I mean, brands of electronics launch so many models of smartphones, tablets, computers and TVs with different RAM and storage capacities, inputs like HDMI and USB, screen sizes and so on that we can’t decide which one to buy.
But as I observed, domestic appliances like washing machines, dishwashers, ovens, fridges, irons, vacuum cleaners and so on nearly stay the same and not many of them are launched so often. Their main functions approximately have stayed the same, except detergent adjusting and less water consumption for washing machines, for example. And ovens adjusting time of cooking according to type of dish. And robot vacuum cleaners. [And appliances with Wifi connection](https://www.vestel.com.tr/akilli-urunler-c-1108)
Like the capacity of washing machine doesn’t bother us, for example, but we’re disappointed when buying a smartphone with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage but seeing another one with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage.
Plus, we don’t change domestic appliances as often as smart devices, like I had a washing machine bought in 1997 working until 2022 but changed 9 mobile phones since 2006 to this day.
Why is there such a difference?
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Just take washing machine. In the 80s, in the US at least, it was a fairly small capacity top loader with a few mechanically run programs. The back and forth motion was done by a clutch that didn’t last all that long. A modern machine will be a very reliable direct drive front loader. It’ll have a bunch of electronic programs for pretty much anything you could need. It may also have a sanitize setting. It will also use a fraction of the water of the old one.
And even dryers have gone to direct drive, and they will sense when your clothes are dry, from several levels of dry that you choose. They can also steam your clothes. If you leave your clothes sitting, they may even run it a bit to keep them from wrinkling.
That’s a lot of advancement.
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