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The price is irrelevant. What matters is how long that kind of device can be reasonably expected to last. Dumb wall sockets cost about £5 and last >20 years. Sm
by rjmunro 3y ago
The price is irrelevant. What matters is how long that kind of device can be reasonably expected to last. Dumb wall sockets cost about £5 and last >20 years. Smart sockets should last a comparable time, or come with a warning.
Because cellphones are traditionally something you replace every 3-4 years it's expected that they only last that long, and you are fully aware of that when you are buying it.
- dredmorbius 3y agoI'll note that people have been conditioned to think that phones need replacing every 3--4 years. Used to be that a wired-in landline would last a quarter-century or more, and even wireless phonesets could be expected to last a decade. With smartphones, the principle drivers of technical obsolescence are ultimately communications standards (e.g., phase-out of 3G communications), chip speeds, and the ever-increasing resource requirements of connected services (apps or websites). Tools for dealing with phone & SMS spam and fraud would be another principle concern. But really, there's no reason otherwise that a handset from a decade or two ago couldn't work, and there are many who look on classic Nokia handsets with fondness and/or mourning.
- notahacker 3y agoDumbphones lasted >20 years too.