Planned obsolescence:

When companies design their product to have flaws that result in needs for upgrading or buying a new one, often designed to break after the warranty has ended while not breaking so soon as to discourage the consumer from buying another.


Implied obsolescence:

When companies release a product boasting that it's the newest and greatest thing, often making older models appear bad, when few improvements have actually been made.  

Posted by Higbey

Planned obsolescence:

When companies design their product to have flaws that result in needs for upgrading or buying a new one, often designed to break after the warranty has ended while not breaking so soon as to discourage the consumer from buying another.


Implied obsolescence:

When companies release a product boasting that it's the newest and greatest thing, often making older models appear bad, when few improvements have actually been made.

Honestly, regardless if you're an apple fanboy, apple does both and its pretty much a fact. iPhone and iPod batteries are literally designed to slowly die over time, and if that doesn't get you half the apps on the app store will be obsolete when you're device is 4+ years old.  

Posted by Higbey

Planned obsolescence:

When companies design their product to have flaws that result in needs for upgrading or buying a new one, often designed to break after the warranty has ended while not breaking so soon as to discourage the consumer from buying another.


Implied obsolescence:

When companies release a product boasting that it's the newest and greatest thing, often making older models appear bad, when few improvements have actually been made.

I actually have to agree with this. For example when they announced iOS 6 they made it seem like it was a huge revolution in mobile operating systems, when all they did was add/update existing prebuilt programs and put a bunch of facebook features in. And maybe a few features onto Siri. Society is easily swayed by advertisement, look at the iPad. Nothing really special about it, yet it is incredibly hyped and viewed as some kind of masterpiece...  

WHAT THwe **** skill why comic sans are you trying to get bashed do you reALLY WANt your reputatoinat to be damaged like that why woud you do that to us i dont even  

Posted by Pimpsy G.

Honestly, regardless if you're an apple fanboy, apple does both and its pretty much a fact. iPhone and iPod batteries are literally designed to slowly die over time, and if that doesn't get you half the apps on the app store will be obsolete when you're device is 4+ years old.

All rechargeable batteries are like this, it's a technical limitation not a design decision.  

Posted by Higbey

Planned obsolescence:

When companies design their product to have flaws that result in needs for upgrading or buying a new one, often designed to break after the warranty has ended while not breaking so soon as to discourage the consumer from buying another.


Implied obsolescence:

When companies release a product boasting that it's the newest and greatest thing, often making older models appear bad, when few improvements have actually been made.

That's why I stopped buying AC.
Anyway, I won't buy the iPod 5, since it doesn't have any GREAT features.