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Anyone have iPhone 16?

gidgetgh — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 18:56:01 GMT

I'm thinking about upgrading from my iPhone 11. If you have one, which one did you get and are you happy with it?

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

4kitties — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:14:25 GMT

I just got an iPhone 16. It is the basic one, not the plus. I too upgraded from an 11. Have had it about two weeks.

So far, so good for me. I like some of the camera features much better. I have to say I use my phone for making calls, texting and photos. I use the map feature to tell me how to get to new places while driving. I do not use the full potential of all of the features it offers.🙃🙃🙃

efit to add: It seems lighter in weight than my 11.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

SandySparkles — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:19:54 GMT

@gidgetgh I upgraded from the 15 plus to the 16 Pro Max and am satisfied with it, but it has bells and whistles I just do not need! The camera is awesome though!😁 You can get creative with emojis, etc. All in all, I like it.🙂

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

gidgetgh — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:39:36 GMT

@4kitties wrote:
I just got an iPhone 16. It is the basic one, not the plus. I too upgraded from an 11. Have had it about two weeks.

So far, so good for me. I like some of the camera features much better. I have to say I use my phone for making calls, texting and photos. I use the map feature to tell me how to get to new places while driving. I do not use the full potential of all of the features it offers.🙃🙃🙃

efit to add: It seems lighter in weight than my 11.

@4kitties - those are pretty much what I use my phone for also- calls, texting, pictures, map.

What color did you get?

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

4kitties — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:59:52 GMT

I got the teal as green is my favorite color.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

cindyNC — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 20:02:16 GMT

I'm thinking about upgrading from my iPhone 13. My biggest concern is that there is no SIM card slot..........everything is eSIM.

I use tracfone. I attempted to upgrade to Visible Wireless w/an eSIM to my iPhone 13 and couldn't get it to work.

Found one online forum where a person wanted to use Tracfone w/the 16 and they had to futz around with different folks at tracfone to get it to work properly. Would probably purchase an unlocked one directly from Apple. When I went to Best Buy about a month ago, they didn't carry the unlocked version.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

Toot1920 — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 21:09:40 GMT

The good thing is that you can trade in your iPhone at Apple, Best Buy, and Consumer Cellular. Not sure about Tracfone. It will (at least) lower your cost on a new iPhone.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

gidgetgh — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 23:17:39 GMT

@Toot1920 wrote:
The good thing is that you can trade in your iPhone at Apple, Best Buy, and Consumer Cellular. Not sure about Tracfone. It will (at least) lower your cost on a new iPhone.

@Toot1920 - thanks. I would go to the Apple Store to get it.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

kismet — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:59:11 GMT

I got my first real cell phone an iphone 16 plus. I've used a pay as you go one for years. Now the old phone isn't working and I would have to update to a different phone so went for the iphone. My daughter just got an iphone 16 pro max and I chose the plus because it's larger. Will be watching youtube to see how to use it. My old phone had a home button and was looking for one on the 16 but was told it doesn't have one. I could use that when I try to get out of a site and don't know how to exit it. I have taken some photos and that's really an update for me. When my power goes out, and it does a lot this time of the year, my pay as you go didn't work. I got my 16 on Tuesday and my power went out the following Tuesday for 2 days. Had no problem getting updates from the power company on the new phone. Wondering if Apple has a site showing how to use the phone. I'm keeping my home phone.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

gidgetgh — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 22:51:27 GMT

@kismet wrote:
I got my first real cell phone an iphone 16 plus. I've used a pay as you go one for years. Now the old phone isn't working and I would have to update to a different phone so went for the iphone. My daughter just got an iphone 16 pro max and I chose the plus because it's larger. Will be watching youtube to see how to use it. My old phone had a home button and was looking for one on the 16 but was told it doesn't have one. I could use that when I try to get out of a site and don't know how to exit it. I have taken some photos and that's really an update for me. When my power goes out, and it does a lot this time of the year, my pay as you go didn't work. I got my 16 on Tuesday and my power went out the following Tuesday for 2 days. Had no problem getting updates from the power company on the new phone. Wondering if Apple has a site showing how to use the phone. I'm keeping my home phone.

