Alternatives to minimize

How products become quickly obsolete?

these fails

Companies make small changes in the devices and To the companies design the
Small changes in this make that us replace the devices faster because devices to have a long time of
devices the small changes. use and if they are going to do
changes, they can make them
to they function for a long time.

The devices are made to only function three years Do a special hardware to have
because the hardware failures, so this device must a more time of three years or
Hardware failures the possibility to change the
be replaced.
hardware of the device in a not
high cost.

Companies made new technologies, an example the Companies can include all the
new HDTV that they propose a better TV with a new things in one only
New technology better quality, to promote this they propose a phrase dispositive to people don’t
to the people buy it. This also happens with other change and change their
new products. devices.

This strategy is used by companies so that when

people buy a device with this device, they will give it To companies offer a help or a
you another, this would be relatively free. An person that can repair the
Disposable device that they had given you
example of this is when you buy a new computer and
technology they give you a printer with it, the printer is designed “free” when this gets damage.
for a short duration, its more expensive and it is
cheaper to buy a new one.

Sometimes in the devices are some components or Design the component or the
parts that can’t be replace for new other. For part of the device that can be
Can’t change example, the batteries that in some cases they can replace with another when this
components recharge but after a time you must change it to other gets damage.
new.

When a company decide to upgrade a new software When the device is making the
sometimes in some devices the software is not company can actualize the
Software possible to install and because this the person must device to the last version of the
upgrades replace his dispositive. software.