgrade.

Literally kept my 6s for as long as i could and upgraded to an 11 after 4 years because i’d have to charge the 6s like 4x a day and lug around my huge powerbank. So it was definitely a necessary upgrade.

I have a 6s I bought new 2 1/2 years ago. This bad boy is gonna last at least till the end of 2021

This is a very helpful video. It helped me decide on a lot of things. Thanks a lot!

My S9 work like a champ. No reason to upgrade.Thanx for the video.

Great video! This is what I’ve been looking for. Thank God I watched this video before I made a purchase

You are such a smart guy-this video helped me a lot -(6s here)-I will hold on a just a little longer to see how far it’ll get me Thanks a bunch!

I have a 5s that I have had over 4 and a half years. I have replaced the screen twice and the led once, the charger port once. I will use until it can no longer work. I will probaly get a 7 next. It is good for me and works. Thanks for a great video. It game me good insight. I dont need the latest and greatest.

This is a very good unbiased review good job

Holding onto my iPhone 11 Pro Max for next 3 year I know it will do great 👍 great vid subscribed to your channel 🙂

So glad I came upon this vid. I have an Honor play which I bought back in 2019. It don't play games in high settings anymore like it used to and I'm thinking to upgrade, but since it still runs smooth in medium to low (Wild rift and COD) Imma wait til next year to upgrade!

Great video Scott. I remember watching your original video you posted about upgrading your phone. I used to be the same person who had to have the latest and greatest phone but after watching the original video I decided to keep my phone and not upgrade. Had the iPhone X for almost 3 years and only issue is the battery is bad now but easily fixed with a battery replacement. New battery for me £45 or new handset £1000. It’s a no brainer. The amount of people who think as soon as the battery plays up they need to upgrade the phone and don’t think about a simple battery replacement.

Thanks for this, it really helps!

I needed to see this video, thanks mate! 😀

nice advice dude

I have been using XR for almost three years now. I was tempted to upgrade my phone many many times every time I heard people talking about the new iPhones. Also, because I only got 64 GB on this device. It seemed fair to upgrade. However, after deep consideration, I think I don’t need to upgrade just yet. The new iPhones are no big difference from my old one when it comes to design. The cameras are also not that different. And about 64 GB storage, I think that keeps me in a healthy habit of being selective of what is worth keeping on my phone ( pictures, videos, and apps) and what not. The more storage I have, the crowded my files will be, for I wouldn’t mind keeping all the pics, videos and apps with the big storage I have. In the end, it will make me want more. Not healthy. Thanks for this video.

With RU-vid so saturated with reviewers that create profit for themselves by producing product envy in their audience, this is a very refreshing channel with an interesting take on this hyper consumerist community that appears so unaffected by the tanking economy and the pandemic :) Thanks for your content!

Love the video! I was so close on buying an iPhone 15 Pro Max. Upgrading from an iPhone 8 Plus (7 years old) and I have not had any issues with the phone. I still get support for the phone, but lack the new iOS. I don’t know if I need it since I still get security updates, but visually I have no problems for the basic stuff I do. Perhaps I’ll just wait for the 16 or when I stop getting incompatibility issues with apps! Thanks for saving me money lol..

I upgraded to iPhone 11 Pro from 8 plus in fall of 2019 and it seems to get better with each iOS update. Feels just as snappy as day one and the camera software feels like it’s improving. If this trend continues, the next time I need an upgrade I will stick with Apple because they do seem to care about the longevity of their devices. I’ll hold onto this phone as long as I can because I don’t think they’ll make this size again 😅

me who has had my phone for 4-5 years:

I had my 6s when it came out and kept until I got the 11 pro and bought them both up front. Along with buying them in full I also recommend getting apple care. I got a second 6s two years after I bought the phone for only $100 because of the warranty and saved me from dropping $700 on a new phone.

It’s that time of year. This video is relevant again.

I've got an iphone 8 plus that i've owned since it dropped in 2017. It was my first iphone and it still works just like it did when it came out of the box 4 years ago, last year when the 12 came out I was really tempted but decided to wait another year. Here we are a year later and I'm in the same position with the 13. I really want to upgrade but I've got no real reason too and my phone works to damn well to justify it 😂

Glad you're back!

Recently watched reviews between my Xs max Vs equivalent 11 and realised that the gain is only slight, so plan on hanging on to my tech for a while now. When time comes to change I’ll most likely only change in small increments and not the very latest most expensive phone....rare but a lesson learnt for me 👍

I bought an iPhone 6s as my first phone in September 2018. I bought that phone because it was cheaper than the newer models but I'm currently regretting that choice. As of currently, I am still using it. It is having some major battery problems: If I don't plug it in while I'm using it, it powers off. And when I turn it back on, it's at 10%. It doesn't matter if I was using it when it was 100%, it always does that. And before that started happening, the battery life would go from 100% to 10% in about a good 15 minutes of active use. I also have 32 GB of storage, so I'm always going to my files and deleting a bunch of stuff for more room. It's also been kind of slow... It's also really outdated. I have been thinking of upgrading to the iPhone 11, but I'm not sure. I don't have a job and I'm about to graduate high school and go to college, so it's not like I have a steady income. I feel like I should just buy a new battery and wait another year or so.

