Did anyone get that feeling when Tim Cook announced the i6 and i6+ that your current 5s is no longer the big kid on the block?
I didn't really feel to bad because it's still the best 4inch device going but it's like when you buy a new car and then go to next years AutoShow and the new model comes out you see it then it's time to get in your car and drive home. It's just a little disappointing
I completely agree with you. And car analogies? Yay!
You're right about attending a car show and go "well, damn" at the new shinies, but does the 5s really have to make way for the new big kid on the block?
I don't think it has to, at all.
Take Mercedes Benz, for example.
Let's say you have a GLA Class right now, the small SUV, and you walk around the showroom where they have the new CLA and C Class - Coupe's.
Their price doesn't vary a whole lot from your GLA (when it was new), so why not take a look?
These two similar, new cars would have the usual new tech such as better engines and other improved systems.
But they're not quite what you want, because you want that SUV you already have, not a Coupe.
The iPhone 6 and 6+ are much the same, I'd say. New hardware, new/improved software. Definitely the 'new standard'.
But, while we'll miss out on the newer hardware, we do at least get (part of) the new/upgraded software with iOS8.
So you exit the showroom, get back in your car only to find out that they tweaked your engine to be a tad better and threw in a new infotainment system and other tech goodies.
Your car wouldn't be quite as new as the CLA and C Class, but they wouldn't have replaced it either.
That's how I see the 5s. Not the newest, but it can stand next to his new brothers and not feel left out.
Disclaimer: This message is sponsored by my girlfriend, whose marketing skills has turned me into an MB shill.