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Planned obsolescence: Yes, they do want you to buy a new phone every year

Notice how your iPhone 4 started to become unreliable just as the iPhone 5S came out? You're not the only one.

Are big tech companies even interested in making gadgets that lasts forever? The conspiracy theory here is something called “planned obsolescence.” Catherine Rampell, economics reporter for The New York Times, has a new column about the planned obsolescence of Apple’s iPhone.

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