Foreign media ranked the worst electronic products in 2016, and Samsung Note7 topped the list

The holiday shopping boom of 2016 has just cooled off, and the media has already counted down the most popular electronic products. But what were the worst products of the year?

Recently, reporters compiled a list of the worst electronic products of the year based on websites such as USA Today, Gizmodo and Engadget.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Samsung's flagship phone should be the worst product of the year without any suspense. When it was first launched, Gizmodo and other technology media praised it as "the best Android phone on the market", but it didn't take long for it to explode one after another, and it was recalled twice before the product production line was shut down. During this period, it was blacklisted by major airlines, and because of concerns that uninformed users would continue to use it, Samsung officials also remotely "bricked" it with software. When a phone is burnt and people can recognize it, and unanimously say it is Note 7, this product must be the worst of the year.

Samsung Exploding Washing Machine

The keyword for Samsung in 2016 should be "explosion". After the mobile phone exploded, the washing machine exploded. Some models of Samsung's top-loading washing machines caused a total of about 730 explosions, in which 9 people were injured. In November this year, the company announced the recall of 2.8 million top-loading washing machines of this brand.

The "explosion" of Samsung's washing machine is different from the explosion of its mobile phone battery. It is not an explosion with sparks caused by heat, but an automatic disintegration caused by parts falling off during high-speed swinging. The reason is that the top cover of the washing machine was not fully fixed due to a design defect, causing the washing machine cover to fly out.

Electric Balance Skateboard Hoverboard

To be precise, the Hoverboard should be considered a product of 2015, but the trend ended in 2016. After the US International Trade Commission banned any form of import of Hoverboard products, Chinese manufacturers naturally reduced production. After the Hoverboard exploded, between June 2015 and May 2016, 500,000 such products were recalled in the United States due to spontaneous combustion.

GoPro Karma Drone

This drone is also on almost all the worst lists of the year. GoPro's camera products quickly became popular thanks to various extreme sports photographers who uploaded videos to the Internet after flying in the sky and sea. After a few years, the company has become a big business and is ready to do something big - making drones. Before the launch of GoPro Karma, the company promoted it vigorously and the industry was also very optimistic about it. However, GoPro, which started out as a camera manufacturer, had a fatal flaw in its first drone - some drones would suddenly lose power and fall during flight. In the end, GoPro had to recall all 2,500 drones and provide a full refund.

True wireless earbuds

Compared with exploding electronic products and falling drones, wireless headphones are harmless to humans and animals, but they are not as good as imagined. This year, Bragi Dash, Erato Apollo 7s, and Jabra have all launched true wireless earbuds. Although Apple's AirPods have been ridiculed for their appearance, they have at least followed this trend.

But their shortcomings are obvious: not only are they easy to lose, but they can also cause problems with wearing due to the different ear shapes of each person - some people complain that they are easy to fall out, while others complain that they can't be taken out once they are put in. Wireless headphones are also easy to run out of power, the appearance design is often ugly, and the price is expensive. It will probably take some time for major manufacturers to produce wireless headphones that can solve these problems.

Mocoro Plush Robot Vacuum Cleaner

As the degree of automation of household products increases, there are more and more sweeping robots of different brands and creative ideas on the market. However, this Japanese Mocoro plush sweeping robot is probably the most useless one. It looks like a round ball of fur, and it cleans by rolling and sticking to the dust on the ground. However, testers found that its cleaning efficiency is not only low, but also very poor. The dust it sticks to is similar to the dust stuck to the soles of people's shoes when they walk by, so it is a completely useless product.

Razer Nabu Smartwatch

For some reason, the gaming company Razer suddenly made a smart watch. But just looking at the appearance picture above, it makes people feel that the designer lacks sincerity and creativity. I don’t know if it is influenced by the arcade nostalgia trend in the gaming industry in the past two years, the appearance of this "smart watch" also pulls people into the memories of the electronic watches on the streets in the 1990s. In addition to the large and non-simple appearance, it doesn’t even display the time properly. In addition to the pedometer function and pushing some mobile phone information, this "smart watch" of more than 1,000 yuan does not have many other functions. No wonder smart watches are becoming less and less popular now.

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