As we all know, of all the family cars, Rolls-Royce and Bentley have almost the highest quality. And when "used" with a dedicated driver, they can theoretically also provide much better travel comfort than all other vehicles, especially for elderly users with limited mobility. Therefore, in order to improve the overall "ageability" of the automotive industry, we should eliminate those cheap and unsafe old scooters and encourage all manufacturers to produce Rolls-Royce and Bentley! (Serious face)
Cough cough... Don't worry, the above passage is not our three easy life mouth, but after reading a few days ago a media about the "Xiongwen" about "home appliances for the elderly", unconsciously related thoughts.
Don't you think it's outrageous? But if you are not like us, paying attention to the market situation of consumer electronic products every day, not knowing the current technical level of the industry, and the cost of products, then when you read that article, you may feel that it is very correct, very reasonable, and even very "humane".
Why do we say that? In order for everyone to better understand, we first repeat the main content of the article in the shortest possible text.
First of all, the article takes "the elderly can not learn to operate smart TVs" as the starting point, and criticizes the phenomenon that some "smart home appliances" are rich in functions but too complicated to operate.
Secondly, the article "exposes" the phenomenon that some home appliance manufacturers currently package outdated products with old technology and low cost (such as non-smart TVs, mechanical microwave ovens, and old-fashioned pressure cookers) into "suitable for old products" and sell them specifically to the elderly consumers who are afraid to learn to use smart devices.
To be honest, at this point in the article, there is no problem with the phenomena revealed or the ideas expressed. But in the last paragraph of the article, an expert in the home appliance industry was interviewed, and the cases and suggestions given by this expert led the direction of the whole article to a rather strange direction.
So what did the expert say? We have copied here a passage from the text.
...... Take the washing machine as an example, *** (here is the name, we hid it) recall, their own impression of a relatively good smart washing machine, clothes put in, you can feel how many pieces of clothes are placed, what material, what mode to start, how long to wash. After adding a large amount of laundry detergent in advance, it can also be released according to the condition of each laundry, without human control. He believes that smart home appliances should strive towards the realization of "one-push-to-talk" and "human-computer interaction".
First of all, it must be admitted that as a professional scientific and technological media, we Sanyi Life also admits that the washing machine product described by this expert can indeed theoretically achieve a very good "age-friendly" effect. It can even be said that products like this, not only the elderly, but also anyone will feel very good and excellent.
But precisely because we have "happened" to pay attention to such products and are more familiar with its technical costs and market conditions, we can tell you very clearly that the smart home appliances of "one-touch communication" are more "suitable for the elderly", just like saying that Rolls-Royce cars can make the elderly travel more comfortable, which belongs to the "very correct, but meaningless" view.
Why is that? Because the word "one-to-touch" seems simple, but in fact, the technical difficulties involved behind it and the high cost of products may be difficult for the vast majority of consumers to bear.
The microwave oven mentioned above is an example, is there a "one-click operation" smart microwave oven product on the market now? It does, but it can do this because it has a built-in high-precision weighing unit and is equipped with multiple high-precision infrared temperature probes, so it does not require the user to manually select the firepower and time, and the food can be automatically heated to the appropriate temperature. So how much does such an extremely easy-to-operate smart microwave cost? At least more than 7,000 yuan.
For example, the washing machine that this expert mentioned that can automatically sense anything, we also happened to have studied it specifically. Such products can not only automatically sense the weight of clothing, material type, automatic judgment of water quantity, automatic delivery of laundry detergent, and even some products can detect the water quality of the water outlet through the laser, judge the cleanliness of laundry washing, automatically determine the washing time, and automatically dry at the end, the user only needs to throw the clothes in and press "Start" on the line. So how much does such a washing machine cost? As little as seven or eight thousand yuan, more than one even asked for more than 100,000 yuan.
Of course, in addition to microwave ovens and washing machines, there are many smart home appliances with "push-to-talk" characteristics. For example, the rice cooker that can automatically measure rice, automatically wash rice, and automatically cook rice is priced at more than 20,000 yuan; for example, it can automatically identify the type of ingredients put in, automatically judge the freshness of ingredients, and automatically manage the shelf life of ingredients, almost 200,000 yuan. In addition, there are air conditioners that can automatically adjust indoor temperature, humidity, cleanliness, fragrance style, and "24-hour air quality management" according to the indoor user location and activity, which is also tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
To be honest, we have reason to suspect that the "ageing" direction of claiming "smart home appliances" is the industry expert who pursues a high degree of automation and the author of the article, perhaps the family is solid, can already enjoy those ultra-high-end smart home appliances, or they have heard of such products, but have not conducted in-depth market research, do not know how high the technical cost of such products, how expensive the price will be.
To be honest, we do not deny that the "smart home appliances" made by some manufacturers are indeed very impersonal to use. We can't deny that some home appliances are densely packed with options and buttons that even young people may not be able to learn easily. What cannot be denied is that the behavior of labeling old products as "suitable for aging" for sale is actually a kind of discrimination and misleading for the elderly, which cannot really facilitate elderly users, but will only make them farther and farther away from modern life.
But this does not constitute a reason for the media to ignore the technical level of the industry and directly put forward ambitious and unrealistic "solutions". It is even more impossible to require elderly users or their children to buy high-quality, but the current price is also difficult for the average person to bear the "ultra-high-end smart appliances".
After all, the "bad use" of most smart home appliances (for the elderly) is not necessarily the manufacturer's intention to make it difficult for users, and the limitations of technology and mainstream price ranges exist objectively. The lack of family care and children's impatience with the use of equipment may be the real key problems.
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