Apple Watch expected to last only three years too, while Mac computers should last four, plus Apple slip-up points to OS X rebranding as MacOS
Apple expects iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches to last only three years for their first buyers
Apple has said that it expects so-called first owners of £500 iPhones, iPads, Apple and Waches to replace them after only three years of use, and Mac computers only four.
As part of the company’s new environmental push, which includes its new Apps for Earth campaign with the WWF, Apple has listed how long it expects its products to last for their “first owners” and therefore how much they contribute to the greenhouse gas lifecycle.
Within a new question and answer section Apple said: “Years of use, which are based on first owners, are assumed to be four years for OS X and tvOS devices and three years for iOS and watchOS devices.”
That assessment doesn’t take into account the recycling of devices, their reconditioning and their resale, of course, but when you buy a new iPhone 6S for £539, Apple expects it to last three years, something many suspected. Apple has been accused of intentionally slowing down iPhones every time a new a new one is released, although there is little evidence to support the theory.
Apple expects iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches to last only three years for their first buyers
Apple has said that it expects so-called first owners of £500 iPhones, iPads, Apple and Waches to replace them after only three years of use, and Mac computers only four.
As part of the company’s new environmental push, which includes its new Apps for Earth campaign with the WWF, Apple has listed how long it expects its products to last for their “first owners” and therefore how much they contribute to the greenhouse gas lifecycle.
Within a new question and answer section Apple said: “Years of use, which are based on first owners, are assumed to be four years for OS X and tvOS devices and three years for iOS and watchOS devices.”
That assessment doesn’t take into account the recycling of devices, their reconditioning and their resale, of course, but when you buy a new iPhone 6S for £539, Apple expects it to last three years, something many suspected. Apple has been accused of intentionally slowing down iPhones every time a new a new one is released, although there is little evidence to support the theory.
posted from Bloggeroid
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