In my country, prices for the iPhone 16 Pro start at €1,219, and prices for the 16 Pro Max start at €1,469.
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In my country, prices for the iPhone 16 Pro start at €1,219, and prices for the 16 Pro Max start at €1,469.
My M2 Pro Mac mini I purchased last year was about €1,530.
This is fucking nuts. After one year, what the Mac mini has enabled me to do has already paid for itself. What I would do on an iPhone 16 (Pro or not) is basically the same I’ve been doing with the iPhone SE 3, and the iPhone 8 before that.
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Unless you need a new iPhone for work, ask yourself why you need a new iPhone and especially IF you need a new iPhone. What does it do for you that your previous model doesn’t or can’t. Even the fastest answer, “It takes better photos”, needs further scrutiny. Because yes, if you come from an iPhone 7, I can understand that the 16 has better camera hardware, but I heard this justification from people with a 13 Pro. Maybe it’s *you* who should learn to take better photos.
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To answer a couple of private messages publicly — What about me? What am I gonna do? — It’s a frustrating outlook. This iPhone SE 3 still works great and will probably last me another year or more. It also retains the iPhone design I love most: a rectangular display without notches or similar crap, and Touch ID via a proper Home button. I’ll probably keep using it until it no longer supports the latest iOS, investing in a battery replacement if need be.
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@morrick TBH, running the latest OS doesn’t matter either. All the apps you have on your phone will work just fine on the OS you’re currently running.
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@octothorpe Yes, true. I was thinking about security, but then again, I still use 2 devices on iOS 12, one on iOS 10, two on iOS 9, and nothing disruptive has really happened.
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@morrick yeah, you’re just not that interesting a target. You’ve vastly more vulnerable through data left on someone else’s server than you are via a device you own — assuming you don’t do dumb shit, like fall for a phishing attempt, or purposefully go to sketchy websites.
And I’m not saying everyone is in this position, but normal people mostly are. State actors, CEOs, famous people… totally different threat model.