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A better camera is the only reason to buy a new phone. If you don't want that, you can just buy a 5 year old or more phone and be just as happier.
by eigenspace 2y ago
A better camera is the only reason to buy a new phone. If you don't want that, you can just buy a 5 year old or more phone and be just as happier.
- mitthrowaway2 2y agoWhat about security updates?
- rchaud 2y agoAs long as apps are kept up to date, I'm not sure that OS-level security updates make much of a difference. Most breaches happen due to malicious apps. I haven't heard of any cases where somebody cracked the OS security and accessed user data. Most of the world is not using the latest version of Android, and you don't really hear about viruses/malware like we used to with Windows machines in the '90s and '00s.
- yonatan8070 2y ago> I haven't heard of any cases where somebody cracked the OS security and accessed user data. https://www.spiceworks.com/it-security/endpoint-security/news/researchers-expose-apple-bluetooth-vulnerability-defcon/ https://www.spiceworks.com/it-security/endpoint-security/new...
- tanewishly 2y agoThere are security bugs which allow hacking older Android phones invisibly, via sms or mms. I'm not entirely sure what Android version you need to avoid such problems; probably north of 8.
- eigenspace 2y agoThere's also lots of modern budget phones that are using 5 year old processors, shitty cameras but modern OS support.
- mihaaly 2y agoYou can't. It will loose OS support in seconds! Then next update of your essential app will stop working as it needs the newer OS. Also the battery is fused to the screen or what and cannot keep up with the AI assisted emojis needs coming in with a random software update.