Iphone 7 or newer model?

John_P

I’m due to change my iPhone (been using an old SE)  I see amazon have some good deals in their price day promotion but what does everyone think about the 7 vs newer models?

I don’t do anything fancy - bit of web browsing, FB, maps and email etc but I’d like a year or two out of my next phone so if that means spending more fair enough.   

revsorg

I got a refurbished 128gb iPhone 7 Plus from GiffGaff for £389 a few months ago following advice here.  I've been very happy with it.  It takes lovely photos.

hollywoodrox

I have an SE , had it about 4 months . I have not put any credit on it yet since I had it as I’m not really a mobile phone person. I love the tech though and use it as my camera/video portable computer etc . I always thought it’s a waste of money as I always had to have a landline for my broadband connection and didn’t want to pay twice so that people could pester me when I’m out and about . I guess this makes me really weird but it’s kinda liberating

hollywoodrox

Ps I always buy tech like this and iPads etc from CEX , cheap prices and 2 year warranty . All these anti apple people saying apple is expensive but really you can do a lot with a 5s for under £100 and all the after market audio music and film add ons for it enable you to use it as a professional tool . People have shot cinematic films on everything from iPhone 5s to the 7 , there’s things like focusrite itrack , I’m multimedia etc . It’s good stuff

ICBM

I recently had to replace a faulty SE, and much to my annoyance it’s been discontinued and the smallest and cheapest model I could get was the 7. It’s OK, but I really do wish it was slightly smaller... I don’t understand why phones are being made bigger again. It’s also ludicrously slippery if you don’t have a case for it - far too easy for it to shoot out of your hand. I stopped and bought a cover for it on the way home! Apart from that it is a very nice phone.

John_P

Thanks chaps ordered a 7.    It’ll be a nice change to not have to wiggle the cable to get it to charge and have a battery that last more than a few hours.    

jrc2806

Enjoy the new phone - re the charging issue check that there is no debris in the port - use a cocktail stick or similar. I had the same problem with my SE and could not believe how much fluff was in there......

hollywoodrox

The 7 is a great bit of kit

Stevepage

Got given a 7 with a new battery a little while ago as my Galaxy S8 was buggered. Been liking it and the battery lasts quite a while longer than what I was used to.

not as flash or as nice to look at compared to the S8 but it does well.

Danny1969

John_P said:

Thanks chaps ordered a 7.    It’ll be a nice change to not have to wiggle the cable to get it to charge and have a battery that last more than a few hours.    

The lighting port flex cost less than a fiver and the battery is only a tenner so for £15 you could fix your old phone. That's the beauty of Apple phones, cheap and easy to fix as long the motherboard is working.

Enjoy the 7 though it's a great phone

Strangefan

hollywoodrox said:

Ps I always buy tech like this and iPads etc from CEX , cheap prices and 2 year warranty . All these anti apple people saying apple is expensive but really you can do a lot with a 5s for under £100 and all the after market audio music and film add ons for it enable you to use it as a professional tool . People have shot cinematic films on everything from iPhone 5s to the 7 , there’s things like focusrite itrack , I’m multimedia etc . It’s good stuff

Not these days, apps are getting bigger, and the 5s inky has a certain amount of storage, apple don't let you remove junk, and it won't be supportednfor much longer, so really not a viable option in 2019.:)

Danny1969

Strangefan said:

hollywoodrox said:

Ps I always buy tech like this and iPads etc from CEX , cheap prices and 2 year warranty . All these anti apple people saying apple is expensive but really you can do a lot with a 5s for under £100 and all the after market audio music and film add ons for it enable you to use it as a professional tool . People have shot cinematic films on everything from iPhone 5s to the 7 , there’s things like focusrite itrack , I’m multimedia etc . It’s good stuff

Not these days, apps are getting bigger, and the 5s inky has a certain amount of storage, apple don't let you remove junk, and it won't be supportednfor much longer, so really not a viable option in 2019.:)

The 5S was made 16, 32 and 64Gb storage ...... not seen many 64Gb versions in for repair but plenty of 32Gb's

I'm still on a 5S myself, it's a 4 year old phone still on original battery and still holds a charge all day. Only thing I have replaced is the lighting port which tends to wear out. I still think the 5 frame is the best size for a smart phone, luckily my wife has an SE which will come to me when she upgrades. 

