5 sats \ 5 replies \ @gnilma 15 Dec 2023 \ on: Do you think we are increasingly inclined to over-consume? bitcoin
When I saw 3310, I immediately thought of this...
To be fair, the smart phones nowadays do so many more things, and has such a big power hungry screen, which explains the short battery life. Besides being a hammer, your 3310 pretty much only make calls, do SMS, and let you play snake. Maybe compose a ringtone or two if you have the patience.
We are overwhelmed by a lot of cheap, poorly built products these days; this gives an illusion that all products out there are cheap and poorly built. But if you take time to find them, I think high quality products are out there. You just have to look for them and be willing to pay the price for them. Most importantly, you need to be able to tell the difference between the quality stuff from the cheap stuff.
I can agree with you on all points. Unfortunately, it has now become the case that even products that were once considered durable are using the quality promises of the past to promote their currently lower-quality products.
I still remember my father had a Nokia 6310. The battery easily lasted a week, of course, it had completely different technology. But as far as I know, he still has it in the closet, fully functional, as a keepsake.
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Trust me, I know about the Nokia battery life and durability. My first phone was a Nokia 6110, which my dad bought for me back in high school in 1999. I used that 6110 until I upgraded to a 6100 in 2003 when I was in university. Then I switched to a 8801 in 2006 because I was working a co-op job at Nokia and could buy the phone with an employee discount for almost half price.
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The good old days!
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Had the 3210