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To: eyedigress

Now everybody has their iPhones, and it will be at least a few years before they will need to upgrade, as the technology has matured.


17 posted on 04/14/2023 6:31:49 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Yea, but junior miss and junior johnson in high school needed a new one all the time.

Those days are over.

I noticed diesel dropped in NC to 3.74 in some counties today.

That is worth looking into.


21 posted on 04/14/2023 6:36:58 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: dfwgator
Now everybody has their iPhones, and it will be at least a few years before they will need to upgrade, as the technology has matured.

Every year, when Apple releases its new version of the iPhone, I’m amused by the inevitable complaints that Apple “didn’t do anything innovative with the form factor.” These people expect Apple to constantly change the shape of the phone just for the sake of “change.” But the function of a phone naturally leads to a certain shape that’s not likely to change much, especially when it has to accommodate a large flat screen.

And you’re right about the technology having matured. I’m the classic technology early adopter, but the last time I updated my phone, in 2020, I bought the iPhone SE, which is the cheapest iPhone. It was only $399 (instead of at least $1,000 for the flagship - the iPhone 11 at the time), yet it had the same processor as the flagship and did everything that matters just as well. It’s also smaller than any of the flagship models, which is important to me. I don’t know how people carry the giant “max” phones that won’t fit in a pocket. Now that the technology has matured, the only real reason to upgrade is when the camera receives significant enough improvements to warrant an upgrade, but the camera on my SE is plenty good enough to last for a long time.

Apple has realized all of these effects, which is precisely why they created the SE model.

24 posted on 04/14/2023 7:16:08 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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