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[–] Persen@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Yep, learned this the hard way.

  • I ordered a 10€ "Skmei" watch from Aliexpress and it died in a year. My cousin buys ~30€ casio watches and they last at least 5 years of abuse.
  • Cheap Redmi phones have half the processing power of a top end midranger and will not decently survive years of planned obsolescence. I only have a Redmi (4x from their decent times) because I got it for free from my dad. It's a decent phone, but performance is terrible so they aren't worth paying for from the longevity standpoint, but if you need a temporary phone they are decent.