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Smart phones

190E(Taylor’s version)

Does anyone else think that smart phones in the future should concentrate more on thinks like new screen types etc so that older phones aren’t forced to be replaced even though they’d still be fine without being forced onto the latest is which slows them

also hopefully the new European laws apply ro the uk so phone battery’s have to be a simple pop off the back and clip out the dead one and pop in rhe new one as battery’s are a huge part of slow down too 

it’s like me I have the iPhone XR and am planing to get a 14 for my buisness rhe XR will be mostly for work but when am off work will be for non buisness related apps when I’m out on buisness I’ll have a 3310 as a personal phone so I can leave the XR at home but also only receive job calls on the 14 but that means out of 3 phones 2 will be forced replacements someday not too long from now 

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  • 190E(Taylor’s version) said:
    Does anyone else think that smart phones in the future should concentrate more on thinks like new screen types etc so that older phones aren’t forced to be replaced even though they’d still be fine without being forced onto the latest is which slows them

    I think there is a niche for some manufacturers to do this but on the whole there is no big margin to be made so the major manufacturers will keep doing what they are doing and invest heavily in convincing the sheeple that they need the new phone to be cool.

    An iPone costs between US$ 400 and 600 to manufacture and will sell for 2-3 times this, but if installing replacable components like a battery is to happen then this will inevitably lower the battery performance as it cannot maximise space in the same way.

    Repairs are also a big money maker for these companies and theiur "approved agents" who have to pay for training and licenses plus use only genuine parts to retain the status - all pat of milking the customer.

    There is no reason for them to do it unless they are forced to by legislation and their lobbying efforts are very effective, especially as they can afford them easily (Apple alone have $162 billion cash in hand)

    Time to move to Android I think

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  • 190E(Taylor’s version) said:
    Does anyone else think that smart phones in the future should concentrate more on thinks like new screen types etc so that older phones aren’t forced to be replaced even though they’d still be fine without being forced onto the latest is which slows them

    I think there is a niche for some manufacturers to do this but on the whole there is no big margin to be made so the major manufacturers will keep doing what they are doing and invest heavily in convincing the sheeple that they need the new phone to be cool.

    An iPone costs between US$ 400 and 600 to manufacture and will sell for 2-3 times this, but if installing replacable components like a battery is to happen then this will inevitably lower the battery performance as it cannot maximise space in the same way.

    Repairs are also a big money maker for these companies and theiur "approved agents" who have to pay for training and licenses plus use only genuine parts to retain the status - all pat of milking the customer.

    There is no reason for them to do it unless they are forced to by legislation and their lobbying efforts are very effective, especially as they can afford them easily (Apple alone have $162 billion cash in hand)

    Time to move to Android I think

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