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I'd love to have my phones go 5 years, but our two nexus 4s made it just half that. Others have been less. I think part of the problem is the rate of change:

I'd love to have my phones go 5 years, but our two nexus 4s made it just half that. Others have been less. I think part of the problem is the rate of change: a smart phone from 10 years ago is dramatically different from one 5 years ago. That rate of change is slowing, though, just like it did in desktop and laptop computers about 5 years ago. When they increase flash and RAM a bit more, I think it will make sense to make (and buy) more durable phone hardware.

KozmoNau7 9y ago
I used to lust after the latest flagship phones, and while the Galaxy S8 my work has just equipped me with is extremely nice, it doesn't really do anything new that I actually need. VoLTE and WiFi Calling are nice, but hardly something that would make me swap out a perfectly functioning phone. My 2 year old Moto X Play does everything I need (Firefox, Messenger and Spotify, 90% of the time), and I only bought it because my old phone broke and the X Play had the longest battery life of any reasonably priced smartphone at the time. When it eventually breaks, I'm just going to get a budget model. If I could get a dumbphone/featurephone with a week-long battery life, that could do Firefox, Messenger and Spotify in any reasonable fashion, I would jump on it instantly.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  > I used to lust after the latest flagship phones, and while the Galaxy S8 my work has just equipped me with is extremely nice, it doesn't really do anything new that I actually need. VoLTE and WiFi Calling are nice, but hardly something that would make me swap out a perfectly functioning phone. Also, not even remotely new with the S8; it was supported at least back to the Note 5 / S6 generation, possibly earlier.
  - KozmoNau7 9y ago
    S6 had it, my previous work phone was an S5, which is why I needed an upgrade, my department is handling the VoLTE rollout to our customers. I would have been fine with an S6 or S7, but my company has standardized on the S8/S8+ (and iPhone X for some managers, because of course).

KozmoNau7 9y ago

I used to lust after the latest flagship phones, and while the Galaxy S8 my work has just equipped me with is extremely nice, it doesn't really do anything new that I actually need. VoLTE and WiFi Calling are nice, but hardly something that would make me swap out a perfectly functioning phone. My 2 year old Moto X Play does everything I need (Firefox, Messenger and Spotify, 90% of the time), and I only bought it because my old phone broke and the X Play had the longest battery life of any reasonably priced smartphone at the time. When it eventually breaks, I'm just going to get a budget model. If I could get a dumbphone/featurephone with a week-long battery life, that could do Firefox, Messenger and Spotify in any reasonable fashion, I would jump on it instantly.

dragonwriter 9y ago
> I used to lust after the latest flagship phones, and while the Galaxy S8 my work has just equipped me with is extremely nice, it doesn't really do anything new that I actually need. VoLTE and WiFi Calling are nice, but hardly something that would make me swap out a perfectly functioning phone. Also, not even remotely new with the S8; it was supported at least back to the Note 5 / S6 generation, possibly earlier.
- KozmoNau7 9y ago
  S6 had it, my previous work phone was an S5, which is why I needed an upgrade, my department is handling the VoLTE rollout to our customers. I would have been fine with an S6 or S7, but my company has standardized on the S8/S8+ (and iPhone X for some managers, because of course).