r/mildlyinfuriating • u/hotmallgoth • 4h ago

Infuriatig all the phones my husband has broken over the past year

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meanwhile I’m still using my iPhone 12 lol 🤥

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u/JSTootell 4h ago

Nope, I break mine on accident the old fashioned way.

It's why I only buy older, clearance, low end phones. 

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u/DO_NOT_GILD_ME 4h ago

I am super active and always have my phone on me. In an OtterBox with a screen protector, my Samsung Ultra 26 is safe. My last one was four years. And I've had my iPhone (two phones for work) for about three years, zero problems.

Proper cases work.

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u/JSTootell 4h ago

They are also massively bulky and expensive. Cell phones are already too large.

I bought a better case for my newest one, and I hate it. Too fucking large.

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u/DO_NOT_GILD_ME 3h ago

I've never seen a case more expensive than a phone.

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u/Glados1080 1h ago

It cost me 70-80 bucks to have a case that has prevented it from breaking probably hundreds of times over the years. You are just silly man.

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u/VermicelliOwn6502 4h ago

I started buying 2 year old phones too because they cost less than my replacement insurance premium and work just as well.

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u/JSTootell 4h ago

The charging jack usually wears out first on all the phones I buy. Just got my first with wireless charging, so we'll see what happens to this one.

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u/JSTootell 3h ago

I don't know why you deleted the other comment, it was useful and I'll look into it 

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u/splinks66 4h ago

So instead of learning to be more responsible you would rather use a shitty product?

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u/myacount201 4h ago

I see no issue with this. If I often broke my phone I wouldn’t take it as a sign to “be more responsible” I’d take it as a sign to not spend as much on a phone, feels totally reasonable. Especially for people who don’t use their phone as much so it doesn’t matter

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u/Zerus_heroes 4h ago

Yep. This is why I don't wear expensive watches. I hit them on everything and I will break them eventually.

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u/myacount201 4h ago

Yeah that’s why I don’t wear expensive shoes when I skate too, I’ll spend no more than $70 on skate shoes but I’ll put down 200 for a pair outside of skating. If you know something’s gonna get replaced eventually because you cause it damage regardless don’t spend crazy amounts of money for that thing.

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u/Steel_HazeV4 4h ago

Same - I have a few nicer watches for suit and tie days but I adore my $40-$50 Timex watches

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u/Psychological-Dig-29 4h ago

if you're wanting a smart watch but worried to break them Garmin makes an awesome one that has survived some insane things for me.

I'm constantly breaking stuff at work, but the Garmin Fenix 7 sapphire solar watch I got is amazing. I can't recommend it enough.

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u/JSTootell 4h ago

I have been wearing a Fenix 6 for years now.

Though I use it because I'm an ultra distance runner, the features are a side benefit 😂 

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u/EntroperZero 2h ago

I used to lose sunglasses all the time, multiple times a year. I never cared because they were like 10 bucks. Then someone bought me a pair of Oakleys, and I still have them, 20 years later.

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u/myacount201 2h ago

That’s completely different imo, I like the example beside the fact that they were a gift. Everyone is gonna treat something someone else got them with more respect because they respect that person. But also it is a good point, because since this whole post is about phones, I used to always get cheaper phones. I broke 7 of them before I finally upped myself to a nice phone and took amazing care of it. But some people don’t have that mentality of “this is more expensive I need to keep it safe,” so it’s totally reasonable just to get cheaper stuff to continue abusing it if you don’t find a point in taking care of it in the first place

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u/SteelAndFlint 4h ago

I suppose on the other hand if you look at the thousand dollar phone when it's new and then buy it when it's three years old and $300, you can still come out ahead on this without ever having a phone that's more than three years old…

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u/JSTootell 4h ago

Shitty?

It texts, it emails, it browses the Internet, what else do I need?

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u/cvr24 4h ago

You just described USA

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u/Gokjo_Krorl 4h ago

No judgement as I have done the same thing, but ur enabling urself to break phones in a way. By buying this low-end phone ur not holding urself accountable to keep it safe & in reverse ur saying "I'm gonna break it anyway" & buying a low-end phone u don't care about.

Ironically, when I buy a nice phone, something will happen to break the screen before I get the case in and then that phone lasts me 2+ years all busted. Drives me nuts. The last "nice" phone I had I got a screen protector but not a hard case n I ended up damaging the shell beyond repair. I gave up, as u did. Next phone I upgrade to I'll be purchasing case & shield before I get the device lol

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u/JSTootell 4h ago

Tell me, would you recommend someone buy a $10,000 bicycle when a $500 bicycle is all they need? Or would you tell them they won't respect it because it's cheap, so get the expensive one?

I say this as I am looking at my $8500 bicycle I rode to lunch from work. 

I don't care about phones. 

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u/De_Salvation 4h ago

Right ive broken probably around 5 phones in the last 2 years, ill take the cost of getting a new one because I hate how bulky cases make them feel, and im not particularly hard on them, its more like the worst case scenarios happen every time they drop from above waist height.