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I agree. I think phone hardware became "good enough" a few years back (as PCs did around 2010). The last time I upgraded is only because the repair guy changing
by gettodachoppa 3y ago
I agree. I think phone hardware became "good enough" a few years back (as PCs did around 2010). The last time I upgraded is only because the repair guy changing my battery broke the cell antenna. I'm fine using a 10yo flagship phone, IF it's not sabotaged by the OS and app developers bloating what runs on said hardware.
I can't think of any apps other than games and the browser that need anything above a 10yo phone to run perfectly.
For mobile games, that's a given, but it's something that only kids care about.
As for web browsing, it will forever be trash because HTML/JS is such a shit and inefficient way to access information. You could put a quantum computer in the phone and it still won't be as responsive as a native app using a fraction of the resources.
- midoridensha 3y ago>I think phone hardware became "good enough" a few years back (as PCs did around 2010). PCs became "good enough" for speed back then, but not for power consumption. There's always room for improvement there, and modern laptops really blow 2010-era laptops out of the water when you look at that metric, and also size/weight.