Comments on: Apple and Disposable Technology

By: mississ

mississ — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:03:40 +0000

i agree. . iPhones/iPods are a waste of money. . i’d rather buy sony mp3 players than buying that piece of shit.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:24:10 +0000

The utility of a ipod is in-comparable to that of a car. A vehicle enables you to get to work, travel, go to the grocery store, etc. An ipod serves no utilitarian purpose it is a entertainment device. In fact a vehicle can be a revenue generator or a facilitator of it (traveling salesmen, taxi cab, food delivery, courier) whereas a Ipod is only a cost generator.

By: nichole

nichole — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:30:03 +0000

Now, I may be a bit biased, since I actually work for apple…BUT…let’s apply that same logic to a car. If apple is getting 150 bucks per year out of us (replacing a $300 ipod every 2 years), that means that a 20,000 dollar car should last 130 years. And that’s not even considering the money that we spend maintaining cars over their lifetime. And it’s true that cars have resale value, but I sold my 3 year old iPod for 150 bucks on amazon. Likewise, we might spend 3,000 on a nice fancy new flatscreen TV, but I doubt most people will hold onto that for 20 years. We buy 100-200 new cellphones every 2 years. Why should an iPod be any different?