Why is everything so disposible these days? My cell phone is acting up. Im certain the manufacture created it to die after being in service for a limited time. This trend needs to end if we are going to continue oir species on this planet.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Moore's law, 20 some odd years ago, I would have to buy a new battery every 6 months. We've come a long way. Nothing is going to last forever. Think about the days when you were lucky to get 100,000 miles out of a car. These days it's easy to get 200,000 or even 300,000 miles out of a car. The technology is there to build a car that will easily exceed 1,000,000 miles, but are you willing to buy a basic model for $500,000?
Unclehotrod
Level 7
May 8, 2019
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There is no problem at all. Program the frequent back ups and get a new phone each couple of years. Trash the old one! Don't complain don't nag!
zesty
Level 7
May 8, 2019
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Are you being sarcastic?
@confidentrealm Not at all. This is how I see the situation. A lot of noise for nothing.
I don't think that it is so much that it is created for limited service. I think that it is more that they make it cheap because consumers tend to chose the least expensive thing. Then, because it was made with price rather durability as the most important factor, it doesn't last very long.
IowaWoman
Level 4
May 8, 2019
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Actually on many things they are designed to last a limited amount of time. Printers are actually designed to last 6 working months. Bras are built to last 3-6 mo.
@CommonHuman And you know this because...? I have a printer thaat lasted 15 years.
Planned obsolescence is part of what drives Capitalism.
Sticks48
Level 9
May 8, 2019
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I've had my the same phone for 15 years...I finally upgraded just because...what exactly happens to let me know I need a new one?
I am asking because I am not a big cell phone user and have no idea...
@thinktwice I have a phone that everyone mocks I bought it for durability and to make phone calls and an occasional short text. I don't want a fragile expensive complicated frustrating thing though because of my work I feel myself being pushed towards that
@btroje I used a 12 dollar flip phone up until three or four years ago. I must admit I really like having all of that information at my fingertips no matter where I am. I am on a family plan with my brother, so for $50 a month I have unlimited minutes and unlimited internet access. I can tether my laptop to my phone for a bigger screen. I love it.
@Sticks48 I have a smart phone...I pay $100 a year, including the phone...my minutes roll over so I have about 10,000 minutes from my first phone...I will probably die with that phone...
@Sticks48 the minute I get a smart phone the hospital will be expecting me to manage medical information and give orders on that phone, I just don't believe everything is as secure as they believe, Plus I don't want to be interrupted when I am at home raiding my favorite ant hill with some medical quandary via text. I want to talk to a human
concur...planned obsolescence...infuriating
seattlepanda
Level 7
May 8, 2019
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It's just crazy. So wasteful. I got my phone running again but lost much of my info. , contacts, etc. I don't know if it's true but I heard that one of the reasons we went to war with Iraq was for some element used in touch screens. Apparently, there is abundance there. Why pay? Just take it. 
@confidentrealm ...don't know about that, but I'm thinking there is a commercial element to virtually everything this country does to others..
@confidentrealm My little brother who is a techy tells me that those updates you get on your phone is to slow your phone down, and it affects your battery life. So then you think, wow, I must need a new phone. It's all planned for you to keep buying, buying, buying. Capitalism at it's worst if you ask me!!
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