This is the exact vid I needed right now. I have an S9+ for the past few years and it still works solid, I was going to upgrade but now I'll leave it until I actually need better features because what I have now does pretty much everything I need.

I bought the iPhone 12 Pro bc my 7+ was only 32GB and I was starting to use it more for productivity. The limited space made it hard to keep all my apps downloaded so I upgraded. Granted, I only did this because I knew I could fully pay it off in 3 months time as I had saved several hundred prior to buying it.

I needed to hear this. Currently I I have an iPhone 13 PM at the moment. Nothing wrong with this phone that I have now. I’ll be keeping this bad boy for years to come. Thanks for the video.

You deserve more like , view and subscribers ❤️

also love your PC wallpaper! love Star Wars

I had the SE2 with one battery replacement; 87% . Had ATT not offered 350 bucks on trade in, I’d still have it. I have the 14 now. Planning to keep at least 3 years

Keep it up just discovered your channel love from india 🇮🇳 Finally someone who talks about smart financial decisions

4 years ago I upgraded from 5s to 6s thanks to my parents who upgraded then it was only this year I upgraded to 11 from money I saved it feels great and I think it’s worthy 32GB in 2021 don’t work and moreover my battery collapsed I think I made a valuable decision in this course of period my friends use to laugh at me for having a phone that’s half a decade old but the feeling when you purchase something from your own money and without getting into any sort of plans or debts is next level I will probably pass 2024 with it

Nice video !

I’m still using a 3 year old Samsung Galaxy S10. It’s the best I can afford with money being as tight as it is at the moment, even though the battery gets really hot and it doesn’t last until my 10:00 morning coffee break without me reaching for my power bank, to which it is tethered to for the rest of the day. Anyway, when you trade in your old phone for money off a new one, any retailer will give you a bigger discount for a working phone compared to a faulty one or one that doesn’t work at all.

I had a law in my mind that was upgrade everytime you get a 3x performance, so if you had a 7 you should upgrade to a 12 or 13, an iPhone 8 shouldnt be replaced for now, but maybe with the 14 its the time to. I think its great, It gets you like 5-6 years of use and you upgrade when there is a big jump

THANKSS ive been waiting for a reason not to upgrade cuz i’m so tempted to buy the iPhone 11 😂

Still have my 7 plus has everything I need

I use an iPhone 7 its 4 year old tech the cameras are great but the battery life is very poor for 2020 standards so maybe I might buy a new iPhone next year or so and then use it for 4 years that's how I'm thinking to use phones buy a flagship (not costing more than 800$) and then use it or 4 years straight

It's good advice, bro. I like those last words. You never feel the pain today, but you will feel it tomorrow. That's what exactly happened to me when i buy my new car and phone at the same time. And i need to work 3 jobs to pay my car. Lol, but lesson to be learned. Well said brother god bless

Still using my iphone 7 plus. Had it since launch, battery health is still at 89%. I’m sooooo tempted to upgrade to iphone 14 pro max, but I feel like I don’t need the upgrade since mine still works pretty well.

I have the Oneplus 5 for 3 years now. Will keep it another year. When i upgrade, will buy a phone not beyond the 600$.

I had the iPhone 7 Plus, then upgraded to the 11 when it came out and I still have the iPhone 11 and it works perfectly fine, a factor for me is when the battery becomes poor, and whether it still functions as I need.

Watching this from my IPHONE 7 Plus 😬 5 years going strong 💪🏽

I would say the answer is when the iOS upgrade is not supported or before then just a bit. Mine won't take iOS 16 though still works on the latest software. I actually don't like technology that much I mean I do and use it though I am not a fanatic of it like some people are. If your phone does what it needs to for what you want and also need of course you can stick with it. There are some security concerns with older iOS so they say because hackers can keep up and know how to get into your phone. They can hack an older iOS system more easily so your phone may be at more risk. Nevertheless they eventually learn how to hack the new iOS and then they have to replace it again. This is always going on with my phone. I don't get hacked though the warnings come. First one version they say is easily hackable so they do an upgrade and this goes on to yet another one for the same reasons. So the iOS upgrades enable more virus and hack-proof software yet the hackers learn how to keep up. This way in another few years iOS 16 will be replaced with another one. If not in one or two or so

i still have the iphone 6s i hope to upgrade soon i might be getting an 11 for Christmas and honestly i could use it my screen is cracked the battery kinda sucks it lags sometimes and crashes only 16 gbs only thing i will miss is the jack i have owned the phone for 5 years since it came out

I’ve been holding on to my iPhone 8 since release, battery life is getting bad and the housing is all cracked (except for the screen for some reason) but I’m trying to hold on to it as long as possible… Best case scenario I wanna at least keep using it until iPhone 14 release, then I can get that one and use it until it’s crippled :D

You are so right

Recently I wanted to to buy the Apple Watch and bought it all in cash ! It hurt a bit but I don’t regret buying it !!

