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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Most electronics are not getting new features. They are getting brighter, higher resolution screens, faster processors, more ram etc. But the last real shake up was the smart phone with a big touch screen. Laptops and tablets basically look exactly like they did 15 years ago. Tvs have not gotten a new form since flat screens came out. Computers do basically the same things they did 20 years ago. Just faster. No new things have happened in tech in a 10+ years. We have stuff like AR, AI, VR etc. But none of that is really ready to deploy. And some of it, like VR is going to go as well as 3d tv did. Streaming is 20 years old. Stuff like uber, vrbo, and delivery stuff is old news. Tech is stagnant.
I started high school in 1992. Since i was a kid, all this happened: the vcr made it poasible to record tv, and watch stuff when you wanted. Home computers became common. The internet became a thing, gps showed up. Home printers. Cell phones you could walk around with, and then smart phones. Streaming showed up. Digital cameras and video. Home consoles and portable gaming.
But all the big new stuff happened between 1985 and 2007ish. Nothing big since then.
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