{"id":14209,"date":"2012-10-25T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=14209"},"modified":"2012-10-25T10:23:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T15:23:20","slug":"how-could-you-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/tablet\/how-could-you-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"How Could You, Apple?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new iPad just eight months after the last one. How could any company treat its loyal customers this way? Apple is the rising star of the tech world. The company with the largest market cap in the world, valued at over $800 billion. It has legions of fans, feverishly purchasing every new iProduct at whatever exorbitant cost Apple attaches to it and waiting on line for countless hours.<\/p>\n

All that\u2019s expected in return is a little loyalty from Apple. Just a teensy bit of early adopter devotion to placate us. As always though, Apple is about money first and foremost. Considering the arrival of Microsoft\u2019s Surface RT, success of the Nexus 7, and potentiality of a Nexus 10, Apple had no choice but to release a new iPad not even a year after the last.<\/p>\n

I sit here, looking at the gorgeous Retina display on my iPad 3 (or new iPad or whatever you want to call it), and I feel betrayed. After boycotting Apple products for the last four years, I put myself out there<\/a>, waited in line in freezing cold Chicago weather, and plunked down $499 for a 16 GB iPad. Eight months later, my new iPad is obsolete. The iPad 4 has the new Lightning connector, an A6X processor, faster WiFi, and the same price tag as the earlier model.<\/p>\n

Frankly, it\u2019s rude. I understand the logic behind Apple\u2019s move but I don\u2019t condone it. I shouldn\u2019t feel something I spent so much money on is already obsolete. While I doubt this rant will change anything, I feel like it needs to be put out there. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll invest in Apple products in the future if this is how the company treats its loyal customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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