Don’t go away, even though your name is Manwich, which doesn’t help, appearance-wise... I agree with your great post and many others do to, going by all your likes. Err, stars.

I am glad he did not go away. He was respectful and IMOP he is 100% correct in everything he stated. How rude for you to tell someone else to go away. Only you are allowed to state your opinions?

I respectfully disagree 100%. The new A11 with new Apple GPU makes this new phone nearly 3 times faster than my aging iPhone 6. The cameras on board are easily 3 times better as well... Second zoom lens on the front face, with all 4 lenses having optical stabilization! Plus the low-light images I have seen are out-of…

Thanks Jack.

What about the fact that the camera is so good that you don’t have to buy a separate DSLR for 4 grand anymore? What about the fact that this phone will replace the need for a new iPad that goes for $600? It really is way more powerful than the phones of 3 year ago, and it will do far more, if you have a need for the…

I hear ya. Half the things I spend money on, I feel I don’t really need. But my wife has other priorities and marriage is all about keeping your wife happy!

Yeah, I didn’t start saving a penny for their college. I think I am biased as I went to a 2 year community college yet I make more than most people I know with Master’s degrees... My kids can take college on line by the time they grow up!

Yes. They say we don’t signal. Thank you. It drive me mad, as I drive BMWs because I find them to be the best driving cars that also have room for 5, and I signal even on empty roads at 2am, because driving is LIFE! [sigh]

I hear you, and I agree with you. I keep my cars for a long time and I have a garage full of tools and I fix my own furnace and toilets and anything else that breaks including my cars if the repair can be done at home. But if you are married, then you must know the term “Happy Wife, Happy Life.” I pick my battles,…

Yes!!! Freaking belt test fees!!! what a scam. Glad someone else feels my pain. As for kids, I live in an expensive area, by choice, mostly for the better public schools. I knew going in that each kid would cost like 1.5 mil to raise to 18... Complain I should not, but that doesn’t stop me from always being shocked at…

That is a great idea and as a car guy, the first 13 or 14 I bought were used or leased. But as an enthusiast, now I prefer to order my car and then have it built exactly to my specs and shipped to me. You pay a premium but there is nothing like getting a car with every option you desire! First I bought the yellow M3…

Ha! You are good at the maths I see! We were all set to try for that 3rd girl (because you know after 2 girls, the 3rd is likely to be a girl too), and then, after thinking a lot about it, we realized we would never be able to afford a bigger house to hold 3 kids. So, instead, we took out a home equity loan and…

so many questions! Why was someone standing there recording, waiting for this crash apparently?

Actually, if you look all over the internet right now, millennials are complaining like mad about the seemingly HUGE cost of a $1000 smartphone. Meanwhile, the top end iPhone X is not really for them!!! If you are a kid with college debt and a low starting salary, go buy a used phone, a Chinese android, or heck, one…

Exactly!!! It is good to hear from people other than whiny young single kids bitching about an extra $150 for a phone!

Ah, life was cheap with one kid! The one time the 4 of us went to Disney World for a week, we dropped 8 grand! That was more than our honeymoon in Hawaii...

That is just it! I am not wining at all. I’m asking the rest of the people to stop whining. Dropping a grand on a smartphone is not a lot of money. People have been buying cameras and TVs and computers for generations that cost far more, and nobody whined about it. I have zero regrets having kids by the way. Best…

I’ve been at this adulthood thing for a while now... 2nd wife, doubled the size of our house in 2014, kids with my old iPhones sharing our family plan... I’m lucky that I married a smart cookie who makes a good 40-60k more than I do, and we made some lucky real estate choices early on that landed us into the upper…

You know Adam, I can’t keep thinking that most people on the forums are young and single, and they are perhaps not the main market for the iPhone X. Granted, you are, because you have the same priorities that I share- I want the amazing camera lenses with the big screen in a small case that fits into my jeans pocket. …

Wait until you have a wife and two kids. Vacations cost me more than 4 grand these days. Repaving my driveway was 12 grand. My new window shades were 4 grand... Once you get a house and kids, you can’t do anything for a grand, except get a new iPhone.