For me, upgrading my iPhone has never been about the next shiny new model

Another Apple iPhone unveiling has come and gone, and with it another wave of breathless analyst speculation about whether the iPhone 16 model lineup unveiled at yesterday's "Glowtime" event will kick off an upgrade supercycle. A Wedbush analysis, for example, forecasts that the new iPhones -- the first to feature Apple Intelligence, Apple's personal intelligence system built from generative AI models -- will unleash the biggest upgrade cycle in Apple's history.

As with every round of upgrade...