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

• 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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      • aksdb@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Maybe. All the Androids I had pissed me off after 2 years latest. Since there were no small Androids at the time, I took the dive and bought an iPhone 13 Mini. I’ll see if it also pisses me off after 2 years ^^ But at least what I saw from other people who have their iPhones for far longer, I am optimistic.

        CarPlay works much more fluent than Android Auto. That alone already made the switch worthwhile. Oh and having a unified backup solution via iTunes is really nice. While many Androids cannot be backed up at all unless you root them (which I don’t want).

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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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      • aksdb@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The A series from Samsung starts at €120 or so, which is pretty cheap. But also low-end specs.

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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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