Question

When Jeff got a new cell phone, he gave his old phone to his daughter. He had bought it the year before. It was in a relatively good working condition though he had lost the charger for it. However, when Jeff went to the store to buy the charger, the salesman told him that the chargers for the older model were no longer available in the market. This is an example of _____.

Answer 1

Answer: Planned obsolescence

Explanation:

 Planned obsolescence is one of the type of strategy in which the organization basically ensure about the present version of the given product so that the present become obsolete after some time means out of fashion for not in use.

The planned obsolescence is basically used for designing the industrial and helps in planning the various types of policies for making the products in an organization.

According to the question, the given example is best illustrating the planned obsolescence situation. Therefore, Planned obsolescence is the correct answer.