Marketing sells things and then tells R&D to build them. They rush things to market with only minimal testing and figure that the first costumers to buy them will complain about what doesn’t work.
They do.. unfortunately, the consumer is the tester. The next model is based on customer complaints.. add a few dollars for research and sell. A fine business model if ever there was one.
I bought an unlocked blu cell phone that could not make or receive calls with a sim card from 2 different companies. You would think they could nail down the basics. To be fair, I returned it for the next most expensive one and it continues to work flawlessly.
If you don’t sell a tech product until it’s perfect, then by the time it is perfect and ready to sell, it will be obsolete, and your company will have run out of $ and be bankrupt.
RAGs almost 3 years ago
Marketing sells things and then tells R&D to build them. They rush things to market with only minimal testing and figure that the first costumers to buy them will complain about what doesn’t work.
whahoppened almost 3 years ago
“Thoroughly” is a slippery, slippery word.
jaxxxon58 almost 3 years ago
Saw a family down at the beach yesterday walking along the boardwalk single-file all staring down at their phones. I give up.
dcandmx almost 3 years ago
Just another example of our value as guinea pigs….
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 3 years ago
(cough cough cough vaccine cough cough)
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Siri, what’s a zero-day exploit?
John9 almost 3 years ago
YES
Michael G. almost 3 years ago
We built our civilization on “Hey, it works! Go with it!”
franish2bzn almost 3 years ago
More haste makes waste…..or something like that!
DawnQuinn1 almost 3 years ago
Keep in mind. Your iPhone is obsolete the moment you walk out of the store after buying it.
Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 3 years ago
They do.. unfortunately, the consumer is the tester. The next model is based on customer complaints.. add a few dollars for research and sell. A fine business model if ever there was one.
ChessPirate almost 3 years ago
They also don’t thoroughly test the updates, that’s what we’re for…
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Test them? They don’t even do an idiot check on them.
suelou almost 3 years ago
Manufacturers of goods and also drug manufacturers….
Boots at the Boar Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I bought an unlocked blu cell phone that could not make or receive calls with a sim card from 2 different companies. You would think they could nail down the basics. To be fair, I returned it for the next most expensive one and it continues to work flawlessly.
John Jackson Premium Member almost 3 years ago
(cough, cough, Bethesda, cough, cough)
sbwertz almost 3 years ago
Microsoft’s policy…let the users be the beta testers.
ValancyCarmody almost 3 years ago
If you don’t sell a tech product until it’s perfect, then by the time it is perfect and ready to sell, it will be obsolete, and your company will have run out of $ and be bankrupt.