These goods cycle back into inventory after weeks, and carry a high cost of restocking and re-listing, and sometimes have to be written off altogether.

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They are annoyed by high-priced premium cable channels like HBO and Showtime, which carry one or two extremely good shows per cycle, but never enough to make the channel completely worth the subscription.

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We expect smartphones to continue to carry a shorter life cycle than PCs for the years to come based on price, use case, and overall device size.

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