Re:Apple Sued an iPhone Repair Shop Owner in Norway and Lost
by inops on Friday April 13, 2018 @02:55PM
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Possibly, but there's an obvious planned obsolescence angle here for Apple too. Perhaps people wouldn't so readily buy new iPhones if they could replace their old phone's battery, screen, buttons, etc for a more reasonable price from a "non-authorised" repairer. Perhaps they wouldn't get a new one like clockwork every 1-3 years.
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Re:Apple Sued an iPhone Repair Shop Owner in Norway and Lost
by colejohnson66 on Friday April 13, 2018 @07:21PM
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If any manufacturer of phones has planned obsolescence built in, it’s Android manufacturers. iOS devices receive updates for over 3 years, while you’re lucky to get updates to your Android phone after a year.
Re:Apple Sued an iPhone Repair Shop Owner in Norway and Lost
by josteink on Saturday April 14, 2018 @02:47AM
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While the android update-situation is a real issue, not having the latest version of android installed on your phone does not make it obsolete.
There’s almost no software that actually depends on you having the latest version.
Bad battery life or flash storage used to beyond it’s reasonable lifetime is a much bigger problem, a problem that can be solved by replacement parts, or even better: user replaceable batteries or SD-cards.
Re:Apple Sued an iPhone Repair Shop Owner in Norway and Lost
by DanBC on Friday April 13, 2018 @03:08PM
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Or perhaps a robust second hand market for refurbished phones allows more people to afford to stay on the upgrade treadmill, increasing Apple's sales and bringing more people into the app-store system.