Quote: "Both yes and no, having consumer based model - and a lot of companies competing will allow technological innovation - and actually benefit it. Phones are a great example of that.
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unfourtunatley consumer products often tend to be made cheap using low quality plastic with a lifespan of about 1-2 years and break too often. if it is a competition between companies its proboly who can make a cheaper lower quality thing. And i perfecltly understand that if everything was made with high quality materials and with a longer lifespan, the company dosent make any profit since most consumers want to buy something cheaper rather than something thats built well
as for phones. i had about 20 cellphones over the last 4 years and every one of them either broke or was crappy phone. i finally found what i was looking for a Panasinic SA7 Rugged, well built with a battery lifespan of about 3 weeks (batteries in phones these days barley last 3 days on a single chargre) This phone was very rare even back in 2004 when it was made and even then it was only manufactured in Chech Republic in very low quantites and it cost $350 back then too.
Then again, me and people i hang out with are far from the mainstream electronics consumers,We are leftovers of the 80s and 90s geek generation when nobody had money to buy stuff so we learned to repair our computers. Also, the cellphones (and laptops) in 80s and 90s were at least made with high quality plastic that didnt crack after 2 years, i have a motorolla micro tac from 1992 and the brick is still in a great condition. Back then you could use a cellphone to talk and youd also kill someone with it too.
speaking of killing someone with a 90s cellphone, i remembered an interesting story.
my friend knows a jornalist who went to a warzone in azerbaijan in 1992 and after a brief firefight, the soldiers from both sides ran out of ammo and started beating up each other with whatever they had with them. This jornalist had to defend himself as well. He had a film camera which he used to defend himself with for lack of anything better at the moment and he ended up killing an enemy militant with it. the camera had a small dent in it and blood splatters otherwise it still worked like new.
i am not saying i should be able to kill someone with an iphone, but i dont treat my electronics with care because thats how i am. and its irritating since i think electronics should withstand bad treatment from people like myself or someone who travels a lot or godforbid if you end up in a warzone having something that can potentilly save your life is always good. Again old Nokia cellphones from the 90s that can stop bullets, i am sure you guys heard of those nokias
dont hate people who rip you off,cheat and get away with it, learn from them
