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NY Times Editorial: The Half-Life of Phones
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That thing I just hit was a nerve. Go put on your American Flag underpants and dance around on your front lawn waving a shotgun. Celebrate what it means to be an Amerrrrrrcan. Yeeehaw! Pachoo Pachooo Pachoooo!
Chill out, Right Winger. This is a Mac forum, not the FauxNews forums. Leave that partisan junk outside.
This will be my forth phone and my 2nd iPhone.
Its an editorial, this is exactly what newspapers use to do the best before the 24 hour news cycle started sensationalizing everything.
Its an editorial, this is exactly what newspapers use to do the best before the 24 hour news cycle started sensationalizing everything.
What a crock.
The iPhone is the first phone I know of to EVER have a value past the 6-month mark. Think about it. I can sell my 2008 model iPhone 3G (16GB) for what? $100? $150? There are plenty of takers, and instead of filling space in a landfill somewhere, it'll be in use, doin' its thing.
How many 2008 Razr's, LG's, or hell, even 2008 Blackberry's are still in use? Not nearly as many, I'd bet. (at least not by percentages)
And do I even need to mention how Apple supports older handsets with firmware updates for at least two years after you purchase? (how many new Android owners still wonder if/when they'll get updated 6-months later!)
Sean
The iPhone is the first phone I know of to EVER have a value past the 6-month mark. Think about it. I can sell my 2008 model iPhone 3G (16GB) for what? $100? $150? There are plenty of takers, and instead of filling space in a landfill somewhere, it'll be in use, doin' its thing.
How many 2008 Razr's, LG's, or hell, even 2008 Blackberry's are still in use? Not nearly as many, I'd bet. (at least not by percentages)
And do I even need to mention how Apple supports older handsets with firmware updates for at least two years after you purchase? (how many new Android owners still wonder if/when they'll get updated 6-months later!)
Sean
I've had every single version of the iPhone and lots of non-iPhones and i think after iPhone 4 i'm going to slow down as far as changing. Based on Apples history the next refresh after the 4 shouldn't be too earthshattering unless there is a huge increase in memory or features.
So if the next one isn't a big leap then i will most likely just stick with my iPhone 4. But i still love the iOS compared to android where they have a new phone every 5 seconds
So if the next one isn't a big leap then i will most likely just stick with my iPhone 4. But i still love the iOS compared to android where they have a new phone every 5 seconds
Oh, come off it. We all know this isn't winning any Pulitzer prizes. It's a cheap attempt to capitalize on a the current iPhone buzz, not some brilliant exercise is socially-responsible journalism. There's far more cable news than newspaper in this.
Holy hell. 20 phones in 4 years?? Did you just not like the ones that you kept buying for some reason, or were you always becoming infatuated with the next big phone that was released?
More then that.. I sold my iPhone 3g 8GB unlocked for $225 not bad for a 2 year old phone. My iPhone 3GS 32GB went for $400 and both phones sold on Craigslist. We can think the lack of good phones on Tmobile for alot of that local demand. The resale on these phones is just amazing! Same reason I love the Macbook I own.