[HotHunt]

I don't know about the "unethical" comment but my wife and I have years old iPhone 5s. My wife's has had several problems and the repair shop had to do some gerryrigging to get it to work enough to use.

Mine is fine, except for a small crack in the screen that doesn't affect it's effectiveness.

But we've been told that Apple will drop i Phone 5s from their technical support and eventually we will have to buy upgraded ones.

We'll buy them refurbished and not brand new. They cost too much.

[morphing libertarian]

when you buy new now the payment remains the same. So i had an 8 on the payment plan and for $3 more, i now have a ten. Payments are done because it ties you to the company theoretically forever. I can have the latest phone because i am impulsive.

I reality I tread in ever 2 models. Even my high tech kids don’t do that often.

My phone is much smarter than I am, as you have already deduced.

Best wishes.

[RegulatorCountry]

I used my iPhone 5 for many years, it was a good solid phone that just worked, until it didn’t, plus I dropped it and badly cracked the screen. Not worth the repair bill. I got quite a few years out of it, though. The last year or so I started getting strange looks from people, some even asked me where I found such a small iPhone, lol. The larger screen on the 8 I have now is nice I guess, but I actually would prefer one that fits better in my pocket.

[roadcat]

But we've been told that Apple will drop i Phone 5s from their technical support and eventually we will have to buy upgraded ones.

My wife and I upgraded our iPhone 5s devices to iPhone 7 devices recently, because our TracFone carrier told us the 5s won't work with the newer telecom systems coming out soon. We upgraded via TracFone to brand new iPhone 7 devices somewhere between $200 to $250 each.