You are also forgetting that if it wasn't for the developers that created the content in the AppStore the iPhone would have been just a phone like all the others.
I think a more correct title would be, "Wouldn't it be nice if Apple was more open?"
> I thought I could happily develop using them for the next 2-2.5 years
If we want the market and ecosystem to continue to grow (thus keeping your job) then it's a damn good thing things like this happen. Be happy Apple continues to deliver you a mass audience with a solid distribution network.
But they could have made some official announcement some months back. guys like me could have waited and got the new ones.
What are you going to move to where you can avoid this?
iphone 5 is awesome. the point i was trying to make was, if they had notified us before the screen change, i could have waited and got the new ones.
I didnt say this when they released iphone 4s or iPhone 3gs where there wasn't a screen size change.
They wouldn't announce it that far ahead, it'd stop people buying the then current version.
One problem though with the growing number of devices is the cost involved in testing web apps. Especially if you want to support retina screens and such.