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Re:Fertile Ground by melling on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @09:26PM (#5865867)
That would be the 3Gs. I had mine for 3 years before I upgraded to the 5. It felt like a pretty old phone. What are the odds that people who have a 3-4 year old smart phone, really want to use a lot of apps?
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Re:Fertile Ground by sunnybythesea on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @09:46PM (#5865946)
I have a 3GS. And even though I've had it for so long, it still doesn't feel dated to me. Apple did a good job with the hardware and the software support. It is finally starting to feel a bit sluggish after almost 4 years of very heavy use. Compare that with my old phones which I essentially threw away after a year or so and never missed them...and the crappy Razr that died after a year.
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Re:Fertile Ground by fpgeek on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @09:58PM (#5866001)
The 3GS was on sale as recently as last September (maybe a bit later in some emerging markets).
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Re:Fertile Ground by jamesaguilar on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @10:12PM (#5866065)
At least it was never sold with an previous-version installed OS like half of Android phones.
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