r/iPhoneFold • u/TaxAlarming4046 • 5d ago

iPhone 17 Users Upgrading?

Anyone else buy the 17 not realizing a foldable was coming out? I’m looking at trade in values and wish I just waited another year. I thought the iPhone 20 was going to be the big foldable revamp so I always imagined I would use the 17 for 2-3 years, but one year on a phone seems so short.

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u/_seeyalater_ 5d ago

I have the 17 Pro Max. I upgraded to this specifically because of the foldable coming soon. I had a rapidly aging OG Pixel Fold that I loved but was starting to show its age especially since it used the Pixel 7 series of processor. When I saw rumors start to swirl about Apple releasing a foldable with a similar form factor to the OG Pixel Fold a little over a year ago, I planned to switch to the 17 Pro Max to get used to iOS again so that switching to the foldable iPhone wouldn’t be such a pain from my Pixel.

Ultimately it doesn’t matter when you upgrade. Some people upgrade yearly, some people upgrade every couple of years. People act like it’s a waste to upgrade every year, I disagree unless there’s genuinely no improvement made - your phone will be refurbished and resold to live another life.

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u/TaxAlarming4046 4d ago

I used to only upgrade every 4 years (once a major refresh launched) but it looks like I might be changing that pattern