That's a strange question and I fail to see the relevance
Think about data security.
Also, there is software that can be installed on mobiles that are more
than key loggers, they trace your location and allow third parties to
listen in to your telephone calls and see your sms/emails.
I would not sell a smart phone on ebay as I nwould be worried about the
data be retrieved.
Where else are you going to sell a phone when you no longer want it ?
Take it to cash converters or advertise it in the classifieds or
trading post, trade it in (if you can these days) and get nothing for
it ?
I wouldn't. Read above.
As for buying a phone, would I have been better off buying the
identical phone from Telstra etc for $200 odd (at the time) and just
toss away $120 - especially to grubs like them ?
I hate Tel$tra now but this does raise a point.
You can spend $80 on a second hand mobile with no warrenty and no
service. For an extra $120 you get peice of mind that an out of box
fault would be addressed and any other faults would be addressed over
the next twelve months.
You are not even saving half the price, risking your security and *
What if you are away from a power source for a length of time, or in
an emergency or disaster ?
I am often. I charge with my motorcycle (power source).
what about when the battery reaches the end of its useful life ?
As I wrote before, that is so last mellenium. How many decades do you
keep your mobiles for anyway?
Contracts are usually 24 months now, this is also the same time period
mobiles are deducted my the ATO so it makes sence to replace them.
It does not make sence to put used smart phones on ebay, purchase smart
phones from ebay or to bag others that simple use one product over
another.
What are you doing on a tech forum ??
* When I did repair mobiles on a contract basis for the likes of Tel
$ra/Optus/Erricson/Nokia/NEC/Motorrola one thing that disgusted me was
how dirty they get. But you would know this, as you place your second
hand mobile to your face and your family are pressing third hand mobiles
to their face....
They do, as batteries frequently do not last as long as the life of
the device, particularly if they are used a lot, and discharged /
recharged a lot .
So last mellenium. Phones are replaced before the above becomes an
issue. Just like cars!
Once they fail to hold enough charge for reasonable amount of usage
time, its time to replace the batteries.
Wrong, Its time to replace the phone.
You need to go over your math again. ;-)
One or more spare batteries, and ability to change them without
difficulty are vital if you are going to spend any time away from
power sources for charging,
Why would one need a spare battery if one has the ability to charge?
There are so many ways to charge a mobile now days I feel the above is a
none issue.
Take a laptop and charge off that!
If there is an emergency It could save a life.
You have me sold!
so how do you charge your fancy phone then, still needs a charger, and
any sort of charging dock is essentially a desktop charger.
No. A desktop charger (in mobile telephone terms) has always been
optional equipment that allows the ability to charge more than one
battery at a time.
Battery swap is always necessary eventually
You are wrong. To prove this, look at how many other devices no longer
have the battery swap option. Things are no longer made to last ten
years. Look at the houses going up or the cars driving around.
It is cheaper to buy a new one. Expecially with the help of the ATO.
I am not saying this is a good thing, but it is fact.
- its just a matter of time how long it takes until it is needed.
Batteries in these sort of situations only last a certain number of
charge cycles - fail to hold enough charge eventually and need to be
replaced.
So last mellenium.
I guess this is to ensure that you cant remove the battery and
stop the GPS running so they can continue to track you and spy on
you even when you turn it off ?
Who are they?
[looking for foil hat]
Should I be alert or alarmed?
Maybe you need to read up on apple caught logging user location data
and forwarding it to Apple.
It is a breach of the users privacy and rights to privacy. Even
putting aside the bad uses of this sort of technology by bent
governments and authorities, I do not want corporations logging data,
logging keywords from calls, SMS (or conversations even off the phone)
of where I go, when and where I shop, what I buy, How much, how often,
and this being onsold to other companies to help them con me into
buying more crap I do not want through "targeted advertising",
unsolicited calls, spam and junk mail.
I have read about that. It took two days I think Apple to come up with a
fix. The purpose of the file was for the use of other applications. Data
was never sent back to Apple. The problem with the file was it was
easily accessed (even on the PC) and this in turn allowed others to see
where one has been.
I put it to you that all platforms have the capability of doing this.
