All I know is that while the addicts are still enslaved by the shiny, it's getting harder and harder to find Apple journos, many of whom used to be fans, who actually like Apple any more.
Wouldn't it be a huge surprise if there were good reasons for that?
But it's always good when a company doesn't kill viable products just because it can.
In some cases the phone bricks itself on the spot.
Then the police have to be called in to some locations because there's serious danger of rioting.
Purely dispassionately - really, does anything about this seem sane to you?