Scheduled obsolescence is something that is on everyone’s lips, applied to every product, but we don’t know to what level. That is why it never hurts to have great initiatives such as the 5-year warranty offered by LG or other measures that try to gain consumer confidence. And is that a latest study by the OCU reveals that the products that spoil the fastest are mobile phones .
On paper, programmed obsolescence is something we’ve become accustomed to living with. This is the shortening of the useful life of a product calculated by the manufacturer so that you have to replace it after a short time despite the fact that it could have lasted much longer. The most practical example of this is given by the two years of updates to our mobiles when they should last much longer.
Yesterday we learned that Apple will take iOS 14 to mobiles launched 5 years ago, something that is unthinkable within the Android ecosystem, but not impossible. However, the operating system is not the main drag on the life of our phones. The European PROMPT project is in charge of analyzing the average life of electronic products based on their most common problems and repair options, and this is where the mobile enjoys a bit of a comfortable place.
Main problems of our smartphones
According to the study, slightly more than 28% of the items that are damaged in our country and in the common European nations are mobiles.
Before we have talked about the operating system but this is not the main reason why our phones are missing, but one more like the problems derived from the screen. The main culprit for our phones to break down sooner than expected is the battery, which accumulates the largest requests for repair.
Furthermore, in 48% of the cases that have been reported to the OCU , mobile phones begin to present problems when they were still under warranty, that is, before the two years of their purchase expire. Other data provided by the report is that 11% of problems appear before six months, which is why it is considered a factory defect .
Secondly, printers appear, far from mobile phones that accumulate the main complaints of users at the end of their useful life.
Extend the life of your mobile
In addition to having good technical support, there are a number of conditions that can make us extend the useful life of the mobile and be able to enjoy it as long as we perform good phone maintenance.
In the case of the battery, it is appropriate to calibrate it and charge our smartphone with the original adapter and cables. Similarly when we are subjected to extreme climates (summer or winter) it is very important to avoid overheating our smartphone as well as sudden changes in temperature.
At the operating system level, it is essential to apply all the system updates that the manufacturer leaves us, and when it ceases to serve new software, we can resort to the installation of custom ROMs based on new versions of Android that improve the overall performance of the telephone.
Regarding the screen, being forewarned is worth two and using a screen protector or covers on our device can save us more than a disappointment.
Source>PROMPT
Via>ElConfidencial