Study: New Technology Becomes Obsolete After Five Years

Technology is an ever-evolving field. It progresses by constantly replacing outdated and obsolete technology. The electronic products and gadgets that you hold so dearly become outdated sooner than you think. To illustrate it more clearly, The Consumer Electronics Association has recently revealed its report on a survey they conducted, named as ‘CE Product Life Cycle study’.

It tries to understand users’ perspectives of product life cycles for various consumer electronic items such as smartphones, cameras, laptops, computers, gaming consoles, etc.

As per the findings of the survey, on an average, these products lose their relevancy in five years and need to be upgraded. The highest life expectancy is 7.4 years, voted for televisions; while smartphones have the lowest expectancy of 4.6 years. So, if recently you think your relationship with your gadget has lost its spark, you are ‘obseletely’ right!