Hello Nick,
"Steven Schveighoffer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
Obsolescence comes from three things:
1. Forced by big business strong-arming people into buying products
via subscription model.
2. Physical breaking down.
3. The consumer *themself* deciding to get the new one *despite* the
old one still working fine (If it didn't still work fine, it would
fall under #1 or #2) .
Notice that "a newer one came out and proceeded to break all the old
ones" isn't in there.
However #3 can easily turn into the old one being such a small fraction of
the market that it's not worth anyone's time to support it.
In and of itself, maybe. But thinness typically necessitates other
design compromises, all for a "benefit" that is, as you say, petty.
What compromises? What is it missing that could be there if it were
thicker?
Compromises that often need to be made for ultra-thin devices:
- Low storage space due to lack of room for hard drive.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=32+gb+micro+sd&x=0&y=0
- Reduced variety of i/o ports.
In this day and age, you would be hard pressed to suggest a cell phone needs
more than a 1 maybe 2 USB ports.
- Reduced or eliminated potential for expandability.
Aside from a memeory card, name one things you've ever known someone else
to want to add to a phone?
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