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They WERE throaways for the first 10 years of smartphones. Every iPhone or Android release brought so many new improvements that last year's phone looked ancie
by jdlyga 7y ago
They WERE throaways for the first 10 years of smartphones. Every iPhone or Android release brought so many new improvements that last year's phone looked ancient.
Nowadays, we've finally hit diminishing returns and a 2 year old iPhone X is still about the same as an iPhone 11 Pro. It's become more like buying laptops. Therefore, we really need a way to repair these things.
- SoylentOrange 7y agoI strongly disagree. I think it would be hard to articulate why an iPhone 6s (released in 2014) which is the phone my partner has, is not usable today. Many of my friends have phones that are currently 2-3 years old, and they work just fine. I assume this has to do with relative income: either $1000 per year is a lot of money for you, or it’s not.
- cardiffspaceman 7y agoI see jdlyga's point as, iPhone 2 made iPhone 1 a throwaway, and from then on to arguably iPhone 6 where maybe phones were more alike than different on critical metrics. On the other hand your point is that current phones don't have much different between them. I held on to my iPhone 5 for 6-7 years so I think I have even better evidence for you than your resourceful friends.
- kylec 7y agoI think you two are actually in agreement
- LinuxBender 7y agoI use a $12 phone from Walmart. I am certainly the exception though. I only know a few other people that use throw-away phones like mine. Most people I know have their entire life in their phone and would lose their minds if (when) their phone fails.