You all are right about Jelly Bean. A lot of the low end phones still ship with ICS though.
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Maybe the reason no one is upgrading their iPhone 4 is because they can't justify the expense? It is cheaper to buy a new Android than a new iPhone.
Same with PC/MacBook, a new PC costs $400-$600 but how many people are going to spend $1000+ on a new laptop until they have milked every last day out of the previous $1000+ purchase?
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I think it's more to do with the fact that they're happy with it, and it does everything they want. None of the very good Android phones are cheaper, they all start above or below the $199 contract price when they debut.
You shouldn't even be THINKING of buying a new computer every three years anyway. Whether it costs $400 or not. These aren't clothes, these are tools.
The reason that most people keep their Macs a long time is because they still work as well as they did when they were first bought. My first MacBook Pro ran OS X Tiger to Lion (that's 4 OS updates), and my current one can run down to Snow Leopard (again 4 OS updates, and it'll get the next two most likely).
The only thing I'll need in the next few years is probably more RAM and a new hard drive. The base specs are the same as the typical $899+ Windows machines, so it's future proof for a lot of the tech that will show up five years from now.