Glad I watched this video because I have an iPhone XR and I do believe it’s time for me to upgrade. It been doing really well but it got to the point where I have low GB storage because of all the updates that I have to do, and my battery die fast even though I don’t play games on it or be on social media as much. After listening to your video and believing that you should only upgrade your phone if you NEED to, not if you WANT to. So I am going to buy the galaxy 24 ultra because if I am going to upgrade I might as well see how Samsung phones are since I never had one before.

Every 2 years, that's about how long a battery can operate good before you notice a major decrease in battery life.

My old iPhone 6 was starting to slow down and the battery life was horrendous and it wasn’t getting software support anymore so I thought it was time to upgrade and I upgraded to an apple certified refurbished iPhone X It’s Really good just because the iPhone X is a couple years old don’t think it’s in any way a bad phone It’s still really fast

Phones are just tools to make your life easier. Do I need 3 lenses on my phone? No. I can take some decent photos with one lens and focusing on using natural light etc. Do I need the fastest processor? No. I’m not running intensive apps on my phone. I still use a 1st gen SE because it does what I need it to do-reminders, podcasts, music, messaging, email etc. I’m not a big gamer, but any games I do have live on my iPad Pro. Watching content too obviously makes more sense on the iPad. This really frees up the phone. There’s no point overloading your phone with apps you don’t need or never use. Have the key things-exercise apps, banking apps, communication apps, music apps, news apps. Lose everything else. Thinking like this has made the 32gb model work for me-iCloud storage really helps to free up that physical space. With iOS 14 support for the 1st gen SE (which it handles surprisingly well) the phone will be running the latest iOS until September 2021. As most app developers support the latest and penultimate software releases at least, this will mean the 1st gen SE will run all apps until maybe iOS 16 beta period in Summer 2022. That’s six years of usage from new. Great video-more people should just have a think about their own usage-can save so much money, whilst developing more of a sensible relationship with technology

I had my iPhone 7 for the last 3 years but am tired of never having enough space for things that are important like schoolwork and even wanting to do my old hobbies i had with an iPhone 5 like editing and streaming because they won’t update. Even if I deleted everything something manages to take up space

Using my Nokia 7 plus since September of 2018 and it still runs like new and the battery didnt lose its capacity at all

Honestly I would just recommend using your phone until it stops receiving updates or just straight up stops working. I've had the same phone for 5 years now and it still works fine (I have a iphone XR) and honestly I don't need anything better than that it's still receiving updates so there is almost no point in upgrading from it.

Talked me out of it. I got stuck into buying a phone every year . I’d pay it off in 3 to 6 months. But then I got a collection of unused iPhones since 4. ima try to stay with the 13 for once

Come back!! We missed your content

The major reasons for upgrade could be price, higher storage, battery life or higher camera or display features. I recommend that people with iphone 10 above need not upgrade to iphone 12 or iphone 12 pro max even if it has better camera, unless its a significant upgrade from below iphone 10 models. Since 5G network is being introduced for the 1st time it consumes more battery, if you can wait until next year September, the Iphone 13 and iphone 13 pro max would come with higher battery life and higher refresh rate of 120 hertz. or even the same one is fine if it still works pretty good.

I’ve got an iPhone SE 2020 and I’m not even considering the iPhone 14 all that much. Honestly, I’ve been looking at upgrading to the iPhone 12. Almost the same software for a much cheaper price

I may get the 13 because I still like the finger print and

Currently have s9+, s23 ultra will be huge upgrade and actually worth it. S9+ running its 5th year now

I have a iPhone 11 and the battery has just dropped to 80% health, and its driving me nuts. I spend a lot of time mainly watching RU-vid on the go and at work, I was debating to upgrade my phone or just change the battery,, Think I will just get a new battery this time, after many years of upgrading too the next iPhone is always exciting but when out of the box I then realise it did the same thing as the old and left feeling a little disappointed each time.

True that

I’ve had a Huawei y6 2019 for around five years and the experience has been okay!however it lags a lot when watching videos or playing games,the battery lasts about six hours at max,the clear case I’ve been using for it has become yellow and dirty,the phone itself has lots of scratches due to the hundreds of times I’ve dropped it and for the last couple of months one of the two speakers doesn’t produce any sound anymore!And also,both my friends and parents have upgraded their phones and I am super jealous!!do you think I should upgrade?

