You and I know that this is a complex/constrained design that requires custom components which isn't easily modified but an average user may not. They want to ensure that some average joe isn't just going to think "i'll just pop this off and diddle this and that to make it work" thinking it's just some standard…

I doubt the "hosing" is even true, it's akin to a silly conspiracy theory. If you understand even the shallowest thing about design, it's that the more complex and compact something is, the less likely and easily someone is going to be able to just change anything without a complex way to do it and an average user…

Thanks for the level-headed comment. It's funny how narrow-minded people are about this and so myopic in consideration. I suppose any advancement in tech is just "extra engineering". Ludicrous.

What you're suggesting just isn't physically possible currently. Standard swappable parts physically do not fit in this type of design, it's not a failure if it just doesn't work at all from the start. To do so, that sacrifice is likely made if you're going to create something increasingly more compact as custom…

You're exactly right, custom components in such a tight space make for the sacrifice of being able to easily take apart these things on a user level.

Ding ding ding. This is exactly why. Coupled with the fact that most people usually have someone else look at their computer when it breaks anyhow since most people aren't adept or savvy at computer repair, it seems like less of an issue as a whole and not some conspiracy theory that this article or haters like to…

This is nothing new, current Apple devices have memory soldered in, etc as well. There was internet blog outrage then too but the world keeps spinning and people keep buying and are happy. It'll be the same here. I think people simply don't really care as much, in general. When and if something breaks, average…

I expected custom SMS tones to come out sooner than they did too, I get what you mean. But I'm not going to criticize their design philosophy over it because I understand why and it makes total sense because I'd rather have the polish, smooth functionality, and standard of quality and value that Apple typically…

This is a fallacy and myth of the kind that brings us to ridiculous conspiracy theories because they sound more controversial and dramatic than the truth. Apple designs with an idea of simplicity in mind, focusing on core functionality and making passes through each version or iteration where niceities or added…

Yes, everyone who disagrees with you or offers an opposing viewpoint must simply "miss" your point even though I explicitly argued your point directly by saying that it's not that no one wants the update for their original iPad, it's that it's *one* single model that they don't even sell anymore as new so it's not…

I think you have to understand that, fundamentally speaking, they design from a standpoint of core features first. I'm not terribly surprised, with that kind of thinking, that they would design an alarm app to use alarm tones and perhaps not songs in particular. They might, sure. But if they don't, your alarm is…

You do realize Android is focusing on catching up to Apple by trying to defragment and streamlining its UI/UX design? No, of course not.

No, it'll just be iPhone. No number.

As others have said, I can't think of any other phone that does what you're suggesting.

"and some people might me it"?

I have to disagree with this one on Safari, it's probably a little too easy to accidentally refresh if you're just dragging the page around or scrolling fast

Yes, because a company shouldn't market or have people buy their products. And they certainly should keep supporting a product they no longer even make or sell anymore as new.

What I find amusing is that haters will spout this kind of shit about Apple yet the posterboy for fragmentation and the lion's share of non-updated devices is Android. Apple leaves behind one tablet and it's an "outrage." Android has a maze of ICS being adopted through multiple vendors/carriers/manufacturers/etc…

If you're a UX pro then you should know that Apple would never ever enable touch on a device that isn't running an iOS UI for fairly obvious reasons.

You've missed the point of this thing entirely.