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It won’t work with modern apps in about 3 or 4 years, or even if it does, it’ll be so slow, it would prsctically be unusable.

I have an Asus Zenfone 3 Max from 2016. It has 8 cores @ 900MHz and 3GB of RAM. I only use it for BT auido streaming (play music on modified audio system from the 90’s), that’s it. It can play YT videos at Full HD, but searching and acreen flipping is so slow, it’s practically unusable. Everything is generally slow on it, even browsing. It takes like 10+ seconds to load a more complex page (with media). Sorry, but that’s unusable to me.

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abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

It won’t work with modern apps in about 3 or 4 years, or even if it does, it’ll be so slow, it would practically be unusable.

Maybe on Android… my iPhone is 5 years old and works better now (faster, more features, more apps) than it did when it was brand new.

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- 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That iPhone has at least double the CPU power my Zenfone has. Plus more cache, I presume. If I had double the CPU power I currently have on that thing, I would probably still use it.
  
  Upgrading to the latest model would give me the same number of CPU cores and about 20% higher clock speed and slightly more RAM - both barely noticeable. I would get a better camera - but I’m OK with this one for a bit longer.
  
  See, that’s the difference (one of them) between bying an iPhone and an Android phone. Android phones are usually a lot more ppwerful. I currently use a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro. 8 cores, 2.0GHz per core, 8GB of RAM, 128GB storage, 4 cameras on the back. And all that for 300€. No iPhone has those specs at that price. Sure, support is shorter, but why people throw that kind of money on something like a phone is beyond me. Still, it’s everyone’s personal choice, and I guess Apple can put in a battery in their devices that will last, oh, 20 years, if they really wanted to, but for most regular Android phones, 10 years is more than enough.
  
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