> forces people to upgrade every year People who upgrade every year don't do it for technical needs. We're long past the times when phones were inadequate and

> forces people to upgrade every year People who upgrade every year don't do it for technical needs. We're long past the times when phones were inadequate and yearly improvements were big leaps that made them less unusable. Yearly phone upgrades are just to sport the latest model, symbolizes status. Or if there's some deal where you can do it for close to no cost, better than long upgrade cycles, but I don't think "free upgrades" are common.