If you had a new battery put in this year you could be using this phone for the next 3 or 4 years, of course it's another thing whether you want to or rather get the newest this fall or next fall. I have a friend who bought an iPhone 3GS in 2009, he used it until he bought a 5S in 2013, so 4 years, now his 5S is 4 years old. I guess if you can afford it and like the latest I can see why somebody would want a new phone every year or two, I am also guilty of that and never had a phone for more than 2 years since I bought my first phone, an iPhone 4 in 2010. That phone I only had for 1 year because when Apple released the 4S in 2011 with SIRI support I really wanted to have a phone which allowed me to use SIRI. Then I also bought a 5S 2 years later in 2013 and a 6S another two years later in 2015. I lost that 6S a few months after I got it and since I had insurance which paid for the full purchase price I upgraded to a 6S PluS and this will be the first time I am going to keep my phone for a third year. I have no intensions to buy a 7S or 7S Plus and certainly won't buy the new premium phone whatever the name will be since according to the rumours it would most likely be a $1,500 phone here in Canada once the taxes are added and all that. We just had to put a new roof on our house and decided to buy a new sofa/love seat/recliner set so for this year our budget is done. If I were to buy a new phone I'm sure I'd probably want the new premium phone, but of course it will have a lot of new technology if the rumours are correct so it might anyways be better to wait a year until they fix some of the bugs this will most likely include. Let's see how this rumoured face recognition works first when it comes to unlocking the phone and see if Touch Id is still an option as well or if the face recognition together with a passcode is the only way to unlock the phone. I also have a feeling that many average users who are not techi people or people who like the latest gadgets are starting to upgrade less often. Smart phones have matured a lot, there is less radical change and I am starting to feel this way, too. The high-end phones whether iPhone or Android, cost as much or more as most of us pay for a laptop and almost nobody I know buys a new laptop each year or even every two years, many buy a laptop and use it for 4 or 5 years or even longer. There is no reason why one can't use a phone for at least 3 or maybe 4 years, batteries typically are quite good for about 3 years and after that you just have to charge a bit more often or supplement with an external battery or battery case.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sherrie Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 8:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Battery issue. If the 6S was purchased in September or October of 2015 it could be one of the ones that had a battery problem from the factory. There is a website where you can check the serial number to see if it qualifies for a battery replacement from Apple. I was having various battery problems with mine and last April the battery was replaced for free by Apple since it was on the list of the affected phones. I got mine the day they came out and am thrilled to have gotten a new battery last April. I figure I can get at least an extra year out of my phone. I found the website to check the serial number by doing a Google search. Sorry I don't remember more. Sherrie Gosling -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Chaltain Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 10:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Battery issue. You should be able to recalibrate the battery by letting it run all the way down and then charging it all the way back up. You may need to do this two or three tiems. On 08/18/2017 08:14 AM, Jenifer Barr wrote: > Hi all. > Using a 6 S. > Is there a way to recallibrate my battery? It won't charge above 50 %. > Thanks. > Jen > > > Sent from my iPhone > -- Christopher (CJ) Chaltain at Gmail -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
