To avoid the declining stage of the product life cycle, a consumer electronics company used its smartphone technology to create a handheld computer. This can BEST be described as ________.
A)creating new markets
B)extending technology
C)creating a new use
D)repackaging

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The consumer electronics company used its existing smartphone technology to create a new product, a handheld computer. This is an example of extending technology, which means using existing technology in a different way or for a different purpose to breathe new life into a product and avoid the declining stage of the product life cycle.

To Avoid the Declining Stage of the Product Life Cycle