I have a 12 pro max and my phone is resetting and acting all out of sorts and just generally being a problem to me, so I am looking a either upgrading to a 15+ or waiting a month for a 16, and finding a iphone on my local marketplace to hold me over until the 16. I went to my local Best Buy for some advice too, and they recommended a couple androids as a possiblitity but I have a watch se too and that wouldn't work on an android. I think I have everything that is causing a problem, but if you have questions you think would help to make the decision process better
#Current 12 pro max crapping itself what to upgrade to
scarlet minnow
pearl moat
What’s your budget?
scarlet minnow
100~200 for a temporary
pearl moat
To be honest, I have to agree with Best Buy and say that just a cheap shitty android if it’s just temporary
Get whatever works well enough and long enough for as cheap as you can until you can get a much better phone
That is assuming you mean 100 to 200 USD
scarlet minnow
yes USD, sorry I forgot to specify
scarlet minnow
the other small thing to add on is that with my family my sister has an second gen se that we want to upgrade both at the same time with
scarlet minnow
if its just temporary, i wouldnt worry about an iphone at all tbh
I was wondering about going with a xr or something off of fb marketplace for ~100
pearl moat
its really hard to recomend smth like an xr, i dont even think its getting ios 18 :/
its like
scarlet minnow
that changes it a little if you want to give her this one once you get a new one
no no, she upgrades with me to the latest and greatest sorry
pearl moat
they arent very good for the money in the modern market
pearl moat
no no, she upgrades with me to the latest and greatest sorry
ohh lol
scarlet minnow
its really hard to recomend smth like an xr, i dont even think its getting ios 1...
but as a temporary fix?
pearl moat
not an iphone for sure
get a nothing phone cms or whatever theyre branding their super budget phone
its not worth bying an iphone thats already basically dead, when you can get a decent android that wil last miuch loinger, even if you wont be able to use your watch
scarlet minnow
even if it only needs to last til october for upgrade season for the 16?
pearl moat
yeah bc then at least you will be able to keep it for longer and have a backup
rather than have an old shitty ip[hone that isnt even garranteed to last until october
scarlet minnow
alright, thank you for the help, right now, I think my dad is looking at the 15, but I will tell him what you have said
scarlet minnow
will do
eternal locust
its really hard to recomend smth like an xr, i dont even think its getting ios 1...
It will be
pearl moat
an xr?
eternal locust
@scarlet minnow I think you should go with @pearl moat input, get a temporary Android device, then when September rolls around you can probably just wait till the iPhone 16 lineup get's annouced.
pearl moat
and go from there on what iphone to choose
eternal locust
Yep
I have been hearing a lot of people think about getting a new iPhone and I just say wait
we're too close to new stuff coming, which may end up being the same price as what we have now
So it's better to wait
scarlet minnow
the only part that i am not sure on is continuing to use my watch se with an android because it won't work together
eternal locust
The only way the watch will stop working is if you unpair from the current iPhone
Otherwise, you can erase it and hold on to it till you decide in September
pearl moat
it wont have any of the device based features, but it should still work standalone from an iphone
eternal locust
Exactly
scarlet minnow
maybe ill just make the 12 pro max work for now too
eternal locust
Who knows maybe we can fix it
pearl moat
yeah :D
scarlet minnow
it will randomly reset(full power cycle), and when it does it may or may not have functioning wifi, data, and the bluetooth will cut in and out. apple support says it is a hardware repair, best buy says the same too
eternal locust
Oh
pearl moat
eternal locust
It’s respringing, that usually isn’t good
pearl moat
so prob new motherboard 😭
eternal locust
so prob new motherboard 😭
Yeah
pearl moat
welp
eternal locust
That’s worst case scenario right there
pearl moat
how detrimental is it to have your phone?
like
is it getting in the way of work?
and you do your schedualling and communication through it?
scarlet minnow
well i am in high school and fairly active...
scarlet minnow
it is getting in the way of tennis a little bit
scarlet minnow
but you are saying my current phone is basically fucked either way?
pearl moat
long term yes
if you can make do now tho, that miught be worth trying to tough it out
scarlet minnow
are there any short term fixes to keep it working for now?
pearl moat
not that i know of :(
you can search around on forums and see if others have had the same problems and have solutions for it
im sure they have, often these kinda failures happen over a range of the same devices, not just one
scarlet minnow
you think it is the motherboard?
pearl moat
from what little i know, i think that is probably it, but i absolutely could be wrong about that
eternal locust
from what little i know, i think that is probably it, but i absolutely could be ...
I think you’re right
eternal locust
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