Technology bugs and manufacturer shortcomings are experienced in this phase. Second generation digital technologies such as CDMA, and to a lesser extent TDMA, are still in the pain phase. The pleasure phase occurs after a technology begins to mature. Economies of manufacturing scale are reached and most of the technology bugs are worked out. GSM serves as an example of a technology in the pleasure stage.
End users begin to reap the full benefit of the features and services provided by the technology.
Perfection is reached when a technology is mature. AMPS and TACS are in the perfection stage. Herschel Shosteck Associates, Ltd.