I came from a V30 and I'll say it definitely felt like an upgrade to me. I put the 7T and the V30 side by side and it was night and day with performance. More RAM, higher refresh rate, running Android 10 (which the V30 will probably never get), I'd say it's an upgrade. I didn't feel like I really NEEDED a new phone either when I was looking at the 7T but I'm glad I got it. The only thing I'm missing is wireless charging and an SD card slot. Both of which I have adjusted to.