Top 10 Complaints About Technology Products

Endless push

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Buzz! "You received a message." Buzz! "You may be interested in the following content." Buzz! "Up to 30% off on all items in the online store."

Only important information needs to be pushed, and all the other miscellaneous information should be pushed away.

iOS allows users to select specific contacts as VIPs, and only specific emails will trigger push notifications. Android 5.0 Lollipop also has a similar function. In addition, most apps have the option to turn off push notifications. However, there is no way to completely avoid push notifications.

As smart watches increasingly enter our lives, the question is how to avoid being drowned by endless notifications.

No power at any time

Charging is one of the most disappointing things. Mobile phone manufacturers are pursuing lighter and thinner phones, which more or less restricts the performance of batteries. Mobile phones are made thinner, but you have to carry a data cable and a power bank when you go out. When will wireless charging become popular?

The irreconcilable contradiction between old iPhone and new iOS

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Every time iOS is updated, people who are still using old iPhones have a headache. If you don't upgrade, you can't enjoy the benefits of the new version; if you upgrade, the phone will be slower and the battery will drain faster - either way, it's unpleasant.

Is this a premeditated plan by Apple? Probably not. Usually after a period of release, the new version of iOS makes adjustments for the old iPhone. The latest version of iOS is now compatible with 4S, and supports a total of six different iPhones. But this is not the best way. Microsoft provides old versions of Windows. Apple can actually do this, so that the old version of iOS can also have the built-in apps of the new version of iOS, and provide the download and installation of the old version at the same time.

Android updates are difficult

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Android and Apple have the exact opposite problem: six months after the launch of Lollipop, the new Android system, only 3.3% of Android phones have updated.

Why is it so slow? Different mobile operators have to test before distributing, and different phone manufacturers have to add their own software. Samsung and HTC need to learn from Motorola and provide system updates to users quickly instead of tinkering around.

Privacy has become a luxury

When we use Google and Facebook “for free”, we pay with private data such as search history, email addresses, and location information.

Privacy is a luxury in this era. AT&T has launched a service where users pay $30 a month so they don't have to sell their privacy data to AT&T. If privacy can be bought back with this little money, it's not too bad. But the fact is that more companies don't offer this option at all.

Slag printer

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Paper is always jamming, ink is expensive, and wireless printing is not good. People who use printers frequently should be able to experience this.

Other technology products are evolving very fast, but why are printers still the same? As the largest printer manufacturer in the United States, HP said it is constantly improving printing technology and reducing the price of ink. Let's wait and see. (I stood at the outlet of Zhongguancun Entrepreneurship Street and shouted, where are the printers with Internet thinking?)

Passwords be damned

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Usually, for security reasons, different accounts require different passwords. The more complex the better, and the more frequently you change them, the better. It is really inhumane to remember them all.

Tools like Password Manager are just a stopgap measure. Since we have fingerprint sensors and facial/iris recognition, why do we still use strings as passwords? The technology level is already able to achieve these, so why not integrate and use them widely?

Kickstarter is risky

A word of caution to buyers: there is a very high chance that the project you fund on Kickstarter will not be delivered on time, or even at all.

Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter have allowed many creative ideas to flourish, such as Pebble and Oculus Rift. However, Kickstarter does not always have good ideas, and many of them are rubbish projects that were eliminated elsewhere. A 2012 Wharton School of Business study showed that 75% of Kickstarter crowdfunding initiators are often late, which I wonder if this can indirectly explain the problem.

Most investors cannot judge whether a team has the ability to actually make a product, let alone continue to develop it. In the past, this risk was borne by experienced venture capitalists. Kickstarter has raised the threshold for hardware financing, but it will not vet the team.

A Kickstarter spokesperson said they have warned investors that Kickstarter is not a store and that you can get the product if you invest money. Therefore, investors should be cautious.

Smart fitness hardware is always inaccurate

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"Your heart rate is 76 beats per minute, oh wait, it's 120..."

"You walked a total of 2333 steps today..."

Fitness bands and smartwatches are always so unreliable. Microsoft and other companies have said that the technology of reading pulses using optical technology is improving. For this kind of hardware, it must either approach the accuracy of medical instruments as soon as possible, or it can only be regarded as a novelty gadget.

APP Black Hole

One of the three great illusions in life - the feeling that your phone is vibrating - actually has a more academic name, called "phantom phone syndrome."

Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and other apps use notifications and reminders to attract users to click as much as possible. They don’t care whether it reduces the efficiency of users or wastes their time.