The unnecessary annual product refresh strategy

[winb83]

Apple seems to be thinning out when it comes to new innovative ideas. The iPad Mini 3 for example is just the iPad Mini 2 with Touch ID and the same exact specs. Maybe they shouldn't pressure themselves to constantly release new products year after year when they have no driving idea behind releasing the revision.

Samsung is also guilty of doing this with the Galaxy S line. Even going as far as to add in worthless features just to justify releasing a new phone that's mostly the same as the previous model then having the nerve to construct ads about said worthless features.

With cell phone companies on the path to phasing out phone subsidies maybe its time these companies rethink some of their products. In Apple's case it's not like they haven't already done this with products like the iPod Touch and iPod Nano that haven't been updated in a few years.

Is there really something wrong with selling the iPhone 6 until they come up with a better idea that justifies an iPhone 7 and just skipping the 6s?

 

[OH SOHH TRILL]

"Why they make the new 20s, cause I had all the old ones, that's why."

Until that lyric is no longer true, the companies should (and will) keep dropping new (oldish) products.

 

[Liquid]

This has been Apple's business model for decades, its called planned obsolescence. It's a page from what U.S. car makers used to do before the Japanese started building those indestructible Toyotas. The annual refresh does not make sense to you, but think of someone who was on contract with an iPhone 5...the iPhone 6 or a 6 Plus is a big update for them since their contract just ended. Same with the GS III to GS 5 or NOTE 4. Every single year you have millions of contracts expiring...a new way to keep people locked in and guaranteed easy sales of your new device.

The Windows PC market has been able to dodge this because Windows worked well for several generations of computers (And the smart ones who built their desktops can hold on for even longer). Apple on the other hand kinda forces your hand every 2-3 years by offering updates which cause your phone/tablet to run like trash. For example, its pretty hard to argue that the iPhone 4S should have received iOS 8. On one hand people will bytch because they never got the update, but on the other hand its requirements can barely be met with the old hardware.

edit: They are much better at this stuff on the desktop/macbooks, but that's because there is not much else they can do in that market. The market compared to phones/tablets is stagnant.

 

[daze23]

and suckers will keep buying that shyt

 

[winb83]

This has been Apple's business model for decades, its called planned obsolescence. It's a page from what U.S. car makers used to do before the Japanese started building those indestructible Toyotas. The annual refresh does not make sense to you, but think of someone who was on contract with an iPhone 5...the iPhone 6 or a 6 Plus is a big update for them since their contract just ended. Same with the GS III to GS 5 or NOTE 4. Every single year you have millions of contracts expiring...a new way to keep people locked in and guaranteed easy sales of your new device.

The Windows PC market has been able to dodge this because Windows worked well for several generations of computers (And the smart ones who built their desktops can hold on for even longer). Apple on the other hand kinda forces your hand every 2-3 years by offering updates which cause your phone/tablet to run like trash. For example, its pretty hard to argue that the iPhone 4S should have received iOS 8. On one hand people will bytch because they never got the update, but on the other hand its requirements can barely be met with the old hardware.

edit: They are much better at this stuff on the desktop/macbooks, but that's because there is not much else they can do in that market. The market compared to phones/tablets is stagnant.

With phone subsidies being passed out people will hold onto phones a lot longer than they used to do.

 

[winb83]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...date-price-new-galaxy-smartphone-upgrade/amp/

So to sum it up the Note9 is basically gonna be the Note8. I'm guessing it gets the adjustable aperture camera of the S9 and that's likely it.

It will be a placeholder until the S10 launches. This is what happens when a company produces a product for the sake of having an annual product rather than trying to make the best product possible or drastically improving from the last product.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tomsguide.com/us/samsung-galaxy-s9-sales,news-27102.html
No surprise sales are down on the S9 and now they may rush the Note9 as a result.