Comment on The iPhone 13 mini is dead, leaving small phone lovers in a lurch

krey@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• aksdb@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Even Samsungs good update policy doesn’t beat Apple, where I can easily get 7 years worth of major versions (and still minor updates afterwards).

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  • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    For my needs it works out much cheaper to buy a new android phone every few years, but it is a huge waste. Depending on manufacturer you get up to 5 years of security updates, but the phone usually costs up to 800 euros less so it simply doesn't make sense to buy the iphone.

    You end up throwing a perfectly good phone in a drawer, never to be used again.

    In ye olden days, it didn't really matter that the phone was less secure. But with banking apps, you have no real choice in the matter.

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    • aksdb@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My problem with cheap phones is, that they also degrade fairly quick. At the beginning they still feel fine but after just a few months of usage I already start to feel the micro stutters again. And I hate that. I blame Android in general for that and like that iOS’ ecosystem is typically a lot more efficient in that regard.

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      • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Never had that issue, tbh.

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      • krey@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        but Samsung isn’t cheap. it’s reasonably priced. cheap phones are 50€ . I use a cheap one as an alarm clock.

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    • CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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      • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I buy them cash, no contract, prepay.

        Trade in value is really low, something like 20 euros max. I keep the old phone as a back-up and there's no need to wipe it.

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• magic_lobster_party@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  iPhone 15 is not that much bigger compared to S10e, so if you want a small phone like iPhone 13 mini you’re out of luck.

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• frazorth@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Unfortunately it hasn’t received a security update since March and Samsung have put it as EOL. Still a great phone.

  Sent from my Galaxy S10e.

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