My Samsung Galaxy S3 died after 8 years. EMMC failure. Just started boot looping while I was asleep. Everything gone. Known issue.

My Samsung Galaxy S8 died at 7 years. Some kind of thermal failure, I was able to recover my data by keeping the phone in the freezer while I copied. Known issue.

My Samsung Galaxy S21? I figure I've got another year or two in it before it, too, dies.

Having beautiful dead phones that have never had a broken screen or a hard drop is pretty depressing.

▲ throwaway2037 18 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

    > My Samsung Galaxy S8 died at 7 years.

Yikes, that is a long time! How many times did you fix it (screen or battery)?

▲ sureMan6 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I bought a used Samsung and it started boot looping almost immediately, all these issues seem very specific to Samsung

	▲	gzread 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The Seagate of cellphones

▲ Joe_Cool 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I am noticing something those devices have in common.

My Galaxy Tab also has dead EMMC. My HTC One M8 still works and even holds a day of charge. Too bad Android doesn't support 32bit ARM anymore.

	▲	pseudohadamard an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It can also depend on the hardware it's connected to. If the endless gigabytes of Samsung's value-add software are scribbling to eMMC nonstop then it's not surprising the flash is wearing out. A lot of this stuff is masked by the fact that most people swap out their phone for a new one that's exactly the same every 12 months so they never notice this, but if you hold onto a phone or similar device for longer the unnecessary wear starts to add up.

▲ TiredOfLife 28 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

My Galaxy Note 8 is still going as my main daily music player/backup phone.

My Galaxy Note 4 still works. Had to sideload updated web certificates.

My Galaxy S1 would still be going, but somebody got the charging port wet.

▲ blks 19 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

iPhones usually live pretty long life.