> What are the Google results of issues. “Everyone you know” is anecdotal....
Good you cut "and work with" and the part with the other OS out otherwise this discussion might get serious and we don't want that do we?
See, that is another issue. I've been asking around on boards for how to solve the issue since it's so annoying. Either I got no answer or it was something along your lines "It must be your fault because Apple wouldn't make such a mistake". Meanwhile having an issue on Android means that you either already find the solution or you post on one of the dev boards where people are eager to find a solution. Or you just use another app because there is no obnoxious system mail app in it's ridiculous locked in environment.
Android 3&4 have been released 2011 so this doesn't add up here too. But the whole thing here is ridiculous for reasons stated below. I got that initial statement from this IT magazine: https://www.heise.de/mac-and-i/meldung/iOS-12-offenbar-auch-...
> See how well that works in practice....
It works out fantastic I did that on every phone I had and have been doing it for friends and family.
> Since an iPhone actually maintains somewhat of a resale value,
Well as you are reselling already to an audience that is used to overpaying, it doesn't say anything about the actual value. Besides that, if you end up with one of the non supported ones, there is no way to put a different OS on it or is it?
> Consumers are holding on to phones longer now that they aren’t being subsidized by the carrier.
No idea where you're from but over here in Europe carriers still give you phones and the phone market is not dead or something like that. People buy new phones and even if they wouldn't, it wouldn't change anything about the argument I brought up.