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@chameleon54 wrote:
Brilliant as always DG.
Thankyou, good sir
One other thing I thought may be worth mentioning, is that even referring to eBay / PayPal cases, or other forms of disputes / investigations, in feedback comments is a breach of eBay policy and grounds for removal. I can only hazard a guess or two as to why this may be the case, but if nothing else it provides a decent enough indication of the position eBay take on the public display of such information.
This is sort of off topic but I was shocked by your post.
I'm going to come out and confess I still have a flip mobile phone but I have been thinking of upgrading to one of those screen things.
But are you saying that 2 years is about all you can expect one to last?
My flip phone is 9 years old and still going strong. I absolutely hate having to replace stuff, even my car is 20 this year.
Is it worth me upgrading to a modern mobile, that is what I am wondering.
@springyzone wrote:
But are you saying that 2 years is about all you can expect one to last?
My flip phone is 9 years old and still going strong. I absolutely hate having to replace stuff, even my car is 20 this year.
Is it worth me upgrading to a modern mobile, that is what I am wondering.
I bought one to upgrade from my several-year-old phone a bit over a year ago, (old one was just your basic function type, i.e. phone and text was pretty much all it's good for, and I still use it but the number is soley used for online stuff). My impression on modern phones is that they're now a bit like computers, as in there will come a point when the device won't be able to handle new software and apps, it's get slower, more glitchy etc, which never happened with older phones as the only way to update those was to buy a new one, while the new one gets operating system and app upgrades all the time (obviously this will be minimised with fewer installed apps, I downloaded about half a dozen and there was a bunch pre-installed as well. Some I've deleted, others I'm not sure if I can without causing problems; conversely, I like having access to almost everything that I do on my home PC, no matter where I am).
Of course, that will only matter to those who want or need the phone to function with all the latest versions of apps etc, otherwise the phone will last as long as it's physically able to.
The physical design also makes them more susceptible to damage, unfortunately. (Which, of course, means there's a massive market out there for protective gear for phones - cases, screen protectors etc, previously stuff like that was usually optional and mostly for aesthetics).
There are brands / models that are kinda designed to give people the latest, until the next latest comes out (I'd personally never spends hundreds buying an iPhone, I do have a Samsung Galaxy but it was a cheaper one so it isn't one of the models that competes with Apple in that market). I've also tried to move away from buying too cheap on anything though, mostly because I'm tired of buying products that are essentially designed to be disposable, most of the time it costs more rather quickly, and it's such a waste of materials etc as well.
Nokia is actually coming back with a new phone, who made their name with long-lasting and nearly indestructable phones, but couldn't quite keep up with Apple, Samsung, etc, it'll be interesting to see what that's like, and I'm sure there's other brands around that focus on quality, longevity etc.
You can still get more traditional phones, eg made for phone calls and texting pretty much, but they're often extremely cheap (eg I see them in Coles etc for as little as $9), so I didn't have much confidence in their ability to last a decent amount of time.
