Nick Bilton re: Planned Obsolescence!

The new iPhone uses a charger that is incompatible with those used for older models.

"Then he said, with an air of surprise, as if he’d just thought of it: 'Isn’t it amazing how something new makes the previous thing instantly look old?' Umm, yes, Mr. Schiller, you design your products that way. It’s part of a strategy that Apple has perfected. How else can the company persuade people to replace their perfectly fine iPhone, iPad, iMac and iEverything else year after year?" More...