This reminds me of when Apple said they would refurbish older phone models and sell them in India and people got irate that they only sell them used stuff. So,

This reminds me of when Apple said they would refurbish older phone models and sell them in India and people got irate that they only sell them used stuff. So, okay, no iPhone for them at all, I guess. They're basically stuck using older, cheaper technology. That's fine, but you can't really access the older software that was developed for that level of hardware anymore (hence the 'lite' apps mentioned in the article). It's an interesting disconnect between hardware and software in the market.