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Now this is nice. Hopefully 3rd party manufacturers can also provide a longer life span for the device.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think you hit the nail on the head with diminishing returns. I'm usually on a 5-6 year usage period too. I can understand the battery swap helping out but my last few phones have felt so sluggish after 4+ years so I start looking at new phones around year 5. I have a Pixel 7 now and I'm going to wait until end of support and then we'll see what the offerings are then!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What 11 year old phone is still getting manufacturer updates?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're not getting security updates then any savings may well be a false economy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you've got a device with zero vulnerabilities which will never have any discovered then whoever made it is in need of a Nobel prize

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was going to post something dismissive about an air-gapped phone being pretty useless, then I remembered I have an old Xperia Play which I repurposed as a dedicated emulator

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

battery swap helps a lot with sluggish phones if a factory reset doesnt help, phones will supposedly throttle down to save battery when it starts getting bad

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I notice this on my smartphone. Above 60% its super smooth. Below that there's a dip in performance and smoothness.