Anyone Have an Iphone 11 PRO?

[atsah]

I hate buying phones but they are a necessity these days.. I compare them to trading a car in, you have to know when the time is right financially..

They offered me a bunch of money for my three year old 7 plus so I ordered one. Anyone have one yet? Likes, dislikes?

 

[Gary Fowler]

Personally, I dont need all the fluff that the new phones proclaim to have. I talk occasionally on my, receive a few text that are from someone I know but mostly I get spam/scam calls daily. Even though I block them, they keep coming. If I didn't have to find the wife when she escapes while shopping, I would just do away with mine.

 

[Citydude]

I hate buying phones but they are a necessity these days.. I compare them to trading a car in, you have to know when the time is right financially..

They offered me a bunch of money for my three year old 7 plus so I ordered one. Anyone have one yet? Likes, dislikes?

I had plans of buying an 11 pro but an AR 15 was cheaper....

 

[atsah]

I had plans of buying an 11 pro but an AR 15 was cheaper....

LOL I bought both...

 

[Citydude]

Sweet!

LOL I bought both...

 

[Alan W.]

I would like to have a new iPhone but I dont think they are 5g capable yet.

 

[Jstpssng]

Personally, I dont need all the fluff that the new phones proclaim to have. I talk occasionally on my, receive a few text that are from someone I know but mostly I get spam/scam calls daily. Even though I block them, they keep coming. If I didn't have to find the wife when she escapes while shopping, I would just do away with mine.

I agree. Like most "one size fits all" applications, smart phones do a lot of things but none of them well. My employer bought me an Apple phone with a bazillion features on it; the only three things which I use regularly are the phone, email and the Avenza PDF Map program.
That last is handy, I can make a GIS photo map, upload it to my phone and know where I am on the ground at all times. However because Apple wants you to use their "Cloud" I can no longer make and upload a map while in the field; rather, I make it at home, email it to myself and upload. Just another "improvement" which makes it less versatile.

 

[atsah]

I would like to have a new iPhone but I dont think they are 5g capable yet.

I think the 12 will be 5G capable..

 

[atsah]

I don't use a phone all that much and really don't care much about it but when they offered me $300 for my current three year old phone with a battery that doesn't last all day anymore, I went for it because in 6 months mine wont be worth anything.. I have replaced a battery in a 6S before, what a nightmare that was..

 

[TractorGuy]

I have a Motorola Moto e4. Cost me 40 bucks. Runs on 40 dollar a month prepaid plan. Unlimited talk and text with 3 gigs of data that rolls over a month. I use less than a gig a month so my data balance is always 5 plus.

I use to have Samsung phones. NEVER had one that didn't have a glitch or get broken.

My Motorola has been dropped so many times it isn't funny and doesn't have a scratch on it.

 

[drssg]

I don’t have one. My biggest complaint about new phones in general is that they keep getting bigger, more expensive, and NOT more rugged.

I find $1000+ for a phone to be just ridiculous. I can see how the bigger screen would be nicer to use, but I still need the overall size to be convenient to fit into my pocket.

After I buy a fancy new phone, I have to stick it in an Otter box that looks like a spare tire and it still doesn’t prevent dirt from accumulating inside the case.

The coolest phone I had at the time was a Casio Gzone. It was ruggedized so it didn’t need a case, and it was a good size. Android was a little flaky back then, and I had issues with some of the apps I used.

When I’m ready for a new phone, I think I’ll revisit what rugged phones are available.

 

[atsah]

I don’t have one. My biggest complaint about new phones in general is that they keep getting bigger, more expensive, and NOT more rugged.

I find $1000+ for a phone to be just ridiculous. I can see how the bigger screen would be nicer to use, but I still need the overall size to be convenient to fit into my pocket.

After I buy a fancy new phone, I have to stick it in an Otter box that looks like a spare tire and it still doesn’t prevent dirt from accumulating inside the case.

The coolest phone I had at the time was a Casio Gzone. It was ruggedized so it didn’t need a case, and it was a good size. Android was a little flaky back then, and I had issues with some of the apps I used.

When I’m ready for a new phone, I think I’ll revisit what rugged phones are available.

I always had Motorola, They made good rugged flip phones, the problem is they decided not to pursue and keep up with tech these days and I dislike droid phones..

 

[drssg]

I always had Motorola, They made good rugged flip phones, the problem is they decided not to pursue and keep up with tech these days and I dislike droid phones..

I can see that. My current phone is an iPhone 6S, and that’s my only experience with iOS. I’ll say that the general experience is far less buggy. I also like that I can install an app and then decide whether I would like to allow access to everything that app wants.

Android would give you a cryptic list of privileges that an app needs before installation. If I don’t like the list, my only option was to cancel the install. I would have to confirm whether that has changed before going back to Android.

 

[atsah]

NEVER had one that didn't have a glitch or get broken.

I have had three Apples and none of them had glitch's. I do put it in an Otterbox and work outside with it a lot, drop it etc, seems pretty stout for a fancy phone.. My only complaint is if it's really cold and I'm outside for a few hours, the battery dies very quickly..

 

[atsah]

I can see that. My current phone is an iPhone 6S, and that’s my only experience with iOS. I’ll say that the general experience is far less buggy. I also like that I can install an app and then decide whether I would like to allow access to everything that app wants.

Android would give you a cryptic list of privileges that an app needs before installation. If I don’t like the list, my only option was to cancel the install. I would have to confirm whether that has changed before going back to Android.

The best rugged phone I ever had was a Motorola Quantico, awesome phone..

 

[Jstpssng]

I have had three Apples and none of them had glitch's. I do put it in an Otterbox and work outside with it a lot, drop it etc, seems pretty stout for a fancy phone.. My only complaint is if it's really cold and I'm outside for a few hours, the battery dies very quickly..

Batteries and cold weather are always a bad combination, it’s just more of a pain with things like phones because you can’t switch them out. I don’t know if they make them anymore but I always carried a supplementary battery which plugged into the USB port. It defeats the purpose of carrying the phone for emergencies, if the battery is dead the one time that you need it.

 

[atsah]

It defeats the purpose of carrying the phone for emergencies, if the battery is dead the one time that you need it.

I agree... What I do to keep the battery strong is put the phone in my shirt pocket under my jacket so it stays warms, that eliminates the problem..

 

[Sigarms]

After buying phones for our boys, my next phone will be refurbished. $800 - $1,200 for a phone? But hey, we (the carrier) will break it down on your bill so you don't have to worry about the up front cost. NO WAY.

 

[Scrambler82]

There is more computing power in one of these small phone then used to get a man on the moon... think on that... in our hands !

No I don't have an 11 Pro, Names are a gimmick, I do have an Xs, why because I got me and the Wife one for free when we switched to Verizon, not the best service around me, but as stated, the price was right.

I do wish I had my old Flip Phone with Trackphone Service back, that was the best of all worlds.

The 11 Pro sounds interesting for the people that like taking pictures with their phones, I prefer a Camera, but they have three different lens, sort of prime lens to do what they were designed to do, I do like that idea.

Sorry can't give you any input on the working of the 11-P but it is sssoooo new !

 

[oosik]

When I bought the new Ram Power Wagon - my great old Samsung flip phone would not "pair up". My son convinced me to buy an Apple iPhone XR. Now I have a phone with the same level of digital technology as the Power Wagon.

Thank God - I know how to make/receive a phone call on the new phone. I've figured out most of the controls on the PW also.

And Apple thinks I need to upgrade my XR to an 11 PRO. GIVE ME A BREAK - I've only had the dam XR for 8 months.