Apple now strives to design and build products that last as long as possible

Re:Apple now strives to design and build products that last ... by jpttsn on Monday September 17, 2018 @08:44AM (#18005370)

Phone lifetime is bottle necked by performance moving on, not by wear and tear.

Even so holes in the wall fix the common hardware issues for like $100.

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Re:Apple now strives to design and build products that last ... by usrusr on Monday September 17, 2018 @11:43AM (#18006966)

> Phone lifetime is bottle necked by performance moving on, not by wear and tear.

We used to think the same about PCs, but now I haven't found an excuse to upgrade in seven years (this is equivalent to the time between the 3dfx Voodoo 1 and the Gforce FX 5x000 series!). I see absolutely no reason why the same isn't happening with phones, it just isn't that visible because of wear and tear replacement (and the various obsolescence tricks).

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Re:Apple now strives to design and build products that last ... by jpttsn on Monday September 17, 2018 @03:09PM (#18008990)

For me that’s a supply constraint, not demand. If MBPs got better as fast as iPhones I’d upgrade.

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