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minus-squareGreenSofaBed@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI mean how many people don’t have a smartphone by now? Do they expect to sell more and more every year?
minus-squareFiveMacs@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYes, that’s why they have planned obsolescence
minus-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoHaven’t iPhones had service lives far past most other phones? The used market for iPhones is huge compared to Android.
minus-squareJCreazy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThey’ve put all their eggs into the “let’s hope people upgrade their perfectly working phone every year” basket and that basket is getting smaller.
minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIronically, if they made another smaller phone like the mini, I’d be more inclined to upgrade.
minus-squarebaatliwala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYou and one other person probably because the mini was consistently the worst selling iPhone model
I mean how many people don’t have a smartphone by now? Do they expect to sell more and more every year?
That’s capitalism, baby!
Yes, that’s why they have planned obsolescence
Haven’t iPhones had service lives far past most other phones? The used market for iPhones is huge compared to Android.
They’ve put all their eggs into the “let’s hope people upgrade their perfectly working phone every year” basket and that basket is getting smaller.
Ironically, if they made another smaller phone like the mini, I’d be more inclined to upgrade.
You and one other person probably because the mini was consistently the worst selling iPhone model