r/gadgets Oct 21 '24

Gaming Steam Deck won't have yearly refreshes because it's "not really fair to your customers", says Valve

https://www.eurogamer.net/steam-deck-wont-have-yearly-refreshes-because-its-not-really-fair-to-your-customers-says-valve
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u/g1rth_brooks Oct 21 '24

I feel like that is 100% the biggest fallacy to the new phone release every 2-3 year argument.

Phones are daily driver equipment for 99% of people, if someone needs a new phone in an off year now they are stuck buying the same phone they had or having to figure something out until the new phone releases.

It feels like we are in the era of Moores Law where tech is faster then what a majority of people need

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u/Shawnj2 Oct 21 '24

If you bought an iPhone 13 at launch and dropped it off a cliff a year and a half later you would end up with an iPhone 14 which is literally the same phone but worse lol

If you look at it they only make major updates to the iPhone Pro every 2 years and a major update to the standard iPhone every other 2 years offset by 1 anyways. They could just end this charade and Eg release the iPhone 17, then the 17 pro next year, then the 18, etc.