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comment by DJWalnut
DJWalnut  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Apple Watch isn't for you. It's for China.

>After all, they've done a pretty good job of convincing their customers to buy a new phone every eighteen months or so.

I think that has more to do with carrier contracts than anything else. new products in all categories come out all the time, and most people don't upgrade until theirs breaks. my cable company won't give me a new TV free with a 2 year contract, but the cell phone company will.