@kismet - welcome to the iPhone. There should be a lot of you tube videos out there for you.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

gidgetgh — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 22:52:09 GMT

Just wanted to thank everyone for the input. I went to the Apple Store today and got the 16 Plus, in pink.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

haddon9 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:11:23 GMT

I know that this thread is about 5 months old but I just wanted to add that I got a new iPhone16 this morning. I went from an iPhone 11 to the regular 16 and got the blue color.....it's like a deep periwinkle and very pretty.

Now I'm just waiting for my new case which should arrive from Amazon this afternoon.

So far it seems to be very similar to the 11 as far as using it and the features. There are a few minor differences in use.

I kept getting messages from Verizon that I was eligible for a new free iPhone 16 and my only cost was going into Verizon in person and having my information switched to the new iPhone. I also gave DH my old one and had his information moved from his old one (an iPhone7) to my 11 which is now his. He just really doesn't use it very much.

Even though the people who work there are tech geeks it still took about an hour for them to set everything up!

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

spumoni99 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:28:39 GMT

@haddon9 wrote:
I know that this thread is about 5 months old but I just wanted to add that I got a new iPhone16 this morning. I went from an iPhone 11 to the regular 16 and got the blue color.....it's like a deep periwinkle and very pretty.

Now I'm just waiting for my new case which should arrive from Amazon this afternoon.

So far it seems to be very similar to the 11 as far as using it and the features. There are a few minor differences in use.

I kept getting messages from Verizon that I was eligible for a new free iPhone 16 and my only cost was going into Verizon in person and having my information switched to the new iPhone. I also gave DH my old one and had his information moved from his old one (an iPhone7) to my 11 which is now his. He just really doesn't use it very much.

Even though the people who work there are tech geeks it still took about an hour for them to set everything up!

I just got the same thing, I followed instructions sitting the phones next to each other and everyting was transferred automatically. I love the button on the right to go straight to taking a picture. I like the face recognition also.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

haddon9 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:32:38 GMT

@spumoni99 I had the face recognition on my iPhone 11 and I love the new easy to use photo button. One less step for taking pictures.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

spumoni99 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:34:30 GMT

@haddon9 wrote:
@spumoni99 I had the face recognition on my iPhone 11 and I love the new easy to use photo button. One less step for taking pictures.

@haddon9 I upgraded from an iphone 12 so I'm sure I had it before but never used it. I am really bad about using all the features the phone has, I need to watch a youtube video.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

haddon9 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:37:27 GMT

@spumoni99 I use just the basic features. A friend of mine kept telling me to get the iPhone 16 pro because it has a better camera, etc. but this new regular 16 is a lot better than the 11 that I had plus I'm never going to utilize all of the fancy features.

I got my son to set up face recognition for me with the older phone otherwise I know that I would not have had it.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

spumoni99 — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:45:51 GMT

@haddon9 wrote:
@spumoni99 I use just the basic features. A friend of mine kept telling me to get the iPhone 16 pro because it has a better camera, etc. but this new regular 16 is a lot better than the 11 that I had plus I'm never going to utilize all of the fancy features.

I got my son to set up face recognition for me with the older phone otherwise I know that I would not have had it.

@haddon9 I have to get my daughters help a lot! In fact she called and talked to verizon for me to get the new phone supposedly for free, lets hope they were not fibbing. We are still all on a family plan so her and I got new phones.

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

Kitty Galore — Sat, 03 May 2025 02:17:02 GMT

I have the 16 plus in pink , my case is Hello kitty that is sparkly !

Re: Anyone have iPhone 16?

I am still oxox — Mon, 05 May 2025 10:45:58 GMT

My I phone 13 is fine for the time being until they stop making updates for it