Generally speaking, I think any manufacturer that intentionally sought to damage its customers’ products would be subject to some kind of liability.
Gotcha. I must not have been paying attention to that part of the presentation. I have a set of powerbeats for the gym - they’re decent but lack the sound quality of many wired headphones.
I’m just thinking out loud… Not necessarily to “damage” the device, but what if those updates were intentionally designed to work just beyond the hardware limitations of the ‘older model’. Those same updates would be in-line with the capability of the new model. I mean, hell, we all click ‘accept terms & conditions’, so the end user doesn’t have much of a leg to stand on from a legal perspective. Seems like a pretty straight-forward way to make people fall out of love with their current device…
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I’ve thought this way since the iPhone 4/4S came out…
^^ I get what you’re saying, but isn’t this just the nature of technology? What’s the rule about the speed of the cpu doubling every 18 months or so?
The tech industry is highly competitive, so naturally companies either innovate or die. Their shareholders would rightly demand nothing less. I think striking the proper balance between serving customers of old and new products is probably a tricky proposition. That said, I don’t think a business model that entices people to fall out of love with their old devices is a bad thing - it’s what has made Apple one of the most successful businesses in the world.
I would think so. I think it would also be harder to prove that they have ill intentions although every update completely ruins your phone. Worse part is you don’t have a choice to update.
lol
Blew his thumbs off. That’s why he hasn’t replied.
Weird story that. It’s like. Samsung rushed it. Maybe they hired Tesla engineers. Or the guys who said ios10 was ready
It’s anti competitive. The best player in any vertical gets 90% of the economic benefit. So they all try to build natural monopolies. Platforms. Standards. Whatever.
http://bgr.com/2016/09/29/iphone-7-exploding-fire-photos/
Is Apple now copying Samsung? I guess we’ll find out soon enough if this was an oddball one off or an actual problem like it was for the Note 7.
I got the jet black (polished) iPhone 7 plus 128GB, the smallest memory size for that finish. It only took about 2 weeks from the date of my preorder, which was way ahead of the estimated delivery date.
I’m pretty in love with the device. The back is grippy for the first time, as compared to the metallic backing plates which tend to slip as your fingers sweat on them. It feels the same as the front glass. I wasn’t paying careful attention and was surprised that an $850 phone doesn’t come with AirPods. So this thing really is $1k when you add those in. I hooked up the lightning adapter to my Bose earbuds and all is fine there.
The other night I asked the uber driver to turn the radio on and he handed me a cable to connect my phone. Obviously that wasn’t possible. First limitation.
I have the first apple watch and I’m not upgrading it until it gets thinner in form factor. I don’t care if the screen is brighter or if it has GPS.
I don’t think it’s at all intended to damage…however I think it’s definitely a nice consequence for the manufacturers that the older phones struggle with the new software.
Is it not optional (the ‘upgrade’ to new software versions)? On Android I can defer upgrading/updating as long as I want. I wouldn’t be surprised if the iPhone took a different approach.
Well, it would seem my first foray into Samsung products has been a bust. Maybe I’ll go back to Blackberry lol. Or maybe I’ll try that Google phone?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/10/11/samsung-stopping-galaxy-note-7-production/91885996/
Samsung engineers right now: https://i.imgur.com/uDqEkRA.gifv
poor axel, that sucks
get an S7 EDGE
Almost Note sized, excellent phone.
CountVohn and I are in the same boat. We all have Note7s.
The Google Pixel XL looks interesting if I can wait until like 10/20/2016. This is from a quick search.
If you have another phone you can use for a little bit, the Google Pixel XL ($769) may be the phone for you. Google’s first smartphone will be out October 20, and like the other phones on this list, it has a 5.5-inch display, fast charging battery that promises nearly 7 hours of charge in 15 minutes, and unlimited storage for photos and videos on Google Photos. It runs the latest version of Android, version 7.1 Nougat, and even supports Google’s new Daydream virtual reality platform, giving you a replacement for Samsung’s Gear VR. Unlike the Galaxy S7 or iPhone 7 Plus, the Pixel XL will be exclusive to Verizon. An unlocked option will be available from Google that works on the other major carriers, but according to Google’s site, it is either out of stock or on a 5-6 week backorder.
I have Verizon and am stuck between the the S7 Edge and waiting for the Pixel XL.
Looks like that’s not an option seeing as I’m not in the US. Also, unlimited storage in the cloud is great and all but that requires unlimited data to transfer things back and forth no? lol
I have to say, I was really liking the stylus that came with the Note 7. But I still truly despise virtual keyboards. Everyone said I’d get used to them but nope, I know myself better than anyone else and I didn’t expect I would and I certainly did not. Then again, I don’t use my phone as much anymore since I hate typing on it which I guess isn’t a bad thing 
Got a Pixel XL yesterday, liking it so far. Software seems better integrated, the size is nice and I love the rear mounted fingerprint scanner. Haven’t got to test the camera yet.