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Apparently, a phone under my care wouldn't last for more than one and a half years. lol
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Posted: 2005-02-28 18:48:56
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perhaps they were just covering themselves. also try and get spare parts in 5 years time for a phone that went out of production maybe 3 years earlier.
some massive sellers you maybe able to but think of smaller selling phones from 5 years ago and attempt to get part or even batteries and you may struggle i dont mean nokia 3210 and the like but smaller selling phones
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Posted: 2005-02-28 18:57:23
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also, Im wondering whether a Sony Ericsson phones would last longer in general then otehr phones. "Sony" as we all know are one of the best companies out there in manufacturering electronic goods and are generally very reliable, far more then most other brands so Im wondering, whether sony phones are cpable to lasting forever providing the user looks after the phone well.
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Posted: 2005-02-28 18:57:41
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if you look after most items from recognised manuf they will last ie i still have a n 3210 and it works fine have had it for donkeys years.
i dont think its a trait of sony just good manuf.
i had 6 t610 in the year i owned it i would still say it was a good phone and well made yet i needed 6 in 1 year.
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Posted: 2005-02-28 19:02:03
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A phone will as long as it possibly can as long as it's taken care of.

I've got an old Motorola sitting on my desk that still works and it's got to be around 7 years old (or even older). It didn't get heavy use and stayed in the house mainly but the thing's been dropped and run over by a bike and still works.

To be honest though, I think phones are getting less reliable in terms of software but the hardware is still good enough. Last 3 phones I've had have had crashing software but fair enough, the last 2 phones crashed due to the SIM card but still, the hardware reading the SIM couldn't have been as good.
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Posted: 2005-02-28 19:08:55
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Got ca 10 years old fones, fw and fone works great yet. It depends on hw, fw and batt, on the right usage too. This message was posted from a Z1010
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Posted: 2005-02-28 21:25:00
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I think for most mobile users it's true. But it's really purely down to wear and tear. Usually you would have dropped the thing so many times it's bound to break, plus most of the phones ive had are rather flimsy.

Depends.
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Posted: 2005-02-28 21:28:46
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What hardware glitches or software glitches would creep in? In the old days they were only phones. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Posted: 2005-02-28 22:04:03
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@k700nut - so thats all retail advisors? coz i remember a time (a few yrs back) wen i used to b one of them an i remember distinctly giving honest advice to every customer and not try to decieve them in any way (jus creates more hassle wen they come back kickin off) an now i av a very enviable job in HQ wit voda (surely if i was jus a sales chimp who started on £5 an hr i wouldnt b were i am today, making choices that have a direct effect on the whole retail side of voda!)

Ooh an most advisors in voda r on a lot more than £5 an hr... pay is pretty good....


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Posted: 2005-02-28 22:05:09
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On 2005-02-28 17:58:03, whizkidd wrote:
Aaargh!! I know people using the same phone for more than 10 Years. So it obviously isn't true!

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<i>This message was posted from a T230</I>
My fother has his old Ericsson T18s 6 years and he is satisfy but he need larger display. If T18s would has larger display he will have it next 5 years
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Posted: 2005-02-28 22:08:43
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