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SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: Miyuki on December 07, 2021, 05:55:23 am ---[...]
Home appliances work. Last exchanged was Fridge and Dryer, both about 20 years.
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I am willing to bet that whatever appliances you buy to replace these units will not last 10 years without major repairs...   All of the experienced appliance technicians that I have had cause to talk with recently (due to problems with appliances <5y old), they all seem to say that modern appliances are not well made unless you buy commercial/industrial units at astronomical cost...

Is it environmentally sound to carry on the way we are doing, or would we be better off with somewhat higher quality products?



SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: Miyuki on December 07, 2021, 06:05:13 am ---[...] But you can still get even like Samsung Galaxy Xcover it has everything you want and is a "brand"
Where is the problem?  :-//
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Congratulations, you found the only phone that meets those criteria!

I guess you don't live in the US?  Here, the carriers get special versions of every phone made for them, so if you want a hassle free life (and support from the carrier, e.g. for wifi calling etc. as well as customer service/tech support) you had better use one of their "approved" phones...     My carrier does not have the Xcover as one of "their" phones, but they do have the best plans and coverage in the areas I tend to travel in.  Now what?

Miyuki:

--- Quote from: SilverSolder on December 07, 2021, 06:27:32 am ---I guess you don't live in the US?  Here, the carriers get special versions of every phone made for them, so if you want a hassle free life (and support from the carrier, e.g. for wifi calling etc. as well as customer service/tech support) you had better use one of their "approved" phones...     My carrier does not have the Xcover as one of "their" phones, but they do have the best plans and coverage in the areas I tend to travel in.  Now what?

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You can't just take any phone put SIM in and happily use it? As the EU has plenty of problems, customer protection is huge here. And phone market/use is heavily regulated.


--- Quote from: SilverSolder on December 07, 2021, 06:08:37 am ---I am willing to bet that whatever appliances you buy to replace these units will not last 10 years without major repairs...   All of the experienced appliance technicians that I have had cause to talk with recently (due to problems with appliances <5y old), they all seem to say that modern appliances are not well made unless you buy commercial/industrial units at astronomical cost...

Is it environmentally sound to carry on the way we are doing, or would we be better off with somewhat higher quality products?

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I have some doubts about the Hisense fridge longevity
But AEG dryer proudly stated 10-year warranty so I hope it will last
james_s:
Well the iPhone battery is almost trivially easy to replace despite needing a small screwdriver, but the lack of a headphone jack is a lot harder to solve and that annoys me. I mostly use wireless headphones but I use wired ear buds often enough to not want to give those up. The notch in the display is a major deal breaker for me, I won't buy one with a hole punch or any other stupidity either. I've never once deliberately turned on the front facing camera and would prefer to not even have one but for some reason that seems to be a mandatory feature to the whole rest of the world.
Miyuki:

--- Quote from: james_s on December 07, 2021, 08:19:29 am ---Well the iPhone battery is almost trivially easy to replace despite needing a small screwdriver, but the lack of a headphone jack is a lot harder to solve and that annoys me. I mostly use wireless headphones but I use wired ear buds often enough to not want to give those up. The notch in the display is a major deal breaker for me, I won't buy one with a hole punch or any other stupidity either. I've never once deliberately turned on the front facing camera and would prefer to not even have one but for some reason that seems to be a mandatory feature to the whole rest of the world.

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Have cable reduction all the time on earbuds? Or have lightning / USB c earbuds. They are available.

Plenty of banks and similar requires to use front face camera to their face verification  :-//
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