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>Define 'most phones' (Not being able to replace the battery is a problem in my world). In my world too but most smartphones sold these days in fact do not hav
by 01Michael10 10y ago
>Define 'most phones' (Not being able to replace the battery is a problem in my world).
In my world too but most smartphones sold these days in fact do not have removable batteries by design. You don't know this?
>Buying a new (crappy, what do you expect for 50 Dollars?) phone because your perfectly working one isn't supported anymore is NOT satisfying and not a solution
That $50 phone is just as good or better than a phone sold 3 or 4 years ago.
>I feel that you're a bit lost. You want to save a bit of money
No dude... I buy a new phone every two years to have a faster one, better features (camera), and better security features (fingerprint reader). Lucky me, I can afford it. My secondary phone is a 2 1/2 year old Nexus 5 which still gets security updates and will for many more years via custom ROMs. Security updates were not the reason I bought a new phone.
Sorry, you don't really seem to be up on current smartphone technology to comment on this intelligently but philosophically I do agree with you.
- petecox 10y agoNexus 4, released in Oct 2012, is still better spec-wise in terms of screen and RAM than most $50 devices. I picked up one on ebay for $AU80 and the battery is still okay but the non-replaceable feature the only thing keeping me from using it indefinitely. Although the supported OS is Google abandonware, so this vulnerability may finally encourage me to upgrade to a custom ROM. (And yes I'm currently a thrifty student and happy to accept hand-me-downs rather than spend $500 on new bling)
- 01Michael10 10y agoThat is not correct... You know I am taking about the $50 Amazon Blu and Moto Prime deals? Please look up their hardware specifications. The Nexus 4 was a solid beautiful phone in it's time. It doesn't even officially support LTE and I can name 6 other specs were it comes up short compared to the Amazon Prime phones. Google abandonware? Nexus devices get better official and unofficial support than any other Android OEM phones.