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That is a good strategy. I could have saved a good chunk of change by not insisting that I have the latest shiny.
by rootusrootus 5y ago
That is a good strategy. I could have saved a good chunk of change by not insisting that I have the latest shiny.
- nicoburns 5y agoIt worked out pretty well. Paid ~£300 for a second hand Samsung S7 mid 2017 and it lasted until last month (so ~4 years) where it completely died (stuck on the rebooted and then stuck on the boot screen getting really hot). Somehow it was even still getting occasional security updates, although I think that was just luck. Currently using a cheap backup device I normally use for app dev while I workout what my plan for the next one is.
- beagle3 5y agoDid it get feature updates? Security updates? FWIW, the iPhone 6S (first avail oct 2015) gets iOS 15 ; and iPhone 6 still got a security update in mid 2021 despite being out of feature support.
- nicoburns 5y agoIt got 2 years worth of feature updates (possibly 3 if it got one before I bought it). I’m actually typing this on an iPhone 6S that I usually use for app development. I’ve just upgraded it to iOS 15, and honestly it’s still a great phone. UI is very snappy. Probably the best budget phone on the market right now, considering you can get one for ~£70 (I paid £100 a year ago for one that had had it’s battery replaced)
- nicoburns 5y agoUPDATE: It got 3 years worth of updates. Shipped with Android 6 and the latest update is 9.
- toxik 5y agoThis is a good approach to many things, computers, cars, phones — there is an enormous premium paid to be the “first to open the box”. If you can rid yourself of that particularly successful marketing trick, you cut your costs boatloads.