There’s one problem that plagues every foldable smartphone, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold perfectly encapsulates what that problem is.
There’s one problem that plagues every foldable smartphone, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold perfectly encapsulates what that problem is.
Sometimes, paying more really does result in a higher quality product. It’s a shame that it’s not as often as it used to be.
Established products tend to be safer, for sure.
You’re right, that works sometimes, until manufacturers get wise and just charge the quality price for a piece of shit. For one-off, niche market things the majority of consumers has no way of knowing which one is a quality product that will do it’s job for a long time and will fail gracefully, and which one is a dangerous time bomb. By the time you find out the money has already paid for some executive’s third gold bath tub.
That is why I said “tend to be.” In a lot of cases, that’s simply not true, especially for some legacy companies like General Electric who have gone through decades of stock buybacks.