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IMO foldable phones are a throwback to planned obsolescence. The mechanical wear of the folding and unfolding is going to win and you are going to find yourself
by zxcvbn4038 5y ago
IMO foldable phones are a throwback to planned obsolescence. The mechanical wear of the folding and unfolding is going to win and you are going to find yourself with a new phone in a relatively short time.
Every iPhone I’ve had has succumbed to either the home button failing (which requires a completely new main board to fix) or the lithium battery swelling to the point the case bursts open. My current model has no home button and has lasted the longest, and is a few months away from its third battery - I have no intention of replacing it until Apple brings back Touch ID or eliminates the notch.
My wife has had the same Samsung phone for almost fifteen years, but it fails consistently every year and she has it replaced under warranty (how many of those things did they make that there is a two decade supply of replacements?) She gets a fresh unit with a fresh battery every year and runs it until it fails, then she spends about four hours on the phone with clueless support techs from Samsung and Tmobile, they point fingers at each other for a while, then finally agree to replace the unit. Usually it is the screen that fails but once she lost a bunch of irreplaceable photos when the encryption key corrupted, leaving her with nothing but a memory card full of encrypted blobs. Otherwise she has become really good at migrating to new phones when they arrive.
- FearlessNebula 5y agoWhat 15 year old phone could your wife possibly still be using? Is it her main phone? I can’t even imagine rocking. 10 year old phone like the iPhone 5
- throwawaylinux 5y agoDoes your warranty period re-start when your device gets repaired or replaced?
- zxcvbn4038 5y agoYep! I think she pays $4/month to keep the warranty going.
- rottencupcakes 5y agoIronic that you find that the frequently actuated button is the prime source of failure but refuse to adopt the newer models that require no button actuation, no?
- zxcvbn4038 5y agoThe home button wasn’t removed until iPhone X, prior to that your only option was to replace the phone with another or subsequent model with the same button. I assume the whole reason Apple removed the button was because the economics of replacing the main board over a two cent button didn’t work out - even when the people bought warranties. (Applecare) It was successful, I’ve not had a unit failed because I kept pressing on the same part of the screen all day for years. Knock on wood.
- windowsrookie 5y agoApple removed the "button" with the iPhone 6 in 2014. The "button" became capacitive and I haven't heard of any those failing. So they haven't had failure-prone button for 8 years now. Also in your previous comment you stated it required a completely new main board to fix but that is false. It did require complete disassembly, but the button was replaceable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVH-uNDiipA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVH-uNDiipA
- FearlessNebula 5y agoThe button became capacitive in the iPhone 7. I know because I had both the 6 and 7 and you can feel the difference. So 6 years not 8.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago> same Samsung phone for almost fifteen years … once she lost a bunch of irreplaceable photos What quanlity photo does a 15-year old phone take?
- zxcvbn4038 5y agoGood enough I suppose. The camera on my iPhone takes better pictures by every metric but she swears they don’t look right to her, and she insists on taking photos either either her camera or with both. I am not sure what will happen when she can no longer get that model. I guess none of her pictures will look right.