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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by Gigachad on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @08:30AM (#28851291)
You aren’t meant to care about every single release. You just get one after x years and it becomes a big jump. Yearly releases mean that it’s never a bad time to buy. The one that comes out next year won’t obsolete the one from this year.

If you had it on 3 year cycles, the first year would be a good year to buy, the second year would be ok, and the 3rd year would be a bad time to buy. And if another OEM released something that year, everyone who wanted to buy on year three would go with them since they have the best offering of that year.

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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @09:03AM (#28851541)
>You aren’t meant to care about every single release.

I suspect a lot of people do which is why they release on this schedule.

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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by ghaff on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @09:48AM (#28852007)
Automobiles are also on an annual cycle. Do you think most people buy/lease a new car every year--especially given that something like 11 years is the average length of time people hold onto their cars these days?

Even with trade-in incentives, the vast majority of people don't get a new phone every year.

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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by kjkjadksj on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @12:01PM (#28853888)
Cars are nominally on an annual year cycle but many models go relatively unchanged for a generation which could be 5 years or more.
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by lotsofpulp on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @12:56PM (#28854577)
It is the same for iPhone. They even sell brand new phones that originally came out 5 years ago (SE).
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @10:19AM (#28852402)
I think they would if they could. The allure of the new shiny toy is strong.
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by jmcgough on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @10:02AM (#28852177)
Americans buy a new phone every 24 weeks though, so an annual release schedule makes sense even if they don't buy every year.
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by ghaff on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @10:41AM (#28852726)
24 months in the US was historically driven by cellular carrier subsidies. I suspect it's increased since that is no longer as big a factor.
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by xnyan on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @10:10AM (#28852268)
I think you mean every 24 months.
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Re:Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch by lotsofpulp on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @12:57PM (#28854591)
Source? I see lots of people using older iPhones, and even amongst the rich demographic I hang around, no one cares about new iPhones since at least a few years ago.

They simply do not change in a way that affects most people’s lives.

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