Kittyfrisk

My SE is great phone, bought deliberately for it's smaller size.
Had it in a Mophie power case from day 1, with screen protector & is immaculate, without fluff, port wear etc.
Technically an SE is a 6 in a small form factor anyway, so a 7 isn't a huge leap.
The SE had a unique niche that sadly has apparently vanished.
I'll be using this for as long as I possibly can, regardless of new tech envy 

Musicwolf

I only have a works phone, which is an iPhone 7.  I'll need to get my own phone when I finish work at Christmas and I can't see any reason to get anything bigger / more expensive.

CHRISB50

I'm still rocking a 6S and it's fine. Still has 87% battery health, does what I need it to.

ICBM

I really wanted to keep my SE forever too, but sadly it broke... I still have it, and I should probably see if it can be repaired - I couldn’t afford to be without it at the time, so I had to just get a replacement.

RaymondLin

There were a few great deals on Amazon Prime day, someone got a XS Max in the warehouse for about £800, the XR can be had for £680.

Danny1969

Kittyfrisk said:

My SE is great phone, bought deliberately for it's smaller size.
Had it in a Mophie power case from day 1, with screen protector & is immaculate, without fluff, port wear etc.
Technically an SE is a 6 in a small form factor anyway, so a 7 isn't a huge leap.
The SE had a unique niche that sadly has apparently vanished.
I'll be using this for as long as I possibly can, regardless of new tech envy 

The SE is a 6S board with the A9 processor in a 5S case with a 5S screen. So only a half step from a 7 really 

Kittyfrisk

ICBM said:

I really wanted to keep my SE forever too, but sadly it broke... I still have it, and I should probably see if it can be repaired - I couldn’t afford to be without it at the time, so I had to just get a replacement.

I still have a few Nokia 6310i's  The best PHONE ever made IMHO, but not pretty or 'smart' 
Battery life is weeks & they double up as a hammer   Great for emergency backpacking use.
Also have several Androids, mainly for tinkering with & as spares, great value, but generally unfriendly in software usability terms.
The SE is just 'right' in terms of battery life, form factor, updatability etc. and with 128GB, has more than enough room to be an iPod when it becomes totally outdated as a phone.

beed84

ICBM said:

I recently had to replace a faulty SE, and much to my annoyance it’s been discontinued and the smallest and cheapest model I could get was the 7. It’s OK, but I really do wish it was slightly smaller... I don’t understand why phones are being made bigger again. It’s also ludicrously slippery if you don’t have a case for it - far too easy for it to shoot out of your hand. I stopped and bought a cover for it on the way home! Apart from that it is a very nice phone.

For these reasons I kinda wished I’d stocked up on the SE for when my current one pops. Like you, it annoys me that I can’t get anything smaller when it does. Pound for pound it was the best and most practical iPhone Apple produced IMHO and it surprises they chose to discontinue it given that it catered to so many who appreciated it.

Danny1969

beed84 said:

ICBM said:

I recently had to replace a faulty SE, and much to my annoyance it’s been discontinued and the smallest and cheapest model I could get was the 7. It’s OK, but I really do wish it was slightly smaller... I don’t understand why phones are being made bigger again. It’s also ludicrously slippery if you don’t have a case for it - far too easy for it to shoot out of your hand. I stopped and bought a cover for it on the way home! Apart from that it is a very nice phone.

For these reasons I kinda wished I’d stocked up on the SE for when my current one pops. Like you, it annoys me that I can’t get anything smaller when it does. Pound for pound it was the best and most practical iPhone Apple produced IMHO and it surprises they chose to discontinue it given that it catered to so many who appreciated it.

It was more a point of they had millions of 5S screens and cases left over when the 6 came out and the 5S stopped selling .... so it suited them at the time to do it. 

You can get an iPhone SE with 12 months warranty on Ebay for £89.00 ... Bargain phone