lørdag den 6. juli 2019

You can't even trust big brands anymore!

Normally I write about tech and technical problems, but this time its something from real life and has nothing to do with tech.

Last year in July I bought a pair of Adidas Originals, in Denmark, from Spartoo.dk and 4 months after the buy I saw that the sewing were going apart on the left one, and realized there were no sewing, it was glued together. The sewing showing on the shoe - is FAKE.

Well, I needed my shoes and a small thing like this were not going to stop me, so I gave it a small drop superglue and it worked fine, until yesterday where the rest of the glue gave up - and not only on one shoe, both of them now.

So, lousy work Adidas!

After a bit more investigation, it turns out Adidas got these shoes made in India. Not saying that is bad, but they do have cheaper labour and less quality control than we do, and some fake items come from there.

In Denmark we have 2 years reclamation right, meaning that the company has to compensate you if factory error - and you could argue that shoes with FAKE sewing and only glued together, were the glue gives up just 1 year after purchase, is factory error.

So lets see if I can get Spartoo.dk to send me a new pair, without first sending in the ones I wear everyday - yeah they can still be worn, though not so water resistant anymore - See photos.

I will follow up with an update to this on what is happening in the case.

Ordrenummer: 1050024450924128

Update: The dealer Spartoo.dk has chosen to ignore the case and I have asked Adidas to change the shoes to a new pair which should hold more than 1 year - waiting for response from Adidas. 














tirsdag den 2. juli 2019

What's wrong with OPPO, Vivo, One Plus, Cherry Mobile, Huawei, Lenovo, Samsung and other flagship phone manufacturers products?

As the title states, there is something totally wrong in the tech world - Super great Smartphones from worldknown brands, with quality components and STILL with inferiour battery life - This is 2019, not 2000!

These days we don't really drag the laptop or tablet with us everywhere we go, we use our mobile phone for most of the things we used to use the laptop or the tablet for.


So here comes the million dollar question: Why is companies like OPPO, Vivo, One Plus, Cherry Mobile, Huawei, Lenovo, Samsung and other flagship phone manufacturers, still are making SMART phones with inferiour battery life?

These products don't even last a full day on normal use, I'm not talking what the company claims, but actually consumer use.

And the problem even extend to their flagship models.


There are companies, not so wellknown in the western part of the world, that actually deliver their phones with nice big capacity batteries and some even replaceable - so why is it the other major brands can't do the same?

This is a very good question, and you as as consumer should ask yourself this too before buying a branded phone where you only get 1 year warranty, inferiour battery, and at best low class support.


Why not buy some of the not so known chinese brands instead, and save some money, and most of the time get a better product with better battery life. You still only get 1 year warranty, (some actually offers more), but a lot better experience.

I'm writting this from a Xiaomi REDMI NOTE 7 with 4000mAh battery. How much battery was on Samsungs newest flagship model?







A couple of reasons why you should NOT buy Firefly or Cherry Mobile phones

A couple of reasons why you should NOT buy Firefly mobile or Cherry Mobile products:

1. They seldom reply to support questions or resolve these, especially after sales support.

2. Their products are made from known manufacturers - Some times those parts are 3rd grade and discarded by the manufacturers for their own products, but bought by companies making cheap cellphones.

3. The battery can't be replaced, but that is true for many phones. Then again the ones I have had, seemed to get not so good to hold power after the warranty had expired.

4. You can't get repair by 3rd party repair shop, because there are no service parts! Example: The company made 100.000 phones, sold them all, should any fail and they have to replace them they have to make a new phone  every time. The don't make service parts to do repair, replacing the phone is cheaper than repair. But out of warranty, then you are screwed as they are not going to make a new phone just to replace yours - they just don't reply to your after sale support request!

If that is not enough reason for you, then go ahead and buy a phone from them. They do make good(not so good quality) products, they just don't last that long time, could be the 3rd grade parts reason.

I bought a super great phone Intense Desire, until it were NOT.

The screen died 2 years after I bought it. Most other known brands last a lot longer than 2 years.

It started with 1mm in the left side of the touchscreen, that didn't react to touch, then spread to half the screen - this after the suplied tempered glass overheated the screen. So again another good advice, don't apply the tempered glass as it is of such quality that it overheats the screen. Nice job Firefly!

So the reason its cheap, is most likely inferior parts,which cost a third of what 1st grade parts cost.

I worked 33 years as an IT Consultant, so this is not news to me, I`ve seen it in Compaq, HP, Dell, Neo, Cleo, Cherry Mobile and other products before!

You would just think that some of these companies would learn, and make cheap, but good quality products instead, and then make a good name for themselves.

Next time: What's wrong with OPPO, Vivo, One Plus, Cherry Mobile, Huawei, Lenovo, Samsung and other flagship phone manufacturers products?