My old phone just hit 10 years of use

I pulled my first smartphone, a Galaxy S3, out of a drawer and the battery still turned on. It made me think about how we used to keep gadgets for years, not just until the next model. What's the oldest piece of tech you still have that works?

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allen.cole7mo ago

Yeah, a Galaxy S3 turning on after a decade is wild. I've got an old iPod Video from like 2006 that still boots up if I plug it in. The hard drive clicks like crazy, but it plays. Makes you miss when stuff was built to last.

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martin.andrew7mo ago

Honestly @allen.cole, I feel like we just got lucky with those old units, not that they were built better.

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noahjenkins6mo ago

My dad's old flip phone from 2003 still holds a charge somehow. It's just a weird piece of plastic that refuses to die. Makes you wonder what they put in the glue back then.

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