Upgraded from my aging, slow iPhone 12 bought in June 2022, up to a brand new black iPhone 17 that’s hopefully a very noticeable improvement. Better camera, better battery, faster CPU, faster iGPU, much better screen, 4x the storage, twice the RAM, pretty much everything. Wishing a very fantastic Christmas to everyone!
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You will definitely love it. I have an iPhone 16e that I bought last year, that is a step down from yours, that I have been very happy with. I think the biggest thing you will notice is the battery life. Apple engineered the batteries on the last couple iPhone generations to last 1000 cycles, rather than the previous 500 cycles. They are now rated to last around 6 years of normal use before there is noticeable deterioration, compared to the previous 3 years. I’ve had my phone for almost a full year, and the battery health is still at 100%. I definitely recommend setting the change limit to 80%, as you should still have plenty of battery, and it will greatly improve your battery’s longevity. Once your battery gets older and doesn’t last long enough, you can set it back to 100% to regain additional capacity for the battery’s final years.
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You should probably add the tag not-a-fire-alarm.
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Definitely noticed longer battery life. After literally an hour of YouTube it only dropped 3% which is insane.
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