It has been more than three years since I bought a new phone. iPhone 12 mini was the phone I have been using since December 2020, and I finally upgraded to the iPhone 15 Pro in February.
I don’t upgrade phones every year and don’t recommend others to do so. Nowadays, smartphones have powerful chipsets that feel fast even after using the phone for a few years. My iPhone 12 mini has never shown any performance decline that forced me to upgrade to the iPhone 15 Pro.
The problem with smartphones today is that people treat them as fashion accessories or objects to flex on social media. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with wanting the latest iPhone every year, especially if it doesn’t put you in a financial strain.
But if you are on the yearly upgrade cycle, you should at least temper your expectations and not expect a drastic overhaul with each new model. Whenever Apple releases a new iPhone, I see dozens of negative reviews complaining that the latest iPhone is not the mind-altering, life-changing, and pants-tearing experience they wanted.
But that’s because they compare the latest iPhone to last year’s model, which is not the right thing to do. It’s when you upgrade from a three or four year old iPhone, you truly see the difference. Well, I have spent enough time to form an…
