"jim stone" wrote in message
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Not being able to find a small internet radio to buy we liked, we got
mobile phone with which we link with wi-fi to a modem router, and use it
as an internet radio.

Keeping the phoned plugged into its charger all the time, we are using it
to play *all-day* background classical music through an amplifier and
speakers.

Since the phone has no 'moving parts' unlike a computer, we are wondering
if this continuous playing all day of the phone is going to shorten its
working life ?


The bits that will fail [first] in a mobile phone are the battery and
display. You can replace the battery and switch off the display.

I have two 40+ year old solid state radios that still work.