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TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Lmao stopped upgrading years ago…
When this 5 yo phone kicks the bucket, I’ll upgrade to a 4 yo model for cheap
Literally not missing out on anything and saving a fucking bag doing it
dustyData@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I just changed a 4yo phone that was getting extremely slow and laggy. I went for a mid level phone. From this very year. It has the same QoL and performance of an iPhone14. It should last at least 5 years and costs ~$300.
funkajunk@lemm.ee 8 months ago
What did you get?
dustyData@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Samsung Galaxy A54. 5 years of guaranteed updates, including 4 Android version updates. 120hz QHD screen. High quality cameras that record on 4K (yay! I can’t watch that anywhere because I don’t own any 4K screen). Sleek and familiar UI. 25W Fast charging. Seamlessly works with my earphones and Watch. Plays almost all mobile games I could possibly want. Basically it’s just “an phone”.
Things it doesn’t have:
I still haven’t met a task I wanted to do that the phone didn’t deliver appropriately. The smoothest and nicer phone I’ve ever owned.
Oh, and the transfer was super smooth too. I picked up the new phone at the end of a mostly hands free one hour process, and it was like I had just picked the soul of my old phone in a new body. Everything was exactly in the same place that I left it in and 100% functional without any extra setup required. I have seen Apple’s transfer and, compared the two, Apple was a pain in the ass and unreliable (several failed tries and the thing only half worked after almost a whole day).
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t own an iPhone for the hardware alone. It’s for iOS, which I prefer, the apps, and for the excellent ecosystem. Worth the extra $ to me.