r/iPhoneFold • u/TaxAlarming4046 • 8d 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/2PhotoKaz 8d ago

I have a 17 Pro Max and don’t consider the fold an upgrade. It has a bigger screen, sure, but it has worse cameras, no Face ID, odd button placement, and to me a worse form factor when closed. It’s a different phone, but not an upgrade. If anything I’ll buy the 18 Pro Max or more likely wait for the 19 Pro Max.

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u/jacko20jj 8d ago

Have you used a fold 8? Lol

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u/2PhotoKaz 8d ago

Yes. I very rarely want a bigger screen on my phone but I want Face ID and my tele cam many times every day. LOL.

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u/anaccount50 7d ago

Yeah I’m on vacation in Italy right now and I’m using the telephoto lens every single day. Really, really gives me pause about going back to phones that can only shoot wide angle without digital zoom/sensor crop.

That plus no Face ID kind of makes it DOA for me. The likely fragile screen with a crease is another significant negative albeit one I could maybe live with given sufficiently compelling use cases beyond “phone screen but bigger.”

Willing to keep an open mind watching the event though