Maybe the legislative solution we should be pursuing is longer mandatory warranties.
That said, in many cases a device fails due to a low value discrete component -- a resistor; a capacitor. This repair legislation would help here.
Maybe the legislative solution we should be pursuing is longer mandatory warranties.
That said, in many cases a device fails due to a low value discrete component -- a resistor; a capacitor. This repair legislation would help here.
Those issues will never be going away on some level. The chips themselves are usually the most reliable components, unless they are power management chips.
Eliminating ports seems to be some manufacturers' solution to this. There's no wear if it doesn't exist.
> There is also 'glue & waterproofing wear' as the glue & rubber goes through multiple heat / cooling cycles and unsets, then water damage occurs.
I wonder if in the future, the glass will just be hermetically welded to the case (glass-to-metal seal). No moving parts; no external adhesives; no possibly of getting into the device without cutting through it.