Dylan's Desk: 21 reasons why I'm not buying an iPhone 6

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because I’m cheap. I don’t want to lock myself into a two-year contract, and I’m unwilling to spend $650 or more for an off-contract phone that I’ll probably want to replace in a year, or at the most two years, anyway.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because it will bend when I put it in the back pocket of my skinny jeans.

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I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because the latest version of the iPhone operating system, iOS 8.0.1, makes it so TouchID doesn’t work on some phones and stops cellular service from working on others.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because the previous version, iOS 8.0, had bugs in HealthKit, preventing fitness and health apps from communicating with Apple’s new cloud-based health data interchange service.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because I don’t want to be a beta tester.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because Android has had features like swipe-to-delete on email messages and customizable keyboards for, what, four years now?

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because I’m opposed to the closed system that Apple enforces, making it so you can only use its Continuity feature with OS X.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because I have so many more choices with Android.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because in the future, anyone who wants to have an Apple Watch will also need an iPhone because the watch won’t work by itself. Just like the Samsung Galaxy Gear watch. And you know I’m dorky enough to wear an iPod nano on my wrist, so I’ll probably wind up wearing an Apple Watch too. But I don’t have to like it!

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because Android is winning the market share battle, and that trend isn’t going to change any time soon.

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I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because I don’t want to stand in line. Plus, I heard those lines were filled with people buying phones for the “Chinese mafia.” (Not true, by the way, but I’m still not waiting in line, even if those are just regular people.)

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because my iPhone 4 works just fine. And you should use a phone until it wears out, not buy a new one every year. I’m also waiting to upgrade my 2001 Honda Accord until it stops running.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because if you’re a really good customer on AT&T, the company rewards you by not letting you buy the new model until late next year. What other business works that way?

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because it doesn’t feel like as big of a leap as the iPhone 5S last year.

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I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because the new models are just too big and dorky and uncomfortable in my delicate lady hands. And that camera on the 6 Plus sticks out of the back.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because Tim Cook will never live up to the legacy of his old boss, the late Steve Jobs.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because Apple is a huge polluter. Despite the fact that it has eliminated lots of toxic chemicals and is taking steps to make its stores and its new headquarters as green as possible, it still runs data centers that use coal-powered electricity, and its manufacturing facilities in China are probably big polluters too, who knows.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because I’m not one of the sheeple.

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I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because I kind of like feeling superior, standing on the outside and looking in at a party that I don’t really want to join anyway.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because I don’t trust Apple’s security, since the NSA has a program designed to make the iPhone completely accessible to its secret agents. Even if it is turned off. Android? Windows Phone? BlackBerry? I’m pretty sure those are safe from the NSA.

I’m not buying an iPhone 6 because for me, phones are basically tools to get a job done, and that job is staying in touch with my reporters and my editors and my boss and the news. And while I appreciate a well-crafted, well-designed product as much as the next gadget geek, I’m not in a rush to get the latest gadget just for its own sake, particularly when the one I’ve got now is doing that job just fine.

Thanks to John D., Alex L., Jason W., Julie P., Chris O’B., Rachel S., Don T.

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