#obsolete electronics

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Now a days it seems that every other electronic gadget becomes obsolete in a matter of months. It seems as if companies like Intel, Sony , Nokia or what not are churning out better and better devices every few months. First of all why would a company want to introduce some product version 1 and again introduce version 2 in few months ? They already could have made version 2 at the first place (trust me, the technology exists for version 2 when they start making version 1 ).It is just a way to earn money. Selling out an old technology and then introduce some modifications and make people buy the "new" thing.

Up until the 90's electronic equipment like TVs used to last like 10-15 years just like that.But now, even if the product is made to last for 5 years, companies keep introducing new versions just to stay ahead in the market.While it may seem that the phase of development in electronics is fast, there are some (actually many) problems with such a trend.Less obvious problem is that of disposal of these so called obsolete gadgets.Electronic waste contains toxic materials like mercury, beryllium, cadmium and what not.