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> From the manufacturers point of view phones not being future proof is a feature, not a bug, that way you'll upgrade to that new shiny item which will keep the
by wklauss 9y ago
> From the manufacturers point of view phones not being future proof is a feature, not a bug, that way you'll upgrade to that new shiny item which will keep the profits rolling in.
I don't think a better AI chip will be a convincing argument to change a phone one year later.
- RandomBK 9y agoNot if you put it that way. Apple can simply make new AI features exclusive to newer phones with updated versions of the chips. If they open the chip up to developers, this effect can spill out to the app store. That would then provide the impetus to push consumers to upgrade.
- LrnByTeach 9y agoYou nailed the Apple plan, they did exact same thing staring from Introduction of Siri (4S?), ... then Force Touch etc. With each iteration of phone, they add a shiny new feature that is ONLY available on the newer model.
- savoytruffle 9y agoSiri was only available on new iPhones from then on, but it's now available on regular Macintoshes going back like 7-8 years.
- moonforeshot 9y agoi don't see how force touch can be added to older hardwares...
- ferbivore 9y agoIt can't be. Night Shift, on the other hand...
- moonforeshot 9y agoi don't see how force touch can be added to older hardwares...
- hn_throwaway_99 9y agoI think you underestimate the power of marketing.
- _pmf_ 9y ago> I think you underestimate the power of marketing. With Steve Jobs gone, Apple is more and more seen as the emperor without clothes[0] that it is. [0] I.e. yet another rebrander of Chinese goods with marginal differences from other franchises
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