Hi Carolyn, I have the 8 plus for work and it is a great phone. Granted, the 8 series is now several years old and who knows what Apple plans to do long term as far as iOS versions that will run on it. Usually you can be sure to get 5 to 6 years from whichever iOS is current when the phone came out.
The iPhone XR looks to be a very good phone and being the most recent would get you the longest life, though doubtless a new phone will come out this fall. That being said, the X series has no home button, so you will need to get used to the gestures for getting to the home screen, app switcher, Control Center and notifications. I'd recommend finding one to try before hand to get some practice with that gesture. Some people find them very difficult, while, I found them to be pretty easy after a few tries. Richard Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of flying. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." --Douglas Adams, from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59 -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 7:04 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Phone choices. I want to hear yall's opinions. I am trying to prepare in advance for when I will have been with my phone carrier for two years in November. I am thinking that is a good time to replace my iPhone. I just wonder which would be to my best advantage - an Eight (not Eight plus), an X, or an XR. Of course, a lot will depend on how much phone is sold for how much money. The thing is that I thought I'd have another year out of my SE, but understand that it is not going to have 13. The eight sounds like such a nice phone, but if it wouldn't last but two or three years, I don't want to get it. Best regards, Carolyn -- 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: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fviphone%40googlegroups.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C765aead14a7e4df5666608d6e1e30558%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636944762490142633&sdata=G5ysuWxDxQTxt1NRvxfyAVMD1eY59OfP7eAbtxz%2BXNo%3D&reserved=0 --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fgroup%2Fviphone&data=02%7C01%7C%7C765aead14a7e4df5666608d6e1e30558%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636944762490142633&sdata=3lvJHC0yQfACQzx1mo1QfuiMBqs61K956pWbFxZfbrU%3D&reserved=0. To view this discussion on the web visit https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2Fviphone%2F025f01d513cb%2524e038df10%2524a0aa9d30%2524%2540windstream.net&data=02%7C01%7C%7C765aead14a7e4df5666608d6e1e30558%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636944762490152644&sdata=Q6wPcK5T85SZr%2F%2Bqj7q6vfA2FPwF7i6yze7SygA9saw%3D&reserved=0. For more options, visit https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Foptout&data=02%7C01%7C%7C765aead14a7e4df5666608d6e1e30558%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636944762490152644&sdata=vssj4oRMP0RM3tyFK2HZu%2BlIufN4MiCRQlHg7m4vHkk%3D&reserved=0. -- 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: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MWHPR1701MB19011E7CC55331D43B4A2386B71C0%40MWHPR1701MB1901.namprd17.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
