It was kind of interesting hearing the public reaction to a new product launch for a company where as expected the new flagship product had better specs than the previous offerings. But funny enough people couldn\u2019t get over the fact that the product\u2019s design looked virtually similar to last year\u2019s model. As a result, this generated conversations ranging from how the company is simply lazy to how they don\u2019t care about their products.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s fascinating to think how important the design of a new product can be even though in these cases it should be more about what\u2019s inside the product and whether or not it functions as advertised. In some silly ways I could imagine a company not getting as much grief if their new product looked super cool but fell a little short spec wise.<\/p>\n
I suppose this shows you can\u2019t just cut corners when it comes to design and aesthetics. Especially for larger companies where everyone expects premium quality in every department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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