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Re:Intel Fights for Its Future by scarface74 on Monday March 12, 2018 @09:49AM (#16568097)
How many times have you had to replace a PC because you dropped it, left it in a cab, etc.?

I haven't broken a phone yet, but I doubt I could keep using a phone for 10 years anytime soon.

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Re:Intel Fights for Its Future by lev99 on Monday March 12, 2018 @10:36AM (#16568364)
With the new anti-theft systems on smart phones I can imagine laptops experience theft more frequently than smartphones.
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Re:Intel Fights for Its Future by scarface74 on Monday March 12, 2018 @10:48AM (#16568465)
In aggregate? There are far more smartphones in use world wide than laptops.

Even if not, most phones being sold worldwide are cheap Android phones that don't have sophisticated anti-theft technology.

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Re:Intel Fights for Its Future by Anarch157a on Monday March 12, 2018 @12:07PM (#16569061)
Phones are carried and used in places and situations that a laptop is not, this creates a lot more opportunities for theft.
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Re:Intel Fights for Its Future by IshKebab on Monday March 12, 2018 @02:57PM (#16570443)
Phone: 1 (dropped; screen broke but I was able to repair it)

Laptop: 1 (spilt wine on it, was not able to repair it)

I agree for desktops, but laptops regularly get broken and stolen.

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