Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Sun Feb 24 02:45:37 CST 2013
By serviceable, are you referring to a hypothetical situation or reality? How much ability do you have to fix something on your Samsung, should it break? Would you know the first thing on how to fix it or have the necessary tools and ability to replace it? Is it trivial? I strongly doubt it. The most you can possibly do is replace the battery or your SIM card. Well, that's pretty much been the extent of what you can do on cell phones since as far as I'm aware. Then there is the ability to upgrade. Obviously, it is not possible for any of us to upgrade ram or CPU etc on our phones. Cell phones just aren't serviceable. Never have been. You are better off just buying a new one. It will probably work out cheaper than any effort you might put in hypothetically. Or you can buy your phone off a company, which has a great, no-questions-asked policy on product returns that can be taken care of within an hour or 2. - Hans On 2013-02-23, at 8:55 PM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Hans: > > You must have a awfully weird cell phone. ;-) It looks like Apple has > improved since the older models: > > http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-apple-iphone-5/6385769 > > My Samsung has a pop-off back and from there everything can be removed right > up to the screen. Mind you if you have broken your screen you can either > heat-gun the screen off or better yet take it to your service depot and let > them do it. ;-) > > Obviously you haven't lived until you start pulling apart other laptops > other than Apples... > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian > Andersen > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 3:08 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro > > I've never met a cell phone that is serviceable. Never since my first > cellphone in 1996... > > 40 screws on a laptop? The last laptop I took apart only had 8. > > Best regards, > Hans-Christian Andersen > > > On 23 Feb 2013, at 09:04, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Hi John: >> >> PITA, you will have disagreement from me. >> >> The last note book I took apart had a good 40 screws and 8 different sizes >> and that was just to remove the back. I always lay a sheet of graph paper >> out on the desk and draw and number all the holes given the associated > screw >> codes, making note of the disassembly order as there is no standard and > try >> to remember to pay special attention so as not to lose those little > plastic >> wedges. >> >> I would like to think that these new tablets should be at least as >> serviceable as any cell phone. >> >> Jim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow >> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 3:10 PM >> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro >> >> For what you get for the price versus a high end Android Tablet or an iPad > I >> think I would still prefer the Surface. None of the are easy to do > anything >> with. Although they are serviceable notebooks are a big PITA to work on > too! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence >> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 2:50 PM >> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' >> Subject: [dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro >> >> Hi All: >> >> Here is an interesting article on the difficulties of repairing your > Surface >> Pro. You wouldn't be taking it apart to add new memory, batteries, hard >> drives or even just cleaning out dust from the ventilation ports. >> >> How bad is it?...It is being compared to the Ultrabook which has been > called >> the most unrepairable piece of equipment on the market. > http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cracking-open/difficult-to-repair-surface-p > ro-built-more-like-an-ultrabook-than-a-tablet/938?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&tta >> g=e101 >> >> This article might be well worth saving for those purchasing such a > product. >> >> Jim >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com