> unlike Apple…
I liked the direction you were going, but I don’t think you made the right comparison. iPhones, for example, are used 30-60% longer (4-10 years) than a Samsung phone (3-6 years). Apple provides software updates for all of their devices for 6+ years.
I’ve had very few devices containing lithium ion batteries that didn’t require a new battery. I have devices from the early 2000s from Sony, HP, Dell, Nikon, and countless others whose batteries have failed.
Re:Steam Deck OLED
by johnnyanmac on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:24AM
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Samsung has some very aggressive upgrade programs, so that might explain it. Used to even have an entire yearly upgrade program you could pay for.
Re:Steam Deck OLED
by Pr0ject217 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:11PM
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Valve may not be a hardware company on the scale of Apple, but they do design/prototype/create/repair hardware products. Also, they do a lot more than just distribute software [0].
Yes, of course they do - and all in service of steam.
I'm confused, you're lobbing this as if it's a gotcha or insult.
No matter what you think of them as a company Steam is a license to print money, of course basically everything they do is in service of it...
No I'm not, I'm acting as if it reinforces my original point - which it does.
That Valve is a software distribution company.
Re:Steam Deck OLED
by thomastjeffery on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:51PM
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Valve released the highest quality consumer VR headset 4 years ago.
Today, it is still one of the highest quality consumer VR headsets. It has not dropped in price yet.
The steam deck exists primarily to expand their targetable market.
It's of no benefit to them if people's devices fail - they just stop buying games (unlike Apple, where the devices are intended to slow down or stop working altogether).