Reballed memory currently accounts for a small share of smartphone components, but adoption could nearly double by 2027 as manufacturers look for alternatives to increasingly expensive DRAM.
If I was going to buy a phone with this, I’d want it to be made very clear this was the case, but as long as they do that and a consumer can make an informed decision, I think it’s a great idea.
“This device uses previously used RAM that may have been used for many years. While the RAM has been previously used, we still offer our full and regular warranty and it has been thoroughly tested to still function”
Granted… i doubt we’d ever get something along those lines.
Yeah, that still is just a disclosure tho. My point was more the “why” that disclosure is there in the first place is something that’s lost on most people. The technical reason can’t be meaningfully communicated in a reasonable way.
A good disclosure can cover almost all the needed ground either way. But your right we will be lucky to get that.
If I was going to buy a phone with this, I’d want it to be made very clear this was the case, but as long as they do that and a consumer can make an informed decision, I think it’s a great idea.
It’s like people don’t like surprises anymore.
Even if you disclosed this no avg consumer is going to be educated enough on what this actually means to make an informed decision.
Functionally making it a moot point.
Still disclose it tho
It depends on how it’s done.
“This device uses previously used RAM that may have been used for many years. While the RAM has been previously used, we still offer our full and regular warranty and it has been thoroughly tested to still function”
Granted… i doubt we’d ever get something along those lines.
Yeah, that still is just a disclosure tho. My point was more the “why” that disclosure is there in the first place is something that’s lost on most people. The technical reason can’t be meaningfully communicated in a reasonable way.
A good disclosure can cover almost all the needed ground either way. But your right we will be lucky to get that.
Oh so you mean, this might break earlier than expected or have decreased performance sooner kind of messages.
Ya, i dont see something like that ever being added, and some people wouldn’t realize it.
yeah. No sane company is going to add that sort of message even tho it REALLY should in that sort of instance.