Yeah, I recently made the switch from apple to Android after my second apple device in a row had a major internal hardware malfunction out of nowhere and the people at the store just went "yeah no I can't fix this sorry, you need a new phone", so I'm still figuring out the complex world of not apple. I didn't even realize you had to clean the ports, but I guess it would make sense. I recently found out my android and my computer use the same port (usb-c) and I got really excited so that's the level of "tech savvy" I'm on haha

[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm curious what Android phone you picked up

[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My dad gave me his old Razer 2 since he doesn't use it anymore. It's not in great condition, but it works

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

If you are afraid of hardware malfunctions, may I propose the Fairphone?

It is literally designed so you can replace the hardware yourself. USB-C port broken? 15€ and 10 minutes later you have a new port (even if you don't know anything about phone repair). Screen broken? 80€ and you have a complete new one. Battery replacement is 30€ and that is just pop-and-go like in the old days.

They also give at least 5 year warranty, and you can still buy parts for the Fairphone 2, which is about 7 years old at this point.