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> People don't carry game consoles around in their pockets all day No, but most people also don't need SoCs which performance doubles every 2 years. If the sof
by karteum 5y ago
> People don't carry game consoles around in their pockets all day
No, but most people also don't need SoCs which performance doubles every 2 years. If the software was properly written and optimised (which would be more common if the firmware developers expected the hardware to have a long lifespan), there would be no reason any phone manufactured in the last 7 years to be sluggish. Anyway most people just want their basic apps to work (e.g. phone, emails, whatsapp, agenda, hotel booking, photos, maps, chat, music player, etc.), none of which should require a very powerful CPU or tons of RAM...
- ryandrake 5y agoI'd also argue that lack of software support has got to be one of the primary reasons phones get refreshed at the rate they do. I keep my phones until the vendor stops shipping software updates. If today's iOS remained compatible with past devices, I'd probably still be using my iPhone 3. There's no reason it doesn't have to, either. Apple and other phone vendors deliberately choose to drop software support for hardware they consider "too old".
- postingawayonhn 5y agoI was referring to the physical wear and tear that a phone had to withstand compared to a game console.