Comment on Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy
SteevyT@beehaw.org 1 day agoEither I’ve had weirdly good luck with Samsung, or climate exceptionally gentle on phones. I expect 6 years minimum out of my Notes, and so far that’s held up.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
i had a samsung s4 mini (one of those really old phones, which are closer to a nokia brick than a modern smartphone IMHO) for years and it worked well. it lasted for 5+ years minimum. i bought a new samsung smartphone in 2022 (second hand though) and it shipped broken. randomly shut down, some kind of power issue. i never bothered to return it because it was rather cheap anyways and i had installed a custom OS on it at that point, which voids the warranty.
I bought a motorola afterwards but am only semi-happy with it. everything seems to work well with it, but i don’t feel like it’s a good phone. it feels kinda sleazy, somehow. i’m not sure whether it’s only because of the color scheme it uses or sth else, but it doesn’t feel alright. i’m still looking for a new phone.