Dear jennajon, Weatheraardvark, Steve, and WeatherCat observers of the tech scene,
i thought the same as you and opted out for the 8+. After having been an Apple employee?
i can tell you things are not as they once were. After the fiasco with High Sierra, i am opting
to wait for the 2nd gen iPhoneX rather than be a paid beta/guinea pig.
Gulp! Looking in from the outside was definitely discouraging, but your commentary only further reminds me of my usual lament:
Oh, how I miss Steve Jobs! As to iPhone upgrades I'm going to remain even more retro and stick with my iPhone 6. I just don't use that much and the only feature that I would be willing to upgrade for is the optical zoom lens. Thus far it isn't available on the iPhone 6 footprint and I really cannot practically carry a phone that is any bigger. I do hope Apple will find a way sometime to incorporate this feature into a more compact phone. I never owned a camera with a zoom lens until 2011. However, it is amazingly easily to get used to it!
Cheers, Edouard