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While shorter upgrade cycles seems to the go to answer, it is mostly because people now have to pay full prices for upgrades. During the 2 year contract era it
by thisisit 9y ago
While shorter upgrade cycles seems to the go to answer, it is mostly because people now have to pay full prices for upgrades. During the 2 year contract era it was possible to pay fraction of costs to upgrade to the next iteration.
Though I wonder how does this compare to the pre-2007, pre-smartphone era? Longer upgrade time should be true for most consumer electronics as they mature, isnt it?
- Macha 9y agoA lot of these same companies abandoned/deprioritised the tablet market when it became clear it had a more PC-esque (replace it when it's useless) upgrade cycle than the phone (replace it when the contract expires) cycle, so it will be interesting how they react to the same in their primary market.
- pjmlp 9y agoMaybe they will finally learn to provide updates, because people won't get new handsets anyway.
- ComputerGuru 9y agoWhy, what would they get out of it?
- pjmlp 9y agoNothing beyond some consumer happiness towards their brand, just some wishful thinking from my side, as I hardly believe it will ever change.