Hell yeah innovation
Not only that - if you actually do need a charger look at that they can charge another $30 for what they used to give to you. If they really want to help the environment phones should be modular/upgradeable so you can keep them longer than 2 years.
You'll get a less modular, more fragile phone that can't use the earbuds you were already using and you'll thank us for the innovation.
hi i have a suggestion not to include the screen next time aswell. gets in the way of things
The phone beeping and vibrating gets too much in the way. Remove that please.
If you're on Android, you can turn on Do Not Disturb mode automatically, and there are apps that makes the screen darker for low light use.
(I probably just need to not use my phone or computer at all within a half hour or more of bedtime)
Yeah this tbh. I've been sleeping horribly in the last few months and its always this cycle of using my phone before bedtime > can't sleep because of that > oh well I can't sleep so I might as well use my phone > repeat until 2am
And yeah I thought it might be an "on call" type situation. It's bullshit that you're not getting paid though :(
Damn, that sucks. Having to monitor alerts sounds even worse than being on call, because you're basically performing part of your work duties 24/7. Can you work on those QoL filtering improvements during your work hours? Cos honestly you should be paid for that shit anyways.
Yeah I have a one plus 6 that's great. Still betting they ditch the headphone jack in a couple generations though as soon as Oppo does since one plus and oppo use identical hardware design since both are owned by BBK electronics.
My phone doesn't have a headphone jack :''') it's the one thing I miss from my last phone (galaxy s6)
can't wait until they get rid of speakers and microphones and Apple douches be like "so brave of them to reduce even more waste"
That would make it harder to collect data / spy on everyone so I'm afraid the tiny un-turn-off-able microphones are staying.
Not the worst thing, most of this just ends up as junk/forcing something equivalent to be junk.
Good. This is good and will ultimately result in less waste. They should offer a free one if it's your first phone and you actually need one (like, if you don't have a Samsung ID maybe, I'm sure there's a way to determine this) but this move is otherwise good.
Nope. Can't remember if I posted in the thread from when Apple made this decision like a month or two ago, but I had the same opinion. It's going to result in less waste and that's a good thing.
And like I just said, ideally they'd figure a way to give a charger and earbuds to anyone who needs them but I'm gonna wager that first-time phone buyers aren't the majority of people buying these and that most phone buyers have old ones.
I like the concept of less waste too but coming from a tech company that sustains itself on planned obsolence I somehow doubt this is about the waste and more about the $$$
Obviously that is the case, but I don't care because the outcome of less waste is objectively good.
I agree less waste is good. I think I was thrown off by the other poster asking if you were a bit. Sorry if it sounded like I thought this was totally bad. More like performative and empty.
Exactly. Samsung and Apple bad, too overpriced and evil, get something else. But waste is also bad
the goal is for sure more money but also I assume everyone buying a phone has a charger at home for their current phone
You're smart enough to know that cutting waste isn't the thing that you should be angry at in all that.
They should offer a free one if it’s your first phone and you actually need one (like, if you don’t have a Samsung ID maybe, I’m sure there’s a way to determine this) but this move is otherwise good.
They won't do that. They will charge you $50 for a new charger and cable.
Also can't speak for samsung but I've had to replace OEM charging cables because they were low quality and would fall apart after a year.
They will charge you $50 for a new charger and cable
I mean, it's not like it's some unique patented charger. You can buy a generic one on the cheap.
I agree but that's still an added cost to the phone you just bought. My point was more that Samsung isn't a benevolent company that's going to hook you up if you don't have a charger, they'll charge you a premium for an item that used to included in the cost of your very expensive phone.
Also personally I wouldn't buy a random $5 or $10 charger especially if you're getting it for rapid charging. I would honestly trust the shitty OEM charger over them, lol. A quality charger here in Canada is easily $30.
Yeah the cables from Samsung and Apple are shit anyway, I would get third party ones if I got their phones. So it's a good move
If they want to reduce waste they need to make these cables more resilient. I have never seen a cable outlive a phone.
Do y'all have that issue with Samsung in particular? Our cables have mostly held up, except for the ones with cat teeth marks. I hear Apple cables are especially shitty.
So don't buy one every year? Or idk I guess they could stop making phones entirely.
People cycling thru phones too fast is a completely separate problem that has nothing to do with chargers and earbuds.
Most people have a few lying around, so it would actually make sense if they just sold them separately for a decent price. Obviously they won't do that though.
They should just have you opt in if you want a new charger. Most people won’t need a new one, but a few people will, and they shouldn’t have to buy it separately.
