> The fab (silicon manufacturing company) gives only a 5 year guarantee for the smartphone/tablet chips (with presumably some allowance).
I'm not sure that bodes well for smart watches selling at 4+ figures.
I'm not sure that bodes well for smart watches selling at 4+ figures.
I'm pretty sure the smart watch makers don't expect them to last for too many years, definitely not decades. After all, they want to be selling you a smart-er watch in just a few years.
This consumerism drives the whole thing, if your new watch was to last decades it would be designed in a whole different manner. And it's not only the chips, you won't be able to get a compatible display, battery, PCB or case or anything to replace a broken/worn out one in just a few years.
This sad state of consumerism is why I do woodworking to balance my mind. The pinewood dovetail box I built last week will still be there when I'm dead.
As for the whole market segment of "this watch will pass through generations", I guess the honest thing to say is that we just don't have that kind of experience with integrated circuits yet... besides, does this type of traditional watch never need repairs? They must have failures as well.