When I got my XS ($1000) it was because I planned to keep it for a long time. It's been a year and a half and I have zero complaints of degradation in speed, battery life, etc. Still feels like new. I plan on keeping it for four years at least. Compare that to the $500 phones of the past that would limp across the two-year mark and it's really not unreasonable.

Doesn’t really seem worth it to me, you get multiple years less of updates, slower hardware, and worse battery life for what, like $200 saved over the XR?

For me it’s all about the camera, so I upgrade as often as I can. Everything else is a distant second.

I would still be using my 7 if it had a decent camera.

I loved - LOVED - that phone.

four figure? I got the new XR for like $549 I think..