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Yeah, no. The forces of suddenly being stopped even after a few feet can be extremely difficult to mitigate. Most electronics can survive being dropped once, but few are able tp be dropped multiple times, and 'withstand being dropped' sounds like it would cover multiple drops.
The surface matters too. Most electronics are fine dropped on carpet, but fail on concrete because the surfaces are different.
Sometimes it is unplanned obsolescence. I mean most TVs will not survive being dropped from the table…
If the parts that break are either unavailable or incredibly difficult to replace then I agree. (Held in by glue I'm looking at you ya bastard)
But just because it breaks doesn't mean it's planned obsolescence.
Where I work in the freight industry we have little handhelds we're supposed to use that get dropped all the time. Occasionally the screens break or the cameras break. Both of them are held in by screws and are swappable in that event.
Fairphone is a device I'd love to get as they are very easily fixable but they still break when dropped. The parts are readily available for purchase as well. It's just not easy if you're outside of the EU.
Humans will break anything and everything that we use regardless of size shape or function just depends on how fast. Long as every piece is replaceable and repairable then it doesn't matter if it breaks
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
very meme, much funny
Thank you very much for your kind words, my dear sir.
Drinking glasses. Not planned obsolescence but a way to remove klutzes like me from the pool.
I wouldn't say a drinking glass is a device, a simple tool yes but not a device.
They could still make them unbreakable. Yet they choose not too. Its all a plot by big glass.
