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He “Statista Survey Telecommunications 2017” indicated the reasons for buying a smartphone.
Like the iphoneother technological products that have been accused of planned obsolescence are consoles nintendo switch.
Planned obsolescence has become a controversial issue within the technology market.
There are a number of models of iphone that will stop working this 2023, because Manzana would stop updating such devices.
With base in it “Statista Survey Telecommunications 2017”, the main reason they buy a new smartphone is because it broke, while 36 percent said they did when battery life decreased.
“This statistic shows the reasons consumers in the United States give to buy a new smartphone in 2017 according to a Statista survey. 60 percent of those surveyed said they would buy a new smartphone when their current smartphone/cell phone breaks down,” he explained. alexander kunstanalyst of Statista when presenting the previous study to subscribers of the platform.
The iPhones that will stop serving
There is a new list of devices iphone that will begin to be obsolete, after the company announced that the models that are not updated and those that will no longer update will end up being useless, so the iPhone ends up being the devices with the shortest life span in its ecosystem of brands. comparison with other devices.
In this sense, the brand announced that phones that are no longer updated by Manzana are:
iPhone 6s
iPhone 6sPlus
iPhone SE (1st generation)
iPhone 7
iPhone 7Plus
iPhone 8
iPhone 8 Plus
The models that would stop working mark a very clear precedent of how brands are adapting to consumption in the market, in which brands assume more important tasks before the consumer.
That said, it is important to identify what is worthwhile in the market, especially when it is time to make purchasing decisions around technology.
The planned obsolence with which technological equipment is being sold in the market has led brands to even face lawsuits, as occurred with Nintendowhen the company was accused of planned obsolescence.
The case became relevant in 2020 when the organization UFC-Que Choisir announced that it had discovered in France, where it is based, that it discovered evidence of programmed obsolescence in the Joy-Con of the nintendoswitch.
“The nature of the failures, the way in which they occur so frequently to players, the limited lifetime of their products, and the manufacturer’s inaction despite being duly informed of the situation, are characteristics of obsolescence practices of Nintendo”, the organization said on that occasion.
With that conclusion, UFC-Que Choisir filed a lawsuit in Nanterre, France, asking the Japanese firm to change the process in which it makes the Joy-Conin order to prevent the consumer from fighting for their defect while using them.
Both cases, both the nintendoswitch like the one of the iphone have become proof of how important it is for the consumer to have products that adapt
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