The display on the pro models is much nicer.
I have a personal iPhone 15 Pro and my work phone is the iPhone 15. The pro is the nicer display. Is it $200 nicer is the question.
Look at both side to side and decide.
After I bought oilBabe her iPhone 15 Pro Max last year, I had to move from the 13 Pro I had to a 15 Pro. (Okay, had to is a bit strong, I really had envy, but didn't want the larger Pro Max.)
Frankly, the 16 or 16 Plus are both pretty solid performers relatively speaking. Moving to the Pro models, better cameras, faster CPU and better battery life relative to even the 15 Pro I have. I do know you can get more with some Android offerings.
I'm still debating updating my 15 Pro to a 16 Pro, but will wait to see how things roll out.
I'm considering moving my personal line to Boost as they have the smart network that uses Boost, ATT or TMO towers. oilBabe has been on it for the past year and it's worked well. It worked better than my Mint Mobile service did when we were in Alaska this summer.
They are offering a "free" year of service if you buy the phone outright from them. Essentially getting my iPhone 16 Pro for $800 as the year of service is worth $300. It would be an unlocked phone as well as their unlock policy is to immediately unlock if you buy it outright. The price is the same as if I bought it at the Apple store, so why not?
I'm sure I can get close to the $800 by selling off my 15 Pro, so the upgrade that I know I don't really need would be very low cost.
Yes, I know it's irrational. I just want to have the newest(ish) phone.
I don't treat myself to many things, but can treat myself to a new phone given I buy them outright and can sell them for 2/3rds of the new cost give or take after a year of use.
FWIW since this thread came up today.
I did buy the iPhone 16 Pro 256GB from Boost in October and ported my line from Mint to Boost.
Boost did unlock the phone since I paid in full.
My bill each month has been $1.70 as I have to pay the taxes.
I did sell my 15 Pro 256GB on FB marketplace and was pretty close to the target number. I didn't get hurt to say the least and someone got a well cared for iPhone 15 Pro.
I don't regret the upgrade because it was relatively few dollars out of pocket given the money recouped selling my year old phone.
I am getting accustomed to the Camera Control button. The cameras were an upgrade over the 15 Pro, and the newer processor is faster and more energy efficient, so it was a good move.
Evolutionary, not revolutionary.
I also sold my 13 mini and then picked up a 13 for a few dollars more on Black Friday.
That will be my phone to test various MVNOs.
I started a line on US Mobile and will play with the teleport feature. The line is currently on ATT, but I'll also try it on TMO and maybe VZN.
The offered phone number was a good one, so I'm tempted to hold on to this line just for fun.
Some people collect oil, I'm collecting phone numbers
