re: Why does Apple string its fanbase along

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I bought the iPhone 5 the day it came out. Have used it since, almost a year and a half, and will sell it next week for exactly what I paid for it including tax.

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The phone came out 2 years ago, not 1.5. But you're most definitely not selling it for what it cost two years ago. You very well may be selling it for the subsidized price you paid for it, but don't confuse that with the product depreciating as much as it has.

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Try doing that with any of those shitty android phones.

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Well, the iPhone doesn't compare to "shitty" android phones. When you compare it to the flagship phones of different groups, you get relatively equal return on initial investment. For proof: search unsubsidized used android and iPhones. The price differences for those released at similar times in current similar conditions is usually within approximately $20. It's, at the absolute very least, comparable.