Switched On: A marriage of conveniences

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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.A general love of the new notwithstanding, it has always been a bit odd that new flagship phones from Apple have dramatically outsold previous generations. Mostly because so much of the iPhone’s value comes from …