Louis Bedigian: At four million iPhones sold, the 4S has become Apple’s fastest-selling device.
Should we be surprised? Maybe. First Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) bragged that the iPhone 4S had been pre-sold to more than one million consumers. Now, in the weekend following its release, the iPhone 4S has moved four million units across the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Australia.
Apple ultimately decided to resolve these six-year-old court proceedings and agreed to pay $15 to each impacted iPhone 4s holder.
The Verge: All devices from the iPhone 4S to the iPhone X are impacted.
Fair play to them. On the ethical hacker side of things I would use the hack as leverage against Apple to continue to support their equipment. As they just dropped support for their iPad mini2’s etc. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with them, they work perfectly fine but are now blocked from receiving security updates etc. So the consumer is forced to purchase a new product that does the exact same thing.
Apple is on the receiving end of a class-action lawsuit from disgruntled iPhone 4s owners. The suit, filed by Chaim Lerman and more than 100 others, alleges Apple's iOS 9 update severely degraded the smartphone's performance both in terms of third-party apps and core functionality.
It only tells us that early adopters have faith in Apple, and that the iPhone has a loyal following. It doesn't tell us that the iPhone 4S will be more popular than the iPhone 4 was, or the opposite, either.
It certainly doesn't tell us that Siri adverts are effective. It hints at it, maybe, but that's it. That assumption discounts the fact that the iPhone has become an established brand, and that early adopters are increasing as the brand becomes more popular.
IMHO, I'd say.. sheep.