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My sister's Galaxy S3 Mini is alive and well. Just needed a battery replacement. Same goes for my SO's Galaxy Ace 4 Style, which she left lying there for an iP
by Tade0 4y ago
My sister's Galaxy S3 Mini is alive and well. Just needed a battery replacement.
Same goes for my SO's Galaxy Ace 4 Style, which she left lying there for an iPhone SE, but might return to the Samsung because the iPhone, while being a great device overall, will now require a battery replacement procedure because it wasn't designed for doing that at home and the battery is very much dead.
My Galaxy S8 is humming along nicely even though I subject it to a lot of environmental stress daily by e.g. showering with it in hand.
Bottom line is iPhones aren't that special in this regard anymore.
- _Algernon_ 4y agoThe main issue on Android for longevity isn't hardware. It's that you rarely get software updates - or even security updates - beyond a couple of years. An 8 year old device may be completely usable based on the hardware, but still not be able to run or download new apps, all while being a walking botnet.