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Recently, Apple listed the iPhone X, the original HomePods, and the original AirPods as "obsolete" on its official website, so what exactly is going on with this product?
After all, these products can be seen everywhere on the market now, and they are loved by many senior fruit fans, so how can they be considered outdated products?
There is no damage, and the product experience is very good, how can it become an obsolete product?
Equipment becomes consumables.
This isn't a problem unique to Apple, as technology is changing at a rapid pace, and some products are inadvertently becoming obsolete, especially products like Apple's advanced design.
In order to solve this problem, we need to start from the manufacturer's point of view, to know that the product has this situation, from a certain point of view, or the manufacturer's negligence in the design and production.
We all know that the most important part of the design of electronic products is the chip and screen, this kind of thing is what we hold in our hands to use, now more and more electronic products are integrated design, because such a design is more beautiful, more convenient to use, but the integrated design of digital products is the reason for the early retirement of this product.
Most of the products on the market now are firmly encapsulated and do not give people the opportunity to repair, just like the iPhone X, as we all know, the iPhone X was launched in September 2017 and discontinued in September 2018, but the service life of this product is very long.
It is normal for most users to have a lifespan of three years, and some fruit fans will be kept longer as collectibles, so the iPhone X can still be used now, why did Apple set it 7 years for early retirement?
By what criteria?
But after entering 2024, any officially authorized or unofficially authorized repairs will not be able to be used normally, this is the standard marked by Apple as "outdated", obsolete has nothing to do with discontinued sales, obsolete means that this product has been discontinued for many years, more than 7 years, that is, the user's service life has passed for so many years, and these devices need to be repaired, otherwise they will not be able to be used, and these devices will become consumables.
We all know that a good product must use good raw materials, and how long it takes for the product to be produced, it is even more necessary to use good raw materials, but more and more of our production enterprises are more focused on the economic part of the raw materials, so this is the kind of product that must be thrown away for a period of time, and then sold.
Today's products do not pay attention to maintenance issues, for example, the battery of the mobile phone we used many years ago can be removed, and the current mobile phone battery cannot be disassembled.
At the same time, the battery life and maintenance demand time are constantly decreasing, Apple's first generation AirPods is the current maintenance index of 0 points, which means that maintenance is not supported, like battery aging, glue aging There is no way to repair it, the life of this earphone is only two to three years, like this wireless product is not supported by the limited time of use, AirPods, the integrated design and maintenance difficulty has risen sharply.
Smart speakers are also included in the list of obsolete products.
Among the outdated products are Apple's HomePods, HomePods is a smart speaker launched by Apple in February 2018, Apple's HomePods mainly rely on Siri to operate, and connect to smart devices at home through Siri voice assistants.
The birth of this product became popular all of a sudden,After all, Apple's technological atmosphere is a very strong brand,It must be very careful in launching this kind of technology products,But HomePods is also marked on the official website"Outdated product",The service life of this smart speaker is at most6~7 years,After being outdated for several years,It can't be officially authorized and unofficially authorized to repair,This smart speaker has become a consumable,Waste a lot of resources,It also wastes a lot of users' money。
HomePodsThis smart speaker has a relatively short service life,It also has its own uniqueness,But problems also follow,The meaning of smart speakers like HomePods lies in the word "smart",But HomePodsAlthough this product is a very advanced "hardware",But no matter how good the hardware is, it needs software support。
Apple launched the HomePods in 2018 in terms of hardware is very strong, I have to say something, but the experience of using the HomePods product is undoubtedly very bad, which also affects the life cycle of this product to a certain extent.
Like we use the iPhone in the middle of the way, we often use several models of mobile phones, but different series of mobile phones sometimes use the iPhone 8 for a period of time, and the use is also very normal, no problem, but HomePods is not, when the software of HomePods is upgraded in different series, these HomePods will have the problem of software incompatibility with hardware.
And we need to use software when using smart speakers,Just like the App of smart speakers,However, in the process of using this aspect of the App,It is inevitable that various situations will occur,Some mobile phone models may be older models,But it is undoubtedly very new in the use of the App,But some models cannot be used on the App,This leads to Apple's HomePods like software is not compatible with hardware,So it leads to problems when using smart speakers。
Like most of the domestic smart speakers can be directly used WeChat,Through voice control,Even smart speakers without voice control can be connected through mobile phones,Control through mobile phones,It is an ordinary connection method,But HomePods is not such an operation method。
HomePods need to be connected to a wireless network in use,Like this mode of operation,Apple's HomePods also depends on Apple Music,Users need to use Apple's products whether they buy or use,This will form a closed-loop use system,But there will be a series of problems,Like the price of Apple Music is higher than the price of general music software,It is difficult for users to accept, Therefore, the advantages of using HomePods in use will be abandoned.
Like HomePods's smart speakers not only rely on Apple Music, a music software, if it's just a speaker, it's still good to use a music software, but HomePods is more embarrassing as a smart speaker, while being used as a speaker at home, it also undertakes a lot of activities, and plays a very important role in life, which can help our lives, and can also play a role in reminding us of our alarm clock while sleeping. But if the HomePods are down in the app, it means that we can't use all of this function.
Like Apple in 2017, there was no such product, but after seeing that many manufacturers produced this product, they followed it, and often followed the trend in the process of producing this product, and a series of problems often occurred in the production process, so we have to choose some good products in our use.
Apple Music official downtime event.
HomePods are not very good smart speakers, in AirPods is very good in use, but HomePods is different, in 2018 Apple App down, which led to the life and use of HomePods users problems, which led to everyone's dissatisfaction with this, which led to HomePods in Apple's brand problems.
When a brand like Apple makes a product, it should pay attention to its functionality and use, rather than following the cat's example, often when making this product, it is necessary to always pay attention to the result-oriented, rather than always paying attention to the fashion of following the trend, and the product will not have so many problems.
There is some problem with these products that they are often in a hurry during the production process, so it doesn't take much time to make this product.
While constantly adapting to multiple operations, it is also for more ways to use, but at this time we need to prepare for the exit of some other products.
However, Apple announced in 2019 that it would completely stop updating, that is, there will be no upgrades and additions to the HomePods, and there will be no changes.
Like the problem of early retirement of some of our products, these are a kind of quality problems that depend on the manufacturer, when making the product, we must consider the service life of the product, the cost of maintenance, only a perfect aspect, in order to get a good use effect.
So we should consider its maintainability when buying electronic products, and it is precisely so, when we buy, we still want to have good after-sales service products, some people will say, not all expensive products are of good quality, but we need to understand in advance when buying products, so durable things are good things.
epilogue
Like when we use smart devices, we also have our own usage habits, like Apple, as an international brand, such a problem is to pay attention to the lack of functionality, manufacturers are to change in a better direction, there is also a certain reason, so when we use it, we must choose the right one, more suitable for ourselves.