I was considering upgrading from the Note 10+ to the S22 Ultra but for now will hold off for another year or two. I can afford it (by saving money within 2 to 3 months) yet for now my Note 10+ still works fine and does what I need it to do. When I think about it I can't justify the upgrade for now especially as the S22 Ultra has no SD card (which is a deal breaker for me).

I really enjoyed the 5c models maybe not so much the color pallete they came out with but just the fact they werent metal /aluminum backing and easy to hold, but tried using that phone in 2020 and it was pretty sluggish, like your related video about trying to use a 4 in 2022 it wasnt as bad but pretty close lol imessages worked but slow. for me im thinking of upgrading because i have a 12 mini. but my friend has a iphone 13. slightly larger phone and a year newer. however we both have the same cell carrier but i get 2 bars versus his phone he gets full bars with 5g no issues where as im constantly speaking with ATT customer service and I've already swapped the phone out for another one courtesy of ATT and APPLE. so idk if i'm just cursed or if its an issue that the smaller phones dont get good cell reception? so in that respect, i would upgrade. even though i shouldnt, i pay good heard earned money for it not to work.

I'm very practical and always think over things a thousand times before spending. Lol! It's 2022 and I'm still using an iphone 6 which is still working perfectly fine (for me); at least still serving its general purpose as a mobile phone.. Bumped onto your video because I was searching WHEN is the tbest ime to buy a new iphone 🤭 I was planning to upgrade two years ago but covid happened. Covid hindered me from making unnecessary spending 😅 now will probably wait longer for iphone 14 or will buy iphone 13 if I got impatient 😁😬 so should I wait for the new iphone or get the latest iphone available in the market now?

Another thing is just because the new phone comes or maybe your 2 generations behind like I am right now I have the 11 doesn’t mean what you have is bad all of a sudden. My iPhone 11 is still a pretty great phone. Sure it doesn’t have 5G or an OLED display but it’s still has 98% of what the 13 does. Why would I want to upgrade to pretty much the same phone.

Using iPhone x will upgrade when 12 will come . Bcz there is not a drastic change in new device’s

I was thinking about waiting to upgrade not until my birthday in 2021 to the 12 Pro Max but because my phone is falling apart, (touch screen isnt working and speaker inside isn't working) and i don't have applecare.. It's time for me to upgrade. I have the XS Max from 2018, if it was working properly I would wait longer.

i have the iphone 7 plus and had it for 2 years and i’m thinking of getting the xs max but second hand should i ?? or should i get a ipad instead

My samsung galaxy j7 pro works fine and this my third year having it

I had the iphone se 1 gen for close to 6 years I recently switched to a new phone which isn't Apple but much better battery life and camera and bigger screen the reason I switched cause my iPhone se became very glitchy and the battery only lasted like 2 hours also it got really hot so that's not good so I ended up switching

Mate, I know someone who’s got a Samsung s2, and it works fine, most games still support android 4, messaging apps still support it, and who needs a new phone when your phone works perfectly fine

I got a really good deal on my phone and I plan on having it awhile

I did buy the iPhone X new, why? Because my old phone (a 5c) was too old, couldn't update apps anymore, batterylife was so bad, not enough storage etc. My iPhone X still works fine, its the 256gb, way more than i would ever need, but it was the only device they had in the shop so i just bought it, there was an action in the store and the phone was 10 percent off. Now 3 years later, i replaced the battery because it was becoming terrible, but i still use this phone, i don't need to upgrade any time soon! I still use my iPad 3, people tell me it is a dinosaur, but it works for me, i just use it for emails and some facebook from time to time, it still works just fine, i don't care about the newest ipad pro, and they are way worse because they bend so easely. My macbook pro is from 2012 (retina) and this macbook just works fine, bought it very cheaply because there was a blemish on the screen, a small piece of the top poloriser was missing, i glued a small piece back in place and you don't even see it, only if you pay attention to it, and past week, i found a perfectly working white macbook in the trash, its the 2010 model, which can unofficially be upgraded to catalina, which is more than enough . . . I hate when people throw away perfectly working devices! And the iPhone X is the only device i bought new back in the day, i don't want a new phone, you can imagine how long i have used my 5c ;)

I upgrade iphone every year without any reason from iphone 5s to iphone 12 in India it is expensive way to do that then i see your video it make me think that weather i will upgrade next generation iphone or not thanks

and then there's my friend who's clinging onto his iPhone 4S until the last day of it's life

I went from original iPhone SE to iPhone 14 Pro on the Friday of the week the iPhone 14 Pro came out

I hope to never finance any tech. I’d do a house, maybe even a car, but not a phone

I dont upgrade... I just wait until my phone breaks 😂