One of the benefits to holding on to your phone for as long as possible — beside the fact that you're saving money — is that when you finally do upgrade, the sheer volume of improvements can take your breath away. That's what happened to me when I jumped from an aging iPhone 12 to the iPhone 17.
When I busted my iPhone 12 a few months ago, I wasn't planning on holding out for Apple's latest phone. But after checking out our iPhone 17 review I decided to move everything over from the iPhone 12 to the iPhone 17, switched my number over to an eSIM — a remarkably easy process — and sat back to drink in all the changes that have taken place in the five years since I've switched phones.
