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Comment on Vodafone Finds Brits Keep Mobile Phones for 4 Years Instead of 2

FriendlyBeagleDog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I could understand upgrading so frequently at the advent of mainstream smartphones, where two years of progress actually did represent a significant user experience improvement - but the intergenerational improvements for most people’s day-to-day use have been marginal for quite some time now.

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OscarRobin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yeah my semi-techie friend still has an S9+ from over 5 years ago and honestly he isn’t really missing anything beyond a few iterative improvements.

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- dukeGR4@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  S9+ from over 5 years ago
  
  he’s been missing out on 3 years + of security updates kek
  
  *cries in Samsung
  
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agent_flounder@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
If the batteries were easily replaceable, and the software didn’t continually get bloated, and companies kept issuing security patches, sure.

I kept my last desktop system for 10 years. Actually I still have it and it performs sort of ok (I was running Mint the whole time). But I upgraded and the performance improvement was actually worth the considerable cost. I’ve gotten similar life out of my other desktops and laptops over the years.

I think at least 5 years or preferably 10 is reasonable for smart phones.

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