I downgraded to an iPhone 11 Pro Max – and I'm not missing much

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• mefitis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  tl; dr: out-of-touch tech journalist realizes living like a normal person who doesn’t buy a new expensive phone every year is possible.

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  • xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I had to check, and my current phone (Gslaxy S10) was released 6 months before the iPhone 11 Pro Max. I have no plans on upgrading any time soon.

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    • rishado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah I’m on an S8 and it’s been feeling like time to upgrade for a whiile now unfortunately. But it’s holding much better than you’d expect.

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    • spitfire@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yep. Made a switch to iPhone when the 14 came out. Verizon rep thought my wife and I were retarded for not wanting to pay an extra $500 and ditch the 13. Only time I get a new phone is when it’s destroyed. No need to have the latest and greatest when it’s not doing anything functionally different.

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• GhostMatter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was extremely worried about downgrading to a phone from four years ago, but it turns out I’m totally fine using it as my main phone.

  Man, I don’t feel like I’m living in the same world as the author of the article. All my smartphones have lasted me years and years, but they were flagships like the 11 Max. If they had been iOS, they’d surely have lasted longer too.

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  • manualoverride@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ditto: reading this on an iPhoneX

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  • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’d still be rocking my pixel 2 if it wasn’t for the 3G shutdown.

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• 3arn0wl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The hardware isn’t the issue…

  The problem comes when Apple decides not to upgrade the OS any more. Then, some time after that, the apps you like to use won’t work.

  Planned obsolescence : environmentally iniquitous.

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  • farcaller@fstab.sh ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    iOS 17 installs on a 5 years old iPhone though. I don’t think that’s an unreasonable window of deceives supported.

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    • manualoverride@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Why shouldn’t it last be updated if it’s still working perfectly and capable? I have a 10 year old laptop and a 24 year old car. But my bank is not restricting me from visiting their branch or website because my car or laptop is too old.

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    • coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The SE form 2016 still gets safety updates.

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  • GingeyBook@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lmao let’s not pretend like Android is winning in the support department.

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    • 3arn0wl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I wasn’t suggesting it! There are other options.

      The IPhone 3g turned me from a long-time Apple Fanboy to a Linux enthusiast over a decade ago. With no regrets.

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Are we not going to talk about battery? I’ve never had any luck w iPhone battery being able to perform that’s this old. Replacements are a thing, but Suprised this wasn’t mentioned.

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  • kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Battery life tends to be the one things I really look forward to with a new phone these days. Instead of paying to replace my battery, I just sell my phone and get a new one.

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• orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My partner and I are still on the 12 Pro Max and have no plans on upgrading. Of course like clockwork, Verizon has texted us both the same upgrade message every few days or so. I finally had to tell them to stop.

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  • theangryseal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m very happy with my 12 pro max.

    I was using a 6S Plus until about a year ago.

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    • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I was on a Nexus 6P before I finally got sick of disposable Android phones. The last straw that sent me back to iOS and the iPhone was when I was in another country and my phone kept shutting down at 50% battery. No matter what I did, it kept shutting down. This was not good when I was trying to traverse a city I wasn’t familiar with and needed to rely on Google Maps.

      Don’t get me wrong, I love Android. I still have a Nexus 5 that has had a ton of different ROMs on it, but the amount of just plain terrible devices I had was staggering. The kind of tech that gets shoved out the door and thrown in the trash a year later.

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  • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We were in a store today and walked by the iPhone 15 display and stopped. Yeah, not missing much is definitely true. It doesn’t really feel faster and the camera was not impressive. It was ok for a 5x. I’m staying with my 12 Pro Max as well. It’s still quite good and it’s paid off.

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    • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The only plus I see is USB-C and that is definitely not enough to justify starting the new phone pay cycle all over again.

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• Zerlyna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m still using my 2020 SE 3.5 years old on original battery. No issues.

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• kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I am using with no issues at all my Poco F2 Pro and that one came out in 2019, I can get 10 hrs of SOT if use it minimal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • Vub@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Do you know what SOT means?

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    • DarienGS@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s screen-on time, and ten hours is quite normal for the Poco F2.

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• iMike@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I just upgraded from 11 pro to 15 Pro max, I didn’t have to as it was still running fine on iOS 16 and the cameras were great but it’s nice to have the fastest cpu, 24MP pictures, 5x optical zoom, 120Hz and always on display.

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  • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Based on video from JerryRigEverything, be careful about the rear glass.

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    • iMike@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah it looks like it shatters very easily but I never drop my phone so I’m not worried about it

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    • riceandbeans161@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      sure looked pretty all shattered tho

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• mayonaise_met@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I bought the original OnePlus Nord mid 2020 for €336 and I have no plans of replacing it. A €600-700 foldable might convince me, but other than that this phone is way better than what I need.

  The only thing I’d do differently is buying a phone from a company that isn’t Chinese.

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