Thanks everyone for the excellent info. This will help save more $ going forward and cure more headaches.
The $600/month we're saving my employer is just on useless "support" and "licensing" fees (aka extortion) for unnecessary software and hardware in LTO tape backup and firewall / VPN gear. With help from NLUG we're able to use FOSS instead of proprietary wizardry and buy used instead of new. On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 1:31 PM Csaba Toth <[email protected]> wrote: > Checking on eBay I see screens for the 4A (4G) in the range of $136-$145. > The 4A 5G has even screens for $100. Does the fixing cost $160 on top of > that to come out to $299? I'd check other 3rd party repair shops. For a > repair shop which does that on a regular basis I think it takes them ~15 > minutes. For me it'd take several hours for sure. All modern phones have a > very bad iFixit score. One thing for certain: never buy any Apple if you > care at all for Right to Repair ( > https://www.ifixit.com/Right-to-Repair/Intro) or would expect a > possibility of a repair cost lower than an extortion. > https://www.ifixit.com/News/45921/is-this-the-end-of-the-repairable-iphone > Don't buy Tesla for the same reason (just in case if you are thinking of an > EV) and don't buy any John Deere either. > > What's that $600/mo save? > > On Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 1:26 AM Michael L <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'd like to know if anyone on this list has had any success with the Pine >> phone or another Linux phone, if you're able to make calls, send texts and >> emails and do internet searches. Wondering if I can at least use it as a >> back up phone. >> >> (If u own a Pixel) I replaced my old (still working) phone with a Pixel >> 4a in November for $350 and a $5 case. I dropped it recently. The >> exterior is in mint condition, but the LCD quit working, which costs $299; >> the repair guy said they're the worst for repairs. It's supposedly >> under warranty, but I'm waiting from B&H for the warranty contact info. If >> my old phone wasn't still working I'd be in a potentially costly situation >> of having to buy another phone till this gets repaired (a more rugged case >> may be appropriate for the Pixel phone). >> >> Thanks to NLUG, I'm saving $600/month vs. being in Microsoft >> penitentiary😁 >> MichaelL >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXYhY%3Dys8DmVLS_%2BTxGeBA%3DLNvHxVa%2B%3DT6%2Bm%3DQHbCrUR%2BA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXYhY%3Dys8DmVLS_%2BTxGeBA%3DLNvHxVa%2B%3DT6%2Bm%3DQHbCrUR%2BA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CA%2BKhHxLwA8jm22fRXxSSZPYmXVmxBM15VUctpgUocrXj-SqphA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CA%2BKhHxLwA8jm22fRXxSSZPYmXVmxBM15VUctpgUocrXj-SqphA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXYSSh7%2B00aLNPg3a1rq3j5p6%2BbbyOzUWy0axX1BFp76og%40mail.gmail.com.
