Just like any year, there are those who skip. When the iPhone 6 was released (an astounding success), there were people who skipped because they didn't want a "phablet." Some of the skippers were people who had previously upgraded every year.
That's when I will likely buy. I skipped the 5 and 6 and bought the 6+, the 6S and 6S+. I've realized that there really isn't a point in buying every years iPhones anymore.
Wasn't everyone saying the 6s was a stupid update and everyone with a 6 was waiting for the 7? It's all up to the consumer. And, when the galaxy hits the news with exploding phones and lawsuits from a phone blowing up in a child's hands, that can only help sell more iPhones.
Of course there's a point. Every iPhone has some new features that you're missing out on if you don't upgrade. The real question is whether the new features are worth the opportunity costs. So far, I've bought every non-S iPhone. I spend a year with the latest and greatest, and a year experiencing mild envy. The envy just hasn't been enough to get me to buy the 'S' models.
Your post reminded me of my life with my kids. My wife and I would use less than 1gig and my one son and one of my daughters were using all the data. But, since I get 28% off of AT&T through work and my daughter works at AT&T, I upped to unlimited on AT&T for $60 more. Now each of the 5 lines has 22gig before throttling. Way overkill for me and my wife lol - I'm sure the kids will end up being throttled
But the huge vibrator (or Taptic feedback in marketing speak) is clearly more important than a jack. Yeah. That's great planning.
My brother worked for AT&T (Cingular before that) and is now retired. He gets those kinds of deals but I doubt he or his wife will ever use 500MB in a month let alone several gigs. My son still hasn't touched his 20GB data stash, but he's headed toward it this month. Kids.
Your joking, right?
