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They will probably "unlock" all the features you want in the upcoming version so people will buy those to have things that should have been there from the beginning.

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Why? Apple's never done that before.

Except with the iPhone, which couldn't run native apps when it was launched.

Yes, but weren't iPhone OS updates free? At least, I think only iPod touch owners were charged.

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