How often should Apple introduce a new iPhone?

Every other week, on Tuesdays, unless a holiday.

Less frequently than once a year -- doesn't match up with two year carrier contracts.

I voted less frequently. The iPhone isn't a hardware issue, it is a software issue. Give it some decent hardware and focus on the software adjustments. We have been looking at the same interface for years. Jailbreaking was thought to originally be months ahead of Apple on development. It is actually multiple years ahead of Apple as it turns out.

every 9-12 months is fine with me. Allows you to skip 1-2 generations and still have a fairly up to date phone.

SnowLeopard OSX said:

Less frequently than once a year -- doesn't match up with two year carrier contracts.

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People have upgrades everyday...

And millions of people still don't have iPhones.

Think out of American market.In other markets Iphones are too expensive to buy or make a commitment to a gsm operator.In Turkey,if you want to buy and unlocked iphone you have to give : 1250 Dollars and if you want to make a commitment to a phone the total price will come up to : more than 2000 $ And secondly the phones,ipads and ipods are not coming to other countries that fast like US and we can't keep up with this race.I personally want Apple to release the phones in 2 years and we can catch up with all model easily and frequently.With those I can only keep up with the 2 models and I don't want that.

iPhone 5S at WWDC 2013 in June.

Yea, needs a redesigned UI in some form.

And no "Newsstand" or "Facebook" features.

New multitasking, notification center, photo/camera, updates for siri, etc...

Definitely more frequently than once a year now that Samsung is outselling the iPhone.

There's many other topics on this. thanks for another one though!

I think once a year is fine.

18 months...the S bull needs to stop lol

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18 months...the S bull needs to stop lol

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Good one.

Every TWO YEARS !

When TWO YEAR COTRACT is over, you can restart with a new contract!

Or maybe better yet, get rid of contracts altogether somehow.

I think the yearly cycle is right. People who moan about how often new products come out need to get a grip. Why should the Apple halt their progress just so you can say that you have the latest iPhone? It is the way of the world. Just be thankful that Apple don't release 50 different phones a year like all the other manufacturers.

Whilst some think ios is outdated (and I agree in part), if you are a Mac user then it is insanity to use any thing other than an iPhone. It is an absolute pleasure to have all devices seemlessly integrate.

irDigital0l said:

Yea, needs a redesigned UI in some form.

And no "Newsstand" or "Facebook" features.

New multitasking, notification center, photo/camera, updates for siri, etc...

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UPDATE STUFF!!!!!!

How?

I DON'T KNOW JUST CHANGE IT SO IT DOESN'T FEEL STALE!!!!!!!!!

But what if that makes it worse?

WHO CARES IOS IS LIKE FREAKIN' PREHISTORIC MAN!!!!!!!!!

Yearly is good. They should carry on with what they're doing.

From a business perspective, I don't think it is going to make much difference very soon.

Smartphone technology has almost reached the point where it is "good enough" for most people. After that they become a commodity just like laptops or toasters and it is a race to the bottom at that point.

What do you think would happen if Google's X Phone ends up as a quad-band phone that ca run on GSM, CDMA and LTE for $199?

There are only so many people who willing to pay $400 for a cell phone and then an additional $80 or more a month for cellular service.

The same thing is happening with the tablet market. Once Asus or Acer makes a decent $99 tablet running Android OS, that will be the end of that game.

Google sells services and information. They don't care what hardware you use or how often you upgrade just as long as you keep buying their services and they can keep selling your information to other companies.

Apple sells hardware. They sell services like iTines and iCloud and software like iOS and OSX so they can sell more hardware.

I believe Apple is going to move to a six-month release cycle to cash in while they can.

I like the 9 to 12 month rhythm. Ah, and those two-year-contracts should end or only for those who want. Free phones in a free world ! From day 1. Let the consumer decide if they want to pay full price or not.

iOS needs a major boost, they need themes. Literally the only thing that changed about the layout is the SMS and music icon. They never know if they want it as one app for music and video or separate apps lol

I think most people would like things to stay the same simply because people don't like change.

The next 5 years are going to be very interesting for Apple. With their mind-set, I'm not sure where they can go with the iPhone from here. They're obviously not interested in changing the OS and I doubt they'll ever go with a larger screen. They've kind of painted themselves into a corner.

Breaking Good said:

From a business perspective, I don't think it is going to make much difference very soon.

Smartphone technology has almost reached the point where it is "good enough" for most people. After that they become a commodity just like laptops or toasters and it is a race to the bottom at that point.

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I agree with this! I think the current 5 is the first iPhone that I think will exceed 2 years of use for most people (if they want it to). It has everything, LTE, good battery, super fast.

The slow game is going to bite them in the nippers. Given the fast-rising competition, might not hurt Apple to change gears.

I, for one, welcome our new 6-month cycle overlords. It would make the S-version of iPhones more tolerable, too.