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What are the "AK-47" of items? (cheap, durable, just works) (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 month ago by POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is not a conversation about guns. This is a conversation about items that have withstood abuse that are near unbreakable.

Some items I have heard referenced as AK47 of:

Gerber MP600: It's a multi tool

Old Thinkpad Laptops

Mag lights

Toyota Hilux

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[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pretty sure they're referring to the sale of Nokia's phone division to Microsoft in the mid-2010s. It's since been bought back and is in the process of renaming to HMD.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Didn't it get resold again to a Chinese firm? Please tell me they're independent again.

[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

Sort of. HMD licenses the Nokia name from the broader Nokia business and kept a lot of the old c-suite. Manufacturing is owned by a subsidiary of Foxconn.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 2 points 1 month ago

ok, that's cool. and their stance on repair ability means if they make a reasonably sized smart phone before I need a new one I'll be getting one, and one of the stupid tablet sized ones anyway if not.