> But as tech improves it seems the life expectancy of the > product are taken less into account. On the contrary. The life expectancy has never been more imp

> But as tech improves it seems the life expectancy of the > product are taken less into account. On the contrary. The life expectancy has never been more important: it has never been more important to time the death of a device in such a manner that it hits some generational sweet spot to make the customer buy the same product over and over :-)