Tech in it's infancy vs extremely poor/cheap implementations? Maybe I'm just being picky about the examples but I'm convinced there is a class in the middle wh

Tech in it's infancy vs extremely poor/cheap implementations? Maybe I'm just being picky about the examples but I'm convinced there is a class in the middle where an implementation of a product has been refined by company a) and company b) can't get past class 1 problems but ships due to other reasons. I'd give examples as, early stabs at a smartphone before iOS or Android, or laptops that try to imitate a macbook with inferior divers and hardware components.