Dgar

• Nintendo Game&Watch Mickey Mouse
• Radio Shack TRS-80 Pocket Computer
• Nokia 3310 (Blue)
• iPhone 4S
• iPhone 7 Plus
• Nintendo Switch
• iPhone 12

This is a complete list of every mobile device I’ve ever owned.

#Dgar has never broken a screen, despite once accidentally kicking the Nokia off an eighth-floor balcony into a car park.

Fortunately, the car park was undamaged, and the Nokia was, of course, fine.

#DgarLore

Feb 16 at 3:52pmWeb
Show threadZenDragoness//RESFeb 16
@dgar after yrs of use my devices still are fresh and fully functionable, i look asthonished at the state some mobile devices are in, used by others
Show threadDgarFeb 16
@WingedSnake when I got my 4S I was paranoid about smashing the screen. All my friends had smartphones with cracked or smashed screens and they looked awful. My friend Kaaren said to put it in my pocket with the screen facing inwards, against my leg. It’s obvious if you think about it, but something I’ve always done since.
Show threadPaul - Antifa. LGBTQ+ safe.Feb 16
@dgar I owned the TRS-80 in a Casio incarnation. Amazing little thing it was.
Show threadOzzelot Feb 16
@dgar My cousin once broke the screen on his 3310, and to this day, I haven't figured out how - even with him being the reckless giant that he is.
Show threadDgarFeb 16
@ozzelot 🥺
Show threadOzzelot Feb 16
@dgar
I mean, the screen itself, yeah, that's a regular old non-magical LCD - but I swear the 3310 had some sort of design feature that prevented it from breaking in any way. (Today, its own plastics are getting to it, to some of my examples anyway.)
Show threadpulusoundFeb 17
@ozzelot @dgar as teens we once played ice hockey with my 3310 as the puck and it was fine 😌 it did have a neoprene case but that was mostly to keep it from getting dirty
Show threadDgarFeb 17
@ahihi @ozzelot 😂
Show threadComputeforloot Feb 16
@dgar I had and used the Radio Shack TRS-80 Pocket Computer for years 😊
Show threadDgarFeb 16
@Computeforloot 😁
Show threadMaj1 THE Neuro Spicy SquirrelFeb 16
@dgar I have broken the screen protector on an iphone - I dropped it when I was explaining to a neighbour why I always fit screen protectors! 🙄🤦‍♂️
Show threadDgarFeb 16
@MAJ1 😄
Show threadMaj1 THE Neuro Spicy SquirrelFeb 17
@dgar The moral of this story … always fit screen protectors!
Show threadDgarFeb 17
@MAJ1 I have only ever used a screen protector on my first iPhone and I took it off after only a couple of weeks. Awful ugly things. All my iPhones have had cases though.
Show threadMaj1 THE Neuro Spicy SquirrelFeb 17
@dgar Case and protector on all my kit - but I do drop things at the slightest excuse!
Show threadpaulFeb 18

@MAJ1 @dgar

mine survived its first crack. (not my fault)

and its second. (again not me)

and lasted a good few months before the screen did a matrix and it was effectively bricked.

@Shelfie set up the new one and still managed to recover my apps and data.

the old ones alarm wouldn't go off and she wanted to drown it. (non removable battery and wouldn't power off)

that seemed harsh as we had had good times so it went in a cupboard.

i finally managed to power it off in a lucid moment with the screen.

r.i.p. phone.

you served me well since the pandemic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McCDWYgVyps

Show threadwoe2youFeb 18
@amiserabilist @MAJ1 @dgar @Shelfie The completely shattered ones are a "fun" repair. Lots of picking tiny splinters out of glue before you can get the new screen to sit right.
Show threadpaulFeb 18

hi @woe2you

i am not at all practical and pathologically lazy.

@Shivviness might remember when i got it, maybe 5 years ago.

it was £160 for another that i am happy with.

>How many years in average do you use an Android phone?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/zz1vyw/how_many_years_in_average_do_you_use_an_android/

>Screen repair for the Moto G9 (Play/Power) typically costs between £15-£20 for parts (DIY) and around £50-£80 for professional repair services in the UK.

>i don't know why it was doing a matrix raining code thing, but when i showed it to pc world they did the shaking head thing.

i didn't ask about repair only data retrieval.

Show threadwoe2youFeb 18
@amiserabilist @Shivviness Fair enough. I'm weird, I have an almost pathological urge to fix things myself. I tend to keep phones until they stop getting updates and resent having to get used to a new one.
Show threadLudwig VielfrassFeb 16
@dgar LOL, I had that one! I also got the PC-6 when it came out, and that bad boy got me through my linear programming class in college!