Should You Buy the iPhone 11?

by gagephone Admin January 16, 2020

If you're in the market for a new phone, should you buy the iPhone 11? Or should you pick up the 11 Pro, the XR, the 8, or some Android phone instead? (I doubt it's the latter, really; if you're shopping for an iPhone, you're probably shopping for an iPhone.)

I think you need to focus on the cameras this year. Just buy the phone with the type of camera you want and can afford. There's not a huge difference in processor or screen performance between this year's and last year's iPhones, and I'm hesitant to encourage a $300 upgrade to get 4x4 MIMO no matter how fast it makes your LTE speeds. Are you OK with one camera? Get an iPhone XR for $599. Going wide angle? Spend $699 on the iPhone 11. Need a zoom? Open up that wallet.

For what it's worth, I think 2020 is going to be a big year for iPhones. Next year's models will probably have 5G, they may be associated with some sort of AR glasses, and they'll almost certainly have a new design. That isn't to say you should keep pumping the bellows on a creaking, dying, shattered iPhone 6. But if you're waiting to be wowed, I think you'll be waiting another year.