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Preferred Care for Pixel devices is a confusing service (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] cole@lemdro.id 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

deeply agree. it isn't even that well priced. just self-insure if you're worried. put $12 away into a separate account or something. you'll probably end up with extra money.

Remember, insurance companies are for-profit. You are likely not the one benefitting from this arrangement

[–] PlatinumSf@pawb.social 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Insurance companies also get parts wholesale and keep large stocks of referbished devices. Not saying they don't profit, but the margins aren't there because the pay in outweighs the risk, they're there because they have effective supply chains and manufacture direct deals to procure hardware at costs not offered to the general public.

[–] cole@lemdro.id 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That has some impact, sure, but insurance agencies generally profit by the assumption that not everybody will make a claim. Those that don't make a claim pay for those that do and they pocket the leftovers

[–] PlatinumSf@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago

That's pay in vs risk. Insurance companies for electronics would have long gone out of business without additional efficiencies over pay in vs risk. I worked for a national insurer for a while and electronic claims were several factors higher than health, life, or home.

[–] painfulasterisk@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Although I would like to use my phone naked, I have to use a case just because I'm clumsy.

[–] Deftdrummer@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Case but no screen protector master race.

[–] qdJzXuisAndVQb2@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

My fucking people, yes!

[–] Cosmicomical@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Rugged phone ftw

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

What kind of person doesn't use a phone case? Naked phones are slippery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4yIWg_LElc

Also fixing their broken back glass could have been as simple as just putting a case on it covering the glass. Not even worth the deductible

Back glass replacement video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pISCVfuSwcM

[–] Bangs42@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't use cases.

When I worked a more active job, I used them religiously. I thoroughly tested OtterBox's warranty.

Now that I work a desk job, I'm much less worried about breaking my phones. I put a skin on them for the aesthetics and improved grip. Over 4 years case-free on 4 phones, zero issues.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does your current phone have a glass back? I would think that would be extra slippery

[–] Bangs42@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but with a skin on it doesn't really matter. Even without the skin, it wasn't that bad. But the skin definitely improves the grip.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Never had a case for my phone. And in 13 years of owning a smart phone, I only had a single broken screen this summer. And in that case, a phone case wouldn't have helped protect it.

It's really not hard to not drop it is you're careful.

And I have small hands, which doesn't help

[–] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

I've been dropping my phone nearly every day since Nextel. Something is wrong with me.