How often do you break your phone that you've save sooo much? Mine is at least 2...

XorNot · 2025-06-18T21:22:24 1750281744

In a laptop context the advent of soldered on RAM and SSDs has made this a more significant issue though.

That 1TB I thought was enough might not be, and suddenly I need to buy a whole new machine to upgrade.

christophilus · 2025-06-18T23:03:50 1750287830

Are the SSDs often soldered? I thought that was only the RAM.

kelnos · 2025-06-19T02:20:47 1750299647

Depends on the brand/model, of course, but I think for a 13"-sized laptop, it's pretty common to solder in the storage as well.

benrutter · 2025-06-21T18:32:34 1750530754

Embarrasingly often! Things I've done specifically:

- Getting cement in the charger port

- Dropping the phone on its screen breaking it

With some phones both of those could be full replacements.

jijijijij · 2025-06-21T11:22:23 1750504943

So you haven’t even changed the battery? That would be impressive durability.