On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 02:12:05PM +1000, Russell Coker via luv-talk wrote:
It seems like bad value to pay 40% of the price of a new Note 3 or 25% the price of a Note 4 to fix my old phone (which is a little worn and has some other minor issues). I'd rather spend a bit more and have a better phone and give my old phone to one of my relatives who doesn't mind having a cracked screen.
sadly, that's pretty much the mobile phone business model. make something attractively light and yet incredibly fragile, which inevitably breaks, forcing you to upgrade. consumers somehow think this is normal, maybe inevitable, and possibly even desirable. manufacturers are probably happy that the limited half-life means they don't have to do android support for long. it's win-win for them. it's entirely feasible to make a very robust and light phone, but manufacturers don't - where are the crumple zones, carbon chassis, rubberised screen mounts? I made a case for my 6.44" sony z1 ultra that I can drive over, so broken phones is not a problem I'm going to encounter. lack of updates is... cheers, robin