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Ok, New Iphone Probable Soon, but why is everyone so POSITIVE they are getting it?
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I dunno why this is baffling you right now. It's what a lot of people do when a new gadget comes out. It's their own money that they'll be spending, not yours. People are going to do what they want.
The phenomenon is called planned obsolescence
Edit: although I don't say it's actually intended by Apple. After all, it's the consumer's decision when they want to spend more money. Besides, if used with care, Apple products in general can normally last for quite a long time, more than one year anyway!
On the other hand, however, it's certainly the short (usually 1 year) product cycles of Apple that add to the obsolescence here.
Edit: although I don't say it's actually intended by Apple. After all, it's the consumer's decision when they want to spend more money. Besides, if used with care, Apple products in general can normally last for quite a long time, more than one year anyway!
On the other hand, however, it's certainly the short (usually 1 year) product cycles of Apple that add to the obsolescence here.
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Yup same here. Nap after work, eat a late dinner, head to Apple at around 2AM. The Starbucks around the corner there gives out free coffee and opens earlier for people to use the bathroom.
Just a few reasons.. LTE (a BIG reason), My wife will get an upgrade as well (she went from a Droid X to my iPhone 4 and wants a better camera), Bigger screen.. If you have the opportunity to purchase it, why not?
Someone may earn £100 per hour, they sell the previous gen iPhone for £300.
What's 2hrs work every year to have the latest and greatest?
What's 2hrs work every year to have the latest and greatest?
Yup, Thats what I do... I switch between my upgrade and my girlfriends... selling the phone that the oldest phone (the iPhone 4 this year)... Got $400 on eBay... I will get paid to buy the new iPhone (or keep the GS3, still havent decided)
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Given that I sold my iPhone already... I am pretty sure I am getting something new.
I really like the GS3 (to my surprise), but I have too much invested in the Apple system. AppleTV, Zeppelin Air, iCloud, iTunes (music, tv, and movies), iOS apps I have bought...
There are a couple things on the GS3 that annoy the hell out of me though, things I know wouldn't be a problem on my iPhone. I have a tough decision to make. I have my work iPhone, but it is only 16 GB and I cannot stand sprint, which makes me hate the phone (which makes no sense, but still)
Also, keeping the GS3 screws up the deal I have with my GF for upgrading my phone each year.
It just baffles me why some people are so worried over what other people are doing. Your needs/wants/preferences apply to you. The next person can be entirely different. Why does it matter to you what anyone else does?
It's all about addictions!!
It's funny how people can/do justify their spending.
For example, the OP's question as to why or how people are willing to dish out cash on something new when the old one still works well.
Here are some neat stories/facts.
1) I love new tech. That is where my addictions lie.
2) Smokers (at least in Canada) will spend WAY more on slowly killing themselves in one year than it would cost me to buy the phone out right. Just for a ROUGH example. Assume a smoker pays about $12.00 per pack of smokes, assume he/she smokes 5 packs per week. Multiply that by 4 weeks and then 12 months and you have $2304.00!!!
3) Another dumb example: A friend of mine who is a smoker laughed at me for spending 4-5 dollars on a pineapple. Said it was a waste of money!
Basically in my pointless examples here, is people will justify what they want to spend their money in whatever ways they feel they want/need to.
Tech may be my addiction, but my bro's is cars!!!!
It's funny how people can/do justify their spending.
For example, the OP's question as to why or how people are willing to dish out cash on something new when the old one still works well.
Here are some neat stories/facts.
1) I love new tech. That is where my addictions lie.
2) Smokers (at least in Canada) will spend WAY more on slowly killing themselves in one year than it would cost me to buy the phone out right. Just for a ROUGH example. Assume a smoker pays about $12.00 per pack of smokes, assume he/she smokes 5 packs per week. Multiply that by 4 weeks and then 12 months and you have $2304.00!!!
3) Another dumb example: A friend of mine who is a smoker laughed at me for spending 4-5 dollars on a pineapple. Said it was a waste of money!
Basically in my pointless examples here, is people will justify what they want to spend their money in whatever ways they feel they want/need to.
Tech may be my addiction, but my bro's is cars!!!!
I'm a different story I think, but I've yet to have an iPhone. I've wanted one for more than three years and have always gone around directly getting one. First I got an Android and quickly threw that away. Then I got an iPad with 3G and a standard phone, but I realized that an iPhone is what I need. My phone contract will be up next year and I will be getting this coming iPhone model. No more getting something supplemental.
Only if it comes with the "RETINA" display, which is soo great. It just works and all my devices are seamlessly integrated with the revolutionary iCloud and bla bla.
1 - Sold my 4S already for $580
2 - I've tried several Androids and always ended up coming back to the iPhone.
3 - Bigger screen (but not too big), LTE, hopefully better battery life
2 - I've tried several Androids and always ended up coming back to the iPhone.
3 - Bigger screen (but not too big), LTE, hopefully better battery life
iDevices are the trendy toys to have.
The new Apple is built on marketing hype & vanity. Being cool has universal appeal. That why I see so many graybeards seniors & such with iPads, iPhones and a blue tooth plastered on their ear.
The Apple store is filled with people, some of whom barely understand what they're looking at, it's pretty amusing really.
Give Jobs all the credit, master showman, he made people drool over anything Apple.
The new Apple is built on marketing hype & vanity. Being cool has universal appeal. That why I see so many graybeards seniors & such with iPads, iPhones and a blue tooth plastered on their ear.
The Apple store is filled with people, some of whom barely understand what they're looking at, it's pretty amusing really.
Give Jobs all the credit, master showman, he made people drool over anything Apple.
A non-LTE iPhone would still sell millions, but it would definitely be the first iPhone where the general public knew that the product was a major disappointment.