Thursday, 19 January 2017

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Product: Apple 45W MagSafe 2 Power Adapter


Design:The power adapter actually has a very good design on collecting the cables, it has designed a cable holder so that the cable can be wound neatly around itself. 
Advantage:it is convenience for taking out and the cable holder prevents cable for rolling knot

Disadvantage: the cable is easy to get broken and the only way to repair it is to change the entire power adapter
Experience: The design of cable holder is actually very good,  cable can easily get broken or roll knot without wounding. However, even though this design has reduced the broken rate of the entire cable, damage still occurs on the cable near the MagSafe. And it cannot be repaired by just changing the cable, it is very bad user experience since the Power Adapter is 100$.
Improve: it can be improved by 1. making the quality of the cable better, such as using better materials or making the cable thicker on the easier broken part. 2. it can use the same design as the IPhone adapter, such as separating the power adapter and the cable into two part, so that user only needs to change a new cable instead of buying a new adapter  

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