> Apple couldn't even predict antenna-gate, and Samsung couldn't predict their exploding phones. These are exceptions and of course they couldn't be predicted

> Apple couldn't even predict antenna-gate, and Samsung couldn't predict their exploding phones. These are exceptions and of course they couldn't be predicted because if they could they never would have shipped. The problem isn't a once-in-a-product-line huge design failure, the problem is that there is currently a race to the bottom in consumer electronics. When faced with a $25 coffee grinder and a $15 coffee grinder people choose the $15 coffee grinder. However the $15 coffee grinder is made using cheap plastic gearing that the engineers know will fail within a year or two of normal use. This is not that complicated -- engineers aren't stupid and materials science is incredibly mature.