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I've never actually owned a phone that stopped working for any reason other than negligence on my part. Maybe I'm just particularly negligent, but I always eith

I've never actually owned a phone that stopped working for any reason other than negligence on my part. Maybe I'm just particularly negligent, but I always either lose them, drop them, or get them wet long before their natural life expires. Part of the reason is that the repair or replacement cost doesn't bother me enough for it to be worth putting it in a case (which is a privilege of being a well-paid software engineer; I understand not everyone can afford to have the same priorities). But at any rate, if I were more price-conscious, repairability would matter much more than a longer warranty, since with repairability I could fix problems that are my own fault just as well as ones due to normal lifespan issues. Do other people have different experience? How long would an iPhone last without abuse?

vbezhenar 8y ago
My first smartphone was iPhone 4S which I bought at 2012. Its WiFi started to work very bad exactly after 1 year of use, so warranty was not applicable. I found repair guy who replaced WiFi module for something like 10% of this phone initial cost. I used it for around 5 years and recently switched to iPhone 8. It still works now without any issues except degraded battery and software. Well, charging cables of course were broken after one or two years, that's problem for all Apple devices I've owned so far. Not a big problem, Chinese cables are cheap and of better quality anyway.
plopz 8y ago
I have a samsung galaxy nexus from 2011 that works fine. I don't use cases or anything, although I have replaced the battery twice which is easy since the back of the phone just pops off and the battery slides out. I have switched to a moto g5+ because I wanted a newer version of android and the galaxy nexus wasn't receiving software updates anymore.
perl4ever 8y ago
"I've never actually owned a phone that stopped working for any reason other than negligence on my part" Well, I have. Specifically a Nexus. No experience with iPhones though.
JohnFen 8y ago
I don't know about iPhones, but my current phone is a Galaxy that is pushing 7 years old. It is showing no signs of giving up the ghost yet. My laptops and servers last even longer. I tend to get well over a decade out of them.
dielll 8y ago
My Nexus 5X stopped working due to the infamous Bootloop

vbezhenar 8y ago

My first smartphone was iPhone 4S which I bought at 2012. Its WiFi started to work very bad exactly after 1 year of use, so warranty was not applicable. I found repair guy who replaced WiFi module for something like 10% of this phone initial cost. I used it for around 5 years and recently switched to iPhone 8. It still works now without any issues except degraded battery and software. Well, charging cables of course were broken after one or two years, that's problem for all Apple devices I've owned so far. Not a big problem, Chinese cables are cheap and of better quality anyway.

plopz 8y ago

I have a samsung galaxy nexus from 2011 that works fine. I don't use cases or anything, although I have replaced the battery twice which is easy since the back of the phone just pops off and the battery slides out. I have switched to a moto g5+ because I wanted a newer version of android and the galaxy nexus wasn't receiving software updates anymore.

perl4ever 8y ago

"I've never actually owned a phone that stopped working for any reason other than negligence on my part" Well, I have. Specifically a Nexus. No experience with iPhones though.

JohnFen 8y ago

I don't know about iPhones, but my current phone is a Galaxy that is pushing 7 years old. It is showing no signs of giving up the ghost yet. My laptops and servers last even longer. I tend to get well over a decade out of them.

dielll 8y ago

My Nexus 5X stopped working due to the infamous Bootloop