Not sure why I need a new iPhone that is not even state of the art. Samsung has been eating Apple's lunch for years. Could it be that Apple plans in obsolesce in the 20's like GM did in the 50's? nypost.com/2018/09/26/mak…
"Premature Obsolescence" are goods with an artificially limited useful life and a planned introduction of a product that makes the current one seem obsolete or unfashionable. Peer pressure and trickery. Something that started in 1932 to pimp purchasing. study.com/academy/lesson…
in 1932 Bernard London hammered this idea home in his paper "Ending the Depression Through Planned Obsolescence." A way to force consumers to spend money to stimulate business profits. Insisting that the depression had made people "retrenchment-mad." upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm…
This disposable culture can be blamed for many of the earth's problems but creates economic growth. As a designer and manufacturer of goods I take the opposite approach. I enjoy creating things that are the opposite of fashionable. Using virtually indestructible materials. 
I mention this because people seem to have moved away from things that "last forever" vs "rental culture" where we accept ridiculous prices as a monthly cost that never goes away or builds equity. So challenge planned obsolescence and embrace craftsmanship.blog.cheapism.com/lifetime-warra…
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