Spain is forcing phone makers to give you an extra year of warranty

Re:Spain is forcing phone makers to give you an extra year o... by belval on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:05PM (#26970917)

As someone who had a Nexus 5X die about a month after the warranty expired I really hope we will see more of these actions. There is a notion of how long something should work for (a toaster should last for at least 5 years for example), and with phones we've reached a point where I don't see a point in switching every two years.

Android has been nearly stagnant for the last 4 years (and maybe more). The newer features are not game changing and a Snapdragon 801 is still pretty good for anything I do on my phone.

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Re:Spain is forcing phone makers to give you an extra year o... by bennybob on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @03:17PM (#26972997)

Presumably you'll be fine with paying for the reliability?

Just because the government demands a company supplies something, it does magically make the cost of supplying it disappear.

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Re:Spain is forcing phone makers to give you an extra year o... by jokoon on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:51AM (#26979165)

What kind of new features one would expect from a smartphone OS?

There are brands other than computer hardware who play the product longevity, hard to understand why it's rarely the case for electronics. Innovation is not a valid excuse.

In my view, the problem stems from software vendors doing agreements with hardware vendors to use obsolescence to put pressure on consumers. The difficulty is about proving that those products are designed like this.

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