01-11-2013, 05:27 PM
I don't like that trend. Support for the first gen iPad only lasted 2.5 years. If Apple feels the need to obsolete their devices any faster, yet another theoretical advantage over many Android devices will have evaporated. Being left behind on iOS is problematic. Unlike with Android, apps are often updated to require newer versions of the OS, if you haven't backed up your current apps, there will be a point where you can't reinstall already downloaded apps. Which will largely render an iOS device to be useless.
No one wants to be left with a $500 portable iTunes player. Perhaps in 2001, but not in 2013. If Apple can lower prices and keep their current level of support, it probably doesn't matter much. Just remember how rapid fire releases of OS X pretty much assured continued paid upgrades as newer apps or newer versions of old apps often didn't included support for versions of the OS more than one release old. Bug fixes stop. Security patches stop. That's not ideal for consumers.
No one wants to be left with a $500 portable iTunes player. Perhaps in 2001, but not in 2013. If Apple can lower prices and keep their current level of support, it probably doesn't matter much. Just remember how rapid fire releases of OS X pretty much assured continued paid upgrades as newer apps or newer versions of old apps often didn't included support for versions of the OS more than one release old. Bug fixes stop. Security patches stop. That's not ideal for consumers.