He suffered the fate of “planned obsolescence”. Designing a smartphone so that you can not replace the battery is a shady business practice (IMO).
Yah. Due to updates for iTunes my older iPod with 160 GB of storage space, room for music, movies and podcasts, effectively became a brick with a few games installed. I did not replace it.
I really hope these will be recycled for their valuable parts such as rare earth metals.
My wife’s old phone lives on playing podcasts while I’m at my workbench
“… said every person with a 3G phone a couple years ago.”
TonysSon about 1 year ago
He suffered the fate of “planned obsolescence”. Designing a smartphone so that you can not replace the battery is a shady business practice (IMO).
Teto85 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Yah. Due to updates for iTunes my older iPod with 160 GB of storage space, room for music, movies and podcasts, effectively became a brick with a few games installed. I did not replace it.
chromosome Premium Member about 1 year ago
I really hope these will be recycled for their valuable parts such as rare earth metals.
jscarff57 Premium Member about 1 year ago
My wife’s old phone lives on playing podcasts while I’m at my workbench
Dacker Premium Member about 1 year ago
“… said every person with a 3G phone a couple years ago.”