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A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades (www.straitstimes.com)
submitted 1 year ago by fne8w2ah to c/technology
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SO. MUCH. THIS.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s fair.

Just to add the extra info, I pay £9.99 per month for apple care.

Say I buy a case for £5 and a screen protector for £5 and I break my screen. I’m now out of£10 and the price of a new display, last time I looked it was £189, likely more these day.

So that one break costs more than the whole year of AC plus the excess.

Are you saying that if you have a case then you’re never going to break your phone?

Sure I could have a year without breaking it, but as I said after two I will break it on purpose to get my monies work and have a brand new (refurbished to new standards) handset.

[–] foggenbooty 1 points 1 year ago

Your original argument was that you'd reduce the amount of cases being manufactured and now you're talking about purposefully breaking your phone to get your money's worth.

You're paying £120 a year plus for something that might happen, plus a deductible if it does. I've never broken a smart phone screen and I've always had a cheap Spigen case, so your numbers make no sense to me and are a waste of money. But that's me, if you're hard on your phones or are constantly breaking screens then maybe it makes sense for you, only you can say.

Again, you do you. I'm just writing this for other people that might see your original comment and think it's the best choice financially.