Why do mobile phones, TVs and computers advance so much but domestic appliances don’t?

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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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What more would you want a fridge or washing machine to do? Being able to watch TV on a phone kind of makes sense so you can watch while you’re away from home or if someone else is watching the main set, or if there’s a sports game you want to keep an eye on while watching something else.

You don’t need other appliances to do anything else (I guess you could argue a TV screen on the fridge to watch something while cooking)

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