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 ** Enthusiasts Users Phase “Exploit me!”- This is the phase when the product is initially introduced. The enthusiasts love and appreciate the technology in an aesthetic way. They love exploiting the technology and the difficulty of using the technology adds to the fun. In relation to the camera technology, the enthusiast phase was when the camera was introduced and it was incredibly difficult to operate. As Liddle best puts it “it almost required a PHD in optics to operate it”.  Professional Phase “Productivity!”- Is when one of the enthusiasts sees the commercial potential of the technology. In the case of the camera, this was when the camera went from being exotic’s to being used by professional photographers.  Consumer Phase “Style and Identity!”- Is when sales volumes have grown enough to further the development of the technology to make it more accessible at a lower price. For the camera, this occurred when most of the components of the camera such as exposure were automated to make it easier to use by the general public.
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A technology that has gone through this technology development process is the telephone. It went from been bulky with switch boards and operators to being used by businesses then to being used in households as landline and finally as cellphones most of the general public owns.