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Consumer Hardware: Failed Products and Why They Failed
3 products, launched from 2006 to 2017. The causes their entries cite most often are unclear value (2 of 3) and weak demand (2 of 3).
My post on failed products examples covers twelve famous cases from tech and why each one failed.
Mar 2019
AirPower
Apple Consumer hardware
Announced on September 12, 2017 and cancelled on March 29, 2019, without ever going on sale
Sep 2017
Juicero
Juicero Consumer hardware
Juicero suspended sales of the Press and its Produce Packs on September 1, 2017
Nov 2015
Zune
Microsoft Consumer hardware
Microsoft said in October 2011 it would no longer make Zune players, and retired Zune services on November 15, 2015