>> Not directly. But if you buy a tablet and it sits in the drawer, you probably won't buy the next one.
Yes.
Most of what I did on my iPad 1 was surf. Upgrading to iOS 5 killed my iPad (Safari crashes constantly) and it basically went into the drawer. iOS4 killed my iPhone 3G in an even more dramatic fashion.
While those OS upgrades happened in the age of Forstall, it is no longer a foregone conclusion that I would upgrade to an iPhone or iPad.
It used to be an easy decision, but now that there is more parity among platforms (compared to say, 2010), it's that much more important for Apple to ensure that people can continue using their device.
Hopefully with OS upgrades in the age of Federighi, we won't see as many performance crippling major releases as we have in the past.
I've only had my Nexus 7 since spring this year. There have been two updates, and both of them made my device faster, which was a refreshing change after having three iOS devices where OS upgrades made the devices slower, and in two of the cases, unusable.
While I'm more curious about WP8 to replace my iPhone 4, I have no issue with upgrading to an Android Nexus phone, given my experience with a Nexus tablet.
Yes.
Most of what I did on my iPad 1 was surf. Upgrading to iOS 5 killed my iPad (Safari crashes constantly) and it basically went into the drawer. iOS4 killed my iPhone 3G in an even more dramatic fashion.
While those OS upgrades happened in the age of Forstall, it is no longer a foregone conclusion that I would upgrade to an iPhone or iPad.
It used to be an easy decision, but now that there is more parity among platforms (compared to say, 2010), it's that much more important for Apple to ensure that people can continue using their device.
Hopefully with OS upgrades in the age of Federighi, we won't see as many performance crippling major releases as we have in the past.