platamama
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2009
I have an iPhone 6s, and have been thinking of getting an 8 for the wireless charging, plus my phone is 4 yrs old so I felt it was time anyway. DH has the X and I hate FaceID and that it doesn't have a home button.
A refurbished 8 was $629 for a 256GB model 48 hours ago on the Apple website. DH thought I should buy it, but I decided to wait.
Yesterday, after the news of the 11 came out, it dropped to $509 ($120 LESS!) for the exact same model. Score! Umm, nope. I walked away from the computer to get started on dinner, and by the time I got back, it was sold out.
The highest storage Apple had left for the 8 (new ones only, no more refurbished left) was the 128GB for $489. So I bought that one, with the feeling of "the one that got away." The only saving grace was that I had trade-in credit for other Apple products we'd already sent in, so I used that and put the rest on my Plat MSR.
DH hasn't said so to me, but I'm pretty sure he'll find a reason to get the 11Pro. He's gotten a new phone almost every single time one has come out, he is a fanboy, and this one has sophisticated camera features that I'm sure he won't be able to resist. Combine Apple with his pet hobby of photography and it's just a matter of time...
A refurbished 8 was $629 for a 256GB model 48 hours ago on the Apple website. DH thought I should buy it, but I decided to wait.
Yesterday, after the news of the 11 came out, it dropped to $509 ($120 LESS!) for the exact same model. Score! Umm, nope. I walked away from the computer to get started on dinner, and by the time I got back, it was sold out.
The highest storage Apple had left for the 8 (new ones only, no more refurbished left) was the 128GB for $489. So I bought that one, with the feeling of "the one that got away." The only saving grace was that I had trade-in credit for other Apple products we'd already sent in, so I used that and put the rest on my Plat MSR.
DH hasn't said so to me, but I'm pretty sure he'll find a reason to get the 11Pro. He's gotten a new phone almost every single time one has come out, he is a fanboy, and this one has sophisticated camera features that I'm sure he won't be able to resist. Combine Apple with his pet hobby of photography and it's just a matter of time...