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Originally Posted by RDaneel54
I can't see a company that wants to stay in business planning for their products to fail. It is illogical especially in the highly competitive world economy of today.
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But it happens; and here's a good example.
Back in 2010, Apple released the iPhone 4 (Jun) and the iPod touch 4 (Sep). Both got the same A4 chip, but the RAM was different. The iPhone got 512MB and the iPod got 256MB.
Fast forward to Sep 2013 when iOS 7 was released. The iPhone 4 received the upgrade, but not the iPod touch 4. The reason, it didn't have enough RAM. So the iPod was left behind, stuck on iOS 6.
Fast forward again to now and this thread -->
Orphaned apps on iOS6. Now developers are leaving iOS 6 behind. That's only natural as technology advances. Unfortunately for iPod touch 4 owners, many apps are now requiring iOS 7 and up. Older versions remain available, but without updates.
So, planned obsolescence? You bet, Apple deliberately made the decision to have the iPod touch 4 stop receiving iOS updates sooner than the iPhone 4. It made that decision when it shorted the iPod 256MB of RAM.