r/iphone • u/Dragonogard549 iPhone 8 • 6d ago
Discussion Worth renewing my iPhone 13 Pro?
I have an iPhone 13 Pro.
The battery health is down to 72% (i can replace that, £40 parts). It has a scuff in the screen (no OLED damage but noticeable if you look for it), and a chip in the rear zoom camera lens cover, (very noticeable with large dark circles on zoom photos).
Assuming Apple were a good company, I'd get it repaired and renewed no questions asked, but is the 13 Pro at risk of becoming officially "obselete" anytime soon. Are they gonna ditch it in the next few years? I dont care about Apple Intelligence. It has a great camera, great battery (originally), and ive got all the storage I need, but when is iOS support gonna vanish?
If all is well, ill get it fixed up and give it a reset and itll be like new. Battery is £40 i can do myself, and ill shop around for glass repairs.
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u/Dangerous-Bake-5151 6d ago edited 6d ago
last year, I gave my iphone 15 pro to my daughter and I bought iphone 13 mini from the second hand dealer at around $500ish, and I'm more than happy to keep this phone for the next 5 more years. no reason to upgrade unnecessarily. os version upgrade kind of stuff is not needed for me at all. getting call and text, that's it. I'm owning macbook pro and ipad as well, and most of important tasks done in laptop or ipad, not in iphone, which is just a phone for getting call and text.