Welcome to modern technology. It’s still developing fast enough that any device more than 3 years old is falling behind, and 5 years old is uselessly obsolete. EVERY technical industry went thru a similar curve since the Industrial Revolution.
Understood, so why pay premium? I've got a dozen or so friends who have iphones and Samsungs etc. all buy that latest and greatest. I've asked them all what are the top5 things they use their phones for.
Averaged out it went something like 1. Texting and email 2. Phonecalls 3. pictures (includes apps for instagram etc.)4. internet (Includes apps for Facebook Pinterest etc.)5. Games 6 Apps other than games and most were not anything close to what I call productivity related.
Yet all claimed they "needed their expensive phones" and had to have the latest to "keep up"...
I am willing to bet that this trend is not a long term one. After awhile people will wonder why they keep going in debt for something that just does not last long enough to warrant doing so.
The reason why Apple is so successful is that they are staying up with technology advancing ... and not just to give some or any advanced technology ... but for stuff that has been thought out and works well for the consumer. So it’s ALSO the useful application for the advancing technology.