Planned Obsolescence: The case for designing services with limited shelf life

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[–]happysmash27 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

What defines the shelf life of these electronic items? I'm pretty sure a lot of the Apple products, for example, last a lot longer than is listed here.

Edit: Also, do you have a link to the specific page you found this infographic?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Shelf life would mean how long the company supports said products. Obviously you can continue to use the original iPhone, or the SNES, but Apple doesn't repair or make updates for the iPhone, and Nintendo doesn't sell the SNES or make games for it.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh I thought they were talking about the battery wearing out or the electronics breaking, but I guess you're right. Since salt or sugar cannot be "outdated" like electronics can, it's a bit of an odd comparison. Still interesting though. I had no idea tea has a shelf life

[–]happysmash27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Don't iPhones get about 5 years of updates though? The iMac G3, too, appears to have OS support to OS X 10.5, released almost a decade later, which is a few years more than 5.