mkopec
<Gold Donor>
No reason really, and you are right. I still have a Samsung S3 which still serves me right. It will be 2 yrs this August and I paid $50 for it with a contract. But I will probably upgrade again to some other $50 phone they have a deal on, why? Because I can. Im hoping the Note 3 will be on special this summer with Verizon.Smartphones are going to go the way of TVs very soon. Little reason for people to rush out and upgrade every year and with carriers charging full price, removing subsidies and pushing payment plans people will start thinking long and hard if that upgrade is worth the $40 a month per line extra.
If you're sitting on a 5+ inch 1080p screen with a quad core processor and 2gb or RAM why exactly are you going to rush out and upgrade again? Apple has another generation to catch up (RAM) but they won't be immune.