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My current phone is a major brand flagship from 2016 (bought in 2016), the one that that one replaced was probably older than that at the time. Your question s
by t_mann 4y ago
My current phone is a major brand flagship from 2016 (bought in 2016), the one that that one replaced was probably older than that at the time.
Your question seems to start from a wrong premise, maybe ask yourself why you replace phones every two years for (according to you, minor) feature upgrades.
- colinsane 4y agothe most valid justification in OP’s post was (IMO) the non-replaceable batteries, since battery capacity decreases noticeably over a 6 year timespan. does your phone have a replaceable battery, or have you just not found it to be a deal-breaker? i upgraded from a 2016 SE to the iphone 13 mini last year, in largest part because it would die after like 2 hours of casual web browsing (even with ads disabled/etc). one major feature of the newer iphones is the clip-on battery packs. not as good as replacing the interior battery, but means i can get expect more than 5 years of life from this one without hacking it too much.
- t_mann 4y agoNot easily, unfortunately, and battery performance has dropped noticeably over the last year. But it still easily goes for a full day with reasonable screen use (reading on the commute,...), so my pain for looking into how to replace it wasn't high enough yet. I don't want to be apologetic of practices like glueing in batteries, I'm a fan of right-to-repair. I was just taken aback by the statement that didn't square with my experience (I'm not the only one in my social bubble with a phone older than four years, by far).
- barbs 4y agoI replaced the battery in my first gen iPhone SE myself. It wasn't easy, though!
- timeon 4y agoI still use 2016 SE and charging once in 1.5 - 2 days. But I rarely use GPS/Bluetooth etc. And most of my internet time is on desktop/laptop.