[dasil003]

> ... will not take kindly to their 16 GB iPhone becoming obsolete simply because Apple released an iPad with more resolution.

The vast majority of normals will never even realize this is the case. Plus, even if they do, people are well conditioned to the obsolescence of technology. I mean more people buy a new PC before they re-install Windows when things get unbearably slow, and if we had a graph of how often people upgrade their phones, I don't think we'd see much to support your point.

Now if the media decides to latch onto this (which I wouldn't doubt given the fervor for a juice Apple scandal), then it might piss off a few people, but do you really think that people will be convinced to trade in their iPads for pitchforks over this? What percentage of people are really not going to be able to update their apps anyway? If this really became a media problem then Apple might move to address it, but I stand by my written and attributed assertion that this is a non-issue for Apple and will not affect their bottom line or move them to any action other than to perhaps go 32/64/128 for the next iPad.