06-07-2018, 07:04 AM
(06-07-2018, 06:32 AM)Rover Wrote: Great, the releases that probably nobody asked for. Still good from the corporate standpoint - the planned obsolescence marches on, and the threat of making the existing lenses non-repairable alone is probably going to "convince" a chunk of the userbase to update.
Well, that happens if engineers notice that smartphones are still accepted even with obviously planned obsolescence - and the fairphone (with exchangeable modules) couldn't convince enough consumers.
Apple will not support certain models of their iWatch with the next update of the watch's OS. 18 k€ (of the luxury version) becoming outdated in much less than 5 years. Maybe the companies collecting gold teeth will pay a couple of bucks for them...