Nice! I don’t really spend that much on my phone, but I suppose it’s an okay way to do it if you really want the tech
Depends on circumstances, I’m a low user so perfect for me.
It does look expensive to me. I pay £4.99 for lebara and that’s with 2gb. For £10 I’d expect a lot more data than the 1gb they offer.
It’s actually not too bad a way of doing it honestly, even without the iPhone Upgrade Programme. You can normally sell the previous year’s phone for 70-80% of what you paid for it, and personally I’m happy to pay c. £250 a year to always be on the latest.
It’s when you fall out of cycle and start selling a 2+ year old phone that it gets pricey.
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I’m surprised people would pay 80% for a phone that had been used for a year, after a new model had come out!
Wouldn’t work for me anyway, it’d have so many scratches and dents after a year it’d be worthless.
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Any sense of the feature list yet?
Blowed if I can fathom what might be an upgrade. Something to do with a new charging option? Screen size?
I’ve got the 11 pro max. Wonder if I’ll be lured…
As for the scratches and dents?
Fascinating that folk will let a £1000+ device go to rack & ruin in months. Sod that 
I think the three new things are
- A14 chip
- 5g
- New small screen option (5.1 inch)
Those 5g modems are pretty big and battery intensive, so making that work with everything else probably means we won’t see much update this time. 120hz screens may be on the pro models but will probably be in the next update.
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Where do you sell it out of interest? I’m considering going from iPhone to pixel 
I’m intrigued as to how they’ll handle it this year. I’ll be new to it, so there’s absolutely no need for me to go into store. They can do a credit check online and then just send me a phone.
I wonder if they’ll do a temp hold on a credit card for you to send back your old iPhone? I can see them wanting to keep people away.
My office is a 5 min walk from a store, so I’ll go to work for the first time since March!
But really hoping I can do it online without the need for it. iPhone launch always has a queue and they end up very busy in the store, they are going to want to do their best to avoid that.
I’ve seen queues outside recently just because they are restricting numbers, that’ll be 100x times worse on iPhone day.
I feel it’s gotta be online. Normally the queues are just good PR for Apple, this time it has the potential to be a pr disaster
I will be getting the 12 (unsure which model yet) although disappointed that Touch ID will not be built in.
How are you sure it won’t be? The rumours I’ve read still have it as a possibility. I really hope it is, Face ID is a pain these days 
Feel like that’s a red herring. It’s in the Air to hit a price point and differentiate the high end. Not for genius foresight reasons.
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Probably not, really like my current 11 pro (especially the camera)
Miiight upgrade to the 13/14 but I guess that’ll depend on the fundamental differences it has over what I have now.
When I first got FaceID (I had an 8 for years and went straight to the 11 pro) I really liked it, but the more I use it the more I pang for the on the back of the phone fingerprint reader my Samsung S8 had.
So many times where touch ID would’ve worked (mask wearing/drive thru/contact reader on the side of the terminal etc, etc) without hassle whereas on FaceID I have to enter my passcode instead.
I would suggest re-registering your thumb/finger print, as I find Touch ID very reliable, however do find you need to change angle of finger when setting up 
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I have an old iPhone 7, so I am looking forward to 12, it’s time to upgrade 
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That should be a great upgrade, the 12 should be a massive improvement!
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But I’m struggling to see what it’ll do for 11 Pro owners…
I guess at that level its about being able to always tell your friends you have the latest device? I doubt there’s any significant change to the user experience.
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