Why I buy Motorola androids every 3-4 years

The Motorola Droid Maxx has been getting me by for almost 8yrs running now. Battery's not what it used to be, but otherwise ok

Wow, we had a celebration dinner tonight, I had a wonderful rib eye steak. Remind me not to do that again. I am paying fir it in spades right now.

Are you a plantation owner?

Jesus... you douche-tards can't spring $350 for a frankin HAND HELD computer?

I'm serious as d!ck cancer... my phone can damn near do everything my laptop can do and it takes better pictures and it goes with me wherever I go. Laptop cost me close to 1k. Phone was $350. And they both have all my frankin' music on them.

Fu--'s sake... I'm old, but some of you jackasses act like my frankin' grandpa... and I'm guessing because both of them died before I was born! But I swear you're like Grandpa frankin' Simpson!

I'll tell ya something else that Apple doesn't want you to know. The OLED screen on the majority of their phones are manufactured for them by Samsung. Also - if you crack your iPhone open there is a better then good chance that the majority of the processor chips will also have been made by Samsung. Heck - depending on the model you could even have Samsung cameras on your iPhone. So - basically you're paying a premium price for a phone made from Samsung's parts bin. Just sayin 😲

I know. From 98-03 I worked as a butchers bitch at a meat processing shop that supplied a ton of local restaurants and a few grocery stores along with a retail counter. When I started we were buying quartered cattle from the slaughterhouse. I ran the meat grinder and did the cleanup after the day's cutting was done along with picking up and hooking the quarters as they came in from our suppliers. I was strong as fvck back then. Weighed about 160 lbs and tossed 200-250lb slabs of cow on my shoulder from the truck and onto a hook in the coolers.

The whole chest/brisket area was always binned along with shank/heel meat from the breakdown side and scuttled over to me on the grind side to grind into various grades of ground beef. We had a few regulars that would order briskets/plates and it was $2/lb retail and $1/lb wholesale. I always assumed they were just buying meat to grind.

Beef ribs too, they were an undesired cut that would just get tossed or cut into dog bones sold at scrap price for a buck a pound. But to me a buck a pound seemed like a lot for junk meat. I could get 4 pressed burger patties for a buck.

Wish I knew then what I know now.

That goes for alot of things in life. Although - to quote Bob Seger - in alot of respects I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then! lol

Apple doesn't really "make" anything. They design it and the software but the pieces parts and assembly for iPhones are are farmed out. Samsung makes a lot of parts used in an iPhone (screen, battery, chips). At one point, Apple was (is still?) Samsung's biggest customer. I think Sony makes the camera parts.

Tree O NINE!

I give zero fks where the sh-t is made. Or who fkn makes it.

You want a Samsung? Buy one. Apple? Buy one. Google or motorola or whoever the fk else makes phones? BUY ONE!

I don't care. But compare the $350 phones... the iPhone SE is far and away the better deal.

I want the free phone with contract renewal option back again. I miss that one.

Tuesday's gone with the wind

HHD Ram & dudes

Happy Hump Day greetings suno , danm and y'all.

Happy humpers. Gonna be a nice day for a walk. Second opinion doc said X rays didn't look like I'm ready for a full knee replacement yet so we are going to try PRP injections.

Good Wednesday Morning! It's a very overcast 61° this morning and it's supposed to get to 72° with thunderstorms today.

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The answer is two fold.
#1 I don’t need a hand held computer.
#2 98.2% of the time, I need a device to make a phone call or send a text.

We aren’t all in the same financial position and have other priorities.

Am probably an idiot to think a person should get at least five years off of a phone. Now that 3G is being eliminated and they will start shutting down some 4G phones as 5G expands, we’re all forced to dig into our pockets for another phone.

I’m also the guy who grey up on furnaces lasting 25 years. Many sites I am researching suggests 15 years is the top end on furnaces being made now. Some say 10-12 years. Fuggers.

Old water heater (Rheem) lasted 21+ years and was still working. Guy said the new one (Bradford White) is good for 8-10?

Geeeze...

Like 8-track, I use my phone for phone stuff and my computer for computer stuff.

Calls, text, sometimes the GPS, banking app, sometimes an inventory app we use at work (if I forget my work phone at home), little bit for looking up things on the web, snapping pictures.

My Moto G Play (cost about $150) suits my needs for a phone just fine. My phone plan is with Verizon, no contract. Unlimited calls, text, 5 GB data/month (unused gets rolled over the the next month), mobile hot spot. The plan costs me about $25/month

Three One NINE!

I sure could go for a plantation right about now.