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What's the point of buying new phones every years? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Other than your carrier give it for free or cheap, I don't really see the reason why should you buy new phone. I've been using Redmi Note 9 for past 3 years and recently got my had on Poco F5. I don't see the point of my 'upgrade'. I sold it and come back to my Note 9. Gaming? Most of them are p2w or microtransaction garbage or just gimped version of its PC/Console counterpart. I mean, $400 still get you PS4, TV and Switch if you don't mind buying used. At least here where I live. Storage? Dude, newer phone wont even let you have SD Card. Features? Well, all I see is newer phones take more features than it adds. Headphone jack, more ads, and repairability are to name a few. Battery? Just replace them. However, my Note 9 still get through day with one 80% charge in the dawn. Which takes 1 hour.

I am genuinely curious why newer phone always selling like hot cakes. Since there's virtually no difference between 4gb of RAM and 12gb of RAM, or 12mp camera and 100mp camera on phone.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bought an unlocked Pixel 6 near launch on sale and intend to use it until security updates cease (five years from launch).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got the pixel 7 last year since my old pixel 2xl was out of security.

Well that and the battery was terrible and it was sluggish as well in general and a screen crack that didn't affect functionally, but was annoying af. Still have it around as a spare device to go back to if this one has an issue.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here, kept a pixel 2 for way too long, i had to charge it 2 times a day if i used it as a smartphone ^^ though i didn't feel it become sluggish

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mine hasn't been smooth for a while, but was still fine to use mostly. Not like it was making me wait, but it was not the buttery smoothness it started with. I had to charge more like 5x a day though.

Could pull it off the charger and not touch it til I got to the car in the morning like 45 minutes later and be down to 83ish%.

I do miss that fingerprint sensor too. I had been using it to turn on the flashlight and pulling down notifications. I miss that.