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Is The 6-Month Product Cycle Upon Us?

Posted by timothy on from the even-planneder-obsolesence dept.

Mark Goldstein writes "What is perhaps more interesting than the 4 new Konica Minolta cameras announced today is the rapid product cycle that seems to have been established by both Konica Minolta and other manufacturers." Rather than the yearly model updates that people have come to expect, the article notes that three members of this batch aren't even a year old, and one is only six months.

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  2. Re:I don't recall ever having yearly product cycle by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 1, Troll
    On the contrary, it's particularly an Asian thing, both in electronics and in cars. The Japanese auto makers change things at the part level much more frequently than the Americans do, for example.
    You obviously didn't grow-up in the 1960's... For a given make and model, from year to year, cars were radically different.
  3. To think things are going to get worse... by CrackedButter · · Score: -1, Troll
    Consumerism is bad for us all, its not worth buying the latest and greatest all the time
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