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0 pointssilisili10mo ago0 comments

Same boat. I made the unfortunate mistake of buying Samsung kitchen stuff.

The fridge ice maker had to have been designed by a troll. One piece of ice every 10 seconds or so. It took a minute to fill a simple dinner glass!

Then the microwave handle just...fell off the door. In all my years of owning bottom of the barrel to top end brands, I didn't even realize it was possible. The repairman said it was common, but because of all the plastic, they had to replace the entire door as the handle wasn't serviceable.

Never again. Not even their phones.

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elihu10mo ago

My current phone is a cheap Samsung. It's awful. The usb-C connector has never worked for data and only barely works for power (the plug sits at a funny angle and doesn't charge unless it's "just right"). There doesn't seem to be any debris in the connector and I've tried a couple different cables, so my best guess is just the connector came from the factory misshapen.

Phone reception is terrible where I live, but I'm not sure if that's the fault of my phone or the carrier.

MaKey10mo ago

Over time lint and dirt builds up at the end of the USB-C port. It gets compressed there so you won't immediately notice it. Try to find something small enough to put in there and carefully scrape over the backside.

silisiliOP10mo ago

That reminds me of the WinPhone days. The Moto Q was an awesome device built like a brick.

Samsung knocked it off with the BlackJack, which itself was an obvious copy/knock on Blackberry. It felt like such a downgrade - cheap plastic, hollow, and really buggy. Sounds like not much has changed since those days...

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