Reply to post: Re: I just bought a £45 phone...

World goes SIM-free, leaving Sony and HTC trailing behind

Charlie Clark Silver badge

Re: I just bought a £45 phone...

Meanwhile, the quoted repair cost for my Sony Z3 Compact remains £85. It's like when my mate's Hitachi disc cutter died and rather than pay £80 to fix it he bought one from Lidl or £50 with a 3-year guarantee.

Welcome to the world of builtin obsolescence: something not working, sir? Landfill it and buy a new one. You can't make the production lines for repairs as efficient/cheap the ones for making new ones. And throwing things away currently costs nothing.

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