Engineering · Unit 2 · Emerging needs in society · Emerging needs in society
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A smartphone manufacturer designs its devices so that the battery performance significantly degrades after 18 months of use, and software updates are no longer supported after 2 years. Identify the engineering practice being employed and state one environmental issue associated with this practice.
A consumer electronics company releases a new smartphone model every year. The diagram shows the typical lifecycle of one of their devices. The device's battery is permanently sealed inside the casing and is designed to retain only 65% of its original capacity after 18 months of normal use. The company does not provide replacement batteries or repair services for devices older than 12 months. Which statement best describes the primary obsolescence issue illustrated?