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Well, I'm a big Apple fan (not a crazy fanboy, just have a number of their products and think they're cool basically) but today I'm (for the first time ever really) really ticked off with Apple. Before I go any further I'll make it clear that if someone wants to disagree with what I'm saying then fine, but my opinion isn't going to change.
I was looking forward to seeing the new stuff mentioned in WWDC on Monday, and it all looked good to me as usual. "Great I thought, I'll put Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro when it's released, I'll put iOS 6 on my iPhone 4 (and my gf's) and my iPad 1. And then I'll benefit from all these cool features!"
Some features I think I'm going to love are; FaceTime over 3G, Flyover, but the biggie - Sat Nav in Maps! Can't wait!!!!
Well, after more reading today, it looks like I'm going to have to wait. A long time. For apparently no reason whatsoever. Because I have an iPhone 4. Not an iPhone 4s. This is absolutely crazy, and seems really cruel and unfair. I ploughed a lot of money in to Apple products BECAUSE they support the devices for so long with free upgrades. But now key features are being limited to only the latest device and I just can't get over how unfair this seems.
To make matters much worse, and some of you can guess what I'm going to say already, I've also just found out that my iPad 1, doesn't even qualify for the ENTIRE iOS 6 upgrade. I'm stuck forever with iOS 5. So I literally can't ever benefit from any of the iOS 6 features unless I buy an iPad 2 or 3 (sorry, "the new iPad"...).
My gripe isn't actually that I can't use the new features themselves, I'm sure I'll live without iCloud Tabs on the iPad, and never seeing Flyover on my phone...
My issues comes with the fact that my devices are pretty flipping recent, and they cost an awful lot of money. Part of the reason I spend that amount of money on devices like iPhones and iPads is because Apple have always been a company that has the right attitude towards supporting loyal customers.
This is going to tick a lot of people in the same situation as right off. This is a very bad move from Apple and I'm expecting there will be quite a big backlash from it...
Any thoughts from anyone else on this?
Before I sign off - yes, I know Apple don't sell the iPad 1 anymore so "why should they support a device they don't make?" Well, the answer is simple, "this is why!!!!" Because like me, and theres a lot of us, are going to really hate being cut-off like this, effectively forced to spend loads more cash on upgrading.
And, yes, I appreciate that some features in iOS 6 require better hardware to run, but the least they could do is mention it at the WWDC and not let people find out the hard way. It's so unlike Apple to do this. It's almost like you can see the effects of Steve Jobs not being at the helm anymore seeping through already....
I was looking forward to seeing the new stuff mentioned in WWDC on Monday, and it all looked good to me as usual. "Great I thought, I'll put Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro when it's released, I'll put iOS 6 on my iPhone 4 (and my gf's) and my iPad 1. And then I'll benefit from all these cool features!"
Some features I think I'm going to love are; FaceTime over 3G, Flyover, but the biggie - Sat Nav in Maps! Can't wait!!!!
Well, after more reading today, it looks like I'm going to have to wait. A long time. For apparently no reason whatsoever. Because I have an iPhone 4. Not an iPhone 4s. This is absolutely crazy, and seems really cruel and unfair. I ploughed a lot of money in to Apple products BECAUSE they support the devices for so long with free upgrades. But now key features are being limited to only the latest device and I just can't get over how unfair this seems.
To make matters much worse, and some of you can guess what I'm going to say already, I've also just found out that my iPad 1, doesn't even qualify for the ENTIRE iOS 6 upgrade. I'm stuck forever with iOS 5. So I literally can't ever benefit from any of the iOS 6 features unless I buy an iPad 2 or 3 (sorry, "the new iPad"...).
My gripe isn't actually that I can't use the new features themselves, I'm sure I'll live without iCloud Tabs on the iPad, and never seeing Flyover on my phone...
My issues comes with the fact that my devices are pretty flipping recent, and they cost an awful lot of money. Part of the reason I spend that amount of money on devices like iPhones and iPads is because Apple have always been a company that has the right attitude towards supporting loyal customers.
This is going to tick a lot of people in the same situation as right off. This is a very bad move from Apple and I'm expecting there will be quite a big backlash from it...
Any thoughts from anyone else on this?
Before I sign off - yes, I know Apple don't sell the iPad 1 anymore so "why should they support a device they don't make?" Well, the answer is simple, "this is why!!!!" Because like me, and theres a lot of us, are going to really hate being cut-off like this, effectively forced to spend loads more cash on upgrading.
And, yes, I appreciate that some features in iOS 6 require better hardware to run, but the least they could do is mention it at the WWDC and not let people find out the hard way. It's so unlike Apple to do this. It's almost like you can see the effects of Steve Jobs not being at the helm anymore seeping through already....