Weekly Roundup: New iPads? Meh.

Aaron Brethorst, October 18, 2014

Obviously the biggest news of last week was Apple's event where they announced the iPad Air 2, the iPad mini 3, Yosemite, retina iMacs, and the imminent availability of iOS 8.1 and Apple Pay. I'm still very happy with my retina iPad mini, and can't imagine any scenario where I would've wanted to upgrade, and the iPad mini 3 doesn't offer a sufficiently compelling reason to spend the cash.

But, that said, if I was still using an iPad 2 or 3, or an original iPad mini, I'd probably be pretty tempted to upgrade right now. And, I think that's Apple's game: provide sufficiently compelling new value over the course of 2-3 years that current users feel urged to, uh, splurge. I upgrade my iPhone every year, but I know fewer and fewer people—including developers—who do the same. The iPhone 5s, 64-bit CPU notwithstanding, didn't offer that many compelling reasons to upgrade from a 5. The 6, on the other hand, got all of the iPhone 5 users I know to upgrade on launch day.

Assuming that this anecdotal evidence is part of a broader trend, this would certainly explain why Apple is moving as aggressively as it is into new markets like China, as well as new product categories like payments and the Apple Watch: in order to sustain the revenue growth they've seen over the past couple years, they need to add billions of dollars to their top line every quarter.

Best,
Aaron


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