The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

This popped up on my Facebook page

 

[Drago]

Boxing day gone, back on the diet. Wholemeal toast with no butter and a dab of marmite is very dry - the coffee sees to that - but is very nice.

 

[PaulSB]

I have two bikes which are about to get the full on TLC. They will be exceptionally shiny by lunchtime.

I may do the car this afternoon but I do have my priorities.

 

[classic33]

Good morning, world!

Its dull, but not actually raining, here on Planet Thanet and its currently nearly 8 degrees.

Mrs Salad wishes to visit the sales today, in a quest for some new bedding.

Our daughter is psyching herself up to start work on painting her new kitchen. I think she is hoping for some help from Daddy......

Neither are particularly attractive options!

Keep safe, everyone.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=akX8ooGIzFM

 

[Paulus]

Good morning all.
It's dull, it's raining , heavily.
I have had a quick ride out to get some fresh crusty bread. MrsP is cooking a chicken tagine, and a vegetable tagine. We have some friends coming round for lunch so I needed crusty bread to mop up the juices..
The soggy dog walk was completed early, although the fields are flooded as the brook overflowed yesterday. It probably will again today.
Stay safe everyone and enjoy your day

 

[ColinJ]

Oh deep joy... My phone has crashed and got stuck in a boot loop. It happened a few months ago and it took me hours to get it working again.

Yes, it's a perfectly serious question. I understand and agree with your overall view but this one is a bit different.

The A72 was launched in April 2021 as the successor to the A71. The reviews I've read suggest the improvements are significant and the phone great value for money.

I can understand say a two year lifecycle and agree your scepticism but a nine month lifecycle and ditching the product without a successor makes me think the phone has a major flaw which Samsung is aware of.

Now despite it being available on Amazon I'm questioning the integrity of the product and Samsung. The company won't care but it's poor business practice.

I'll probably order an A52s 5G later today if I can find one with a physical retailer.

Ah, sorry - I was thinking of the 2 year cycle. 8 months to obsolescence does sound a remarkably short product lifetime!

I just did a search... There is a sensible reason for it - Samsung is struggling with the global silicon chip shortage. It isn't so much that they don't want to make them as much as they can't!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Its a tad damp here, the corner shop didn't have our papers this morning, I had to walk down the One Stop, beds changed, one machine of washing done, second machine load on and one more to do, first machine load drying on the clothes horse. The meats in the oven for lunch, we've had three days of dinner at dinner time now, tomorrow we'll go back to having our meal in the evening as we usually do.

 

[PaulSB]

I just did a search... There is a sensible reason for it - Samsung is struggling with the global silicon chip shortage. It isn't so much that they don't want to make them as much as they can't!

Samsung where very clear yesterday production has stopped and will not be restarted. Online chat agents don't make those comments unless it's the case especially when the customer makes clear he's happy to wait. Anyway I ordered the A52s 5G an hour ago. and I'm happy with that and in some respects happier, not least because there is a Samsung smart case which works with it.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Been out for a wander, some wonderful lighting through wispy cloud.

 

[ColinJ]

Samsung where very clear yesterday production has stopped and will not be restarted. Online chat agents don't make those comments unless it's the case especially when the customer makes clear he's happy to wait. Anyway I ordered the A52s 5G an hour ago. and I'm happy with that and in some respects happier, not least because there is a Samsung smart case which works with it.

They probably looked at the projected figures for the next year or two and decided that limping back into production with it eventually didn't make much sense for them.

TBH, the number of different product lines/models that some companies offer does seem a bit ridiculous. A lot of the time they are probably just competing with themselves. Once a phone buyer has decided not to go with Apple, many will just opt for Samsung***.





*** I just looked it up. I thought that Apple and Samsung had about 3/4 of the market but I was surprised to see that it is now only about 1/3 - LINK.

 

[ColinJ]

Oh deep joy... My phone has crashed and got stuck in a boot loop. It happened a few months ago and it took me hours to get it working again.

I think the battery had discharged too far while I was trying to restart the phone. I plugged the phone into the charger and managed to get it going again after the 3rd or 4th subsequent attempt.

 

[Dave7]

Just enjoyed jacket spud with bolognese and garlic bread.....with a glass of Pinot Grigiot

 

[numbnuts]

I've just watched Die hard with Vengeance

 

[classic33]

I've just watched Die hard with Vengeance

North of the border?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Our lad has headed home, I drove him to the station teatime, its awfully quiet in here tonight.