Spend over 10K on iPhones & I'm not regret it

I basically get the newest iPhone every year. Here’s the thing, I never do trade-ins. My used phones, they’re mine, plain and simple. I’d rather stash them in a drawer and even take a peek now and then to revisit those old memories than hand them over.

Trade-ins just scream privacy risks to me. Who knows what data lingers even after you “wipe” a phone? Am I really the only one who feels this way? Like, is holding onto old devices and worrying about data that weird?

#AskLemon8 #Letschat #Stirthepot #iPhones

2025/10/2 Edited to

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You factory reset your phone before trading it in. There is no privacy concern. You are just wasting money 😂

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Even if you don’t trade it in, do you really need to get a brand new phone every year?? That’s wasting a whole lot of money…

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