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As someone who has an iPhone 4, and is locked in contract until next May, I'm a little annoyed some of the features aren't coming. As someone who has used Appl

As someone who has an iPhone 4, and is locked in contract until next May, I'm a little annoyed some of the features aren't coming. As someone who has used Apple products for a while, I'm not overly surprised. Remember the MMS scandal when they decided that the original iPhone 'couldn't' handle it? Same thing, just more features. And no, this isn't fragmentation. What this is, annoyingly, is device boundaries. We've got to a point where Apple needs something to encourage users to move up to the next price point. Want turn by turn but thought you'd just get an iPhone 4? Come aboard the 4S train. We can all go 'well that's shitty of Apple', but businesses do actually need something to use as a demarcation between two phones that ostensibly the same thing. Still, where's my turn-by-turn and 3D mapping? I was looking forward to them.

furyg3 14y ago
I think your contract is the most interesting part of your comment. If the hardware can't handle it, then ok, that's a limitation. Artificial boundaries are a business reality in a world where the software is the phone, but Apple should consider people in two year contracts when they create these fake limitations. There are a lot of people who bought a 4S between it's launch (June 2010) and the 4S launch (October 2011). All of them are still stuck with that phone. Screwing them over with artificial boundaries is not very friendly... These people bought the latest and greatest at the time, they didn't skimp at the store and get the 4 instead of the 4S.
- TylerE 14y ago
  I fail to see how only porting some _new_ features is screwing them over. The device will continue to do everything (+more) it did they day they bought it and signed the contract.
- Samuel_Michon 14y ago
  "There are a lot of people who bought a 4 between it's launch (June 2010) and the 4S launch (October 2011). All of them are still stuck with that phone. Screwing them over with artificial boundaries is not very friendly..." I bought an iPhone 4 in july of 2010. It came with iOS 4, which had just been released. A year later, it received a free upgrade to iOS 5. This fall, iOS 6 comes out – the iPhone 4 will be able to run iOS 6 and it will be free for all users. That's 3 major releases over the lifetime of the phone, all for free. And for about a year after iOS 7 is released, Apple will provide updates to iOS 6. The new iPhone is likely to be released somewhere in the fall, at the same time as iOS 6. Last year's iPhone launch was on October 14. This means that if you bought an iPhone 4 between June and October 2010, your contract will be up before you can buy the new iPhone. And if you didn't buy your iPhone within 4 months of its release, you probably aren't someone who has to have the new iPhone on the first day when it's available anyways.

furyg3 14y ago

I think your contract is the most interesting part of your comment. If the hardware can't handle it, then ok, that's a limitation. Artificial boundaries are a business reality in a world where the software is the phone, but Apple should consider people in two year contracts when they create these fake limitations. There are a lot of people who bought a 4S between it's launch (June 2010) and the 4S launch (October 2011). All of them are still stuck with that phone. Screwing them over with artificial boundaries is not very friendly... These people bought the latest and greatest at the time, they didn't skimp at the store and get the 4 instead of the 4S.

TylerE 14y ago
I fail to see how only porting some _new_ features is screwing them over. The device will continue to do everything (+more) it did they day they bought it and signed the contract.
Samuel_Michon 14y ago
"There are a lot of people who bought a 4 between it's launch (June 2010) and the 4S launch (October 2011). All of them are still stuck with that phone. Screwing them over with artificial boundaries is not very friendly..." I bought an iPhone 4 in july of 2010. It came with iOS 4, which had just been released. A year later, it received a free upgrade to iOS 5. This fall, iOS 6 comes out – the iPhone 4 will be able to run iOS 6 and it will be free for all users. That's 3 major releases over the lifetime of the phone, all for free. And for about a year after iOS 7 is released, Apple will provide updates to iOS 6. The new iPhone is likely to be released somewhere in the fall, at the same time as iOS 6. Last year's iPhone launch was on October 14. This means that if you bought an iPhone 4 between June and October 2010, your contract will be up before you can buy the new iPhone. And if you didn't buy your iPhone within 4 months of its release, you probably aren't someone who has to have the new iPhone on the first day when it's available anyways.