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Everyone having a portable supercomputer that fits in their pocket that also has a network connection that allows for instantaneous global communications.
A portable super computer, modem, video camera, telephone, address book, flashlight, compass, level, gps/navigator, tv, radio, alarm clock, credit card, ID, library, game console, translator, calendar, calculator, and more. Secured with your biometric information, charges fully within an hour, and runs for about a full day before needing a recharge.
But this one doesn't fold in half, so I'm throwing it out and buying a new one...
Don't forget that it also has a digital watch and calculator build in. Two things that where always added to 1970s premium tech products :)
But it's obsolete, so they throw it away and buy a new one the next year.
Do you buy bottom of the line Android phones?
iPhone usage pattern.
iPhones were getting 6-7 years of software support when top of the line Androids got up to 3 and bottom end was getting 1 at most. It took YEARS for Android to catch up on this.
Its not about the device forcing it, its about the type of user. They are saying a standard iphone user does that.
I mean it's wrong on all fronts today, the avg person keeps their phone for multiple years more than they used to.
I see that, by sharing a joke, I have unintentionally started a discussion.
Whoops.
/4 year old Motorola
Samsung Galaxies have gotten 3-5 years of updates for at least a decade. Agree that non-flagships used to get shafted. But EU has now mandated aftermarket updates for specific periods.
6-7 years of software support on a device whose screen wouldn't last 3 months.
This is it, when you look at sci-fi from that era you rarely see the analog of our current βphonesβ