850 EVO, yes or no?

[bradley]

A ten-year warranty should indicate a manufacture confidently stands behind a particular product.

In reality, anyone who has attempted to use Samsung's warranty service knows it's difficult to get them to honor their warranties, whether it's three years on your 840 EVO or an expensive HDTV with bad caps. At least the HDTV is easily user serviceable for anyone handy with a soldering iron.

 

[Puffnstuff]

If you get a Samsung get a local extended warranty to cut them out on servicing it. I got a 5 year extended warranty on my smart tv because I don't want them involved with it. I hope that I don't have to deal with them again with my 840 pro.

 

[Blain]

Well that's great for those who need storage five years from now, but kind of irrelevant for those who are looking for storage right now don't you think?

My point was that a 10 year warranty, is more of a gimmick rather than an actual benefit, given the speed of storage technology evolution.

Example... Do the "lifetime" warranties on DDR2 really matter at this point?
Sure they gave us warm & fuzzy feelings when we first purchased DDR2, but not so much now.

 

[sakete]

My point was that a 10 year warranty, is more of a gimmick rather than an actual benefit, given the speed of storage technology evolution.

Example... Do the "lifetime" warranties on DDR2 really matter at this point?
Sure they gave us warm & fuzzy feelings when we first purchased DDR2, but not so much now.

Fair enough. What a ten year warranty mostly symbolizes to me is that the manufacturer believes their product is of high quality. If it does break 5 years from now, odds are I'll replace it with something else.