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Re:The lunacy of the "iPhone 4S is a disappointment" crowd by gwright on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @12:09PM (#3099133)
Perhaps you weren't the target marget. Look at the 4S compared to the 3GS. iPhone 4 owners are still under contract while 3GS owners are at the end of their contract.

As a business strategy, the goal would be to encourage 3GS owners to upgrade. Similarly the iPhone 5 will be positioned to entice iPhone 4 owners to upgrade.

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Re:The lunacy of the "iPhone 4S is a disappointment" crowd by smackfu on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @12:39PM (#3099249)
True, but by that logic, it would almost make sense for Apple to go to a 2-year upgrade cycle, since the 3GS to 4 upgrade is also definitely worthwhile for those users. The main reasons they didn't already upgrade are not being off contract yet, and waiting for the iPhone 5 release.
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