Comment on A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades

HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Won’t solve the problem of people spending 1000+ dollars a year on the latest and newest because they need it as a status symbol to fill the vacuous holes where a personality would be.

  and I’d wager more people are buying new phones every year for that reason, than due to forced obsolescence.

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  • Lazylazycat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some people will do that regardless, but I would keep all of my phones for longer if the batteries were easily changeable and they didn’t eventually grind to a halt. I loved my Pixel 3a and would still be using it today if I could.

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  • aceshigh@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    living from the ego is a choice. everyone is free to examine their values and beliefs, and choose a life that supports their well being. not doing this is pricy.

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  • HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean if they can afford that, good on them I guess? But it really would help for the rest of us who ya know, don’t base their personality on whatever they’re lugging around in their pockets.

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  • RogueBanana@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Isnt gonna solve the problem entirely but will make a huge difference. Cant say anything about the iphone craze in US but at least here most change their mobile only when issues pop up and repairs get too expensive or impossible.

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    • HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not even everywhere in the US, where I live there are people still using flip phones.

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• Pxtl@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ban glue in non-waterproof electronics. I remember when I didn’t need to risk destroying a device with a heat-gun to open it up and repair it like 10 years ago, but y’know, everything needed to be thinner.

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  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thats one thing that boggles me… I’ve never heard a single person go “Y’know, this phone is nice…but I wish it was thinner and more fragile”.

    I’m convinced they just want to make phones thinner, and push screens further to the edge (or in the case of Galaxy, around the edge and down the side) just to make them more likely to break when dropped.

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    • Pxtl@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re on Lemmy. That means you’re probably not a “form over function” shopper, y’know?

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      • HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        True

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    • Kuragi2@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I get where you’re coming from, and maybe I was just lucky, but holy hell my note 10+ was a TANK despite the reach around screen. Miss that phone already, I got talked into swapping when I moved and had to change Internet not long ago. A month after having my pixel 7 pro, and one fall from the edge of my desk onto the carpet, and the bottom half of the screen shits itself lol

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  • Dremor@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In waterproof ones too. It isn’t hard to make use of stainless steel screws and a simple O-Ring (see computer waterblocks).

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