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Planned obsolescence with smartphones.

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  • #32
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,964 ✭✭✭Worztron


    Basil3 wrote: »
    But at the end of the day, you're making a mountain out of a molehill. I guarantee your relative didn't care one bit about future updates when buying their phone, and they would have happily used it without any issues for years.

    I'm sure you have convinced them that they should be outraged, though.

    Hi Basil3. We can agree to disagree on that.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #33
    [Deleted User]
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    Worztron wrote: »
    Hi Basil3. We can agree to disagree on that.

    Which part?


  • #34
    tedpan
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    What phone and network? Maybe she was sold an old piece of crap by the shop? Most phones have at least 3 years of software updates/support.


  • #35
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    Worztron wrote: »
    Plenty of well known brand phones are totally locked down - Sony, etc.

    Weren't Sony the ones who embraced working with hackers and it was in fact hackers who helped them unlock their bootloaders on their own phone's not so long ago?


  • #36
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,964 ✭✭✭Worztron


    Basil3 wrote: »
    Which part?

    The molehill part.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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  • #37
    Worztron
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    tedpan wrote: »
    What phone and network? Maybe she was sold an old piece of crap by the shop? Most phones have at least 3 years of software updates/support.

    He got a Samsung phone with the Eir network.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #38
    Worztron
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    Fieldog wrote: »
    Weren't Sony the ones who embraced working with hackers and it was in fact hackers who helped them unlock their bootloaders on their own phone's not so long ago?

    I'm not aware of that. I have an old Sony Smartphone and it's totally locked down.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #39
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    Worztron wrote: »
    He got a Samsung phone with the Eir network.

    If you buy the latest flagship Samsung, you will get at least 2 full Android OS updates. If you buy last year's flagship (such as buying an S9 now), you're only getting updates for another year or so.

    Which Samsung did they get? They will get several years usage out of it, so don't worry. I still have a fully functioning S6 Edge+ which is now something like 3.5 years old, and it's only issues are screen burn-in and average battery life.


  • #40
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,964 ✭✭✭Worztron


    Basil3 wrote: »
    If you buy the latest flagship Samsung, you will get at least 2 full Android OS updates. If you buy last year's flagship (such as buying an S9 now), you're only getting updates for another year or so.

    Which Samsung did they get? They will get several years usage out of it, so don't worry. I still have a fully functioning S6 Edge+ which is now something like 3.5 years old, and it's only issues are screen burn-in and average battery life.

    It's a Samsung Galaxy J3.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #41
    tedpan
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    Worztron wrote:
    It's a Samsung Galaxy J3.


    Entry level phone, it must be the 2017 version if its ending support. :(


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