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What's the point of buying new phones every years? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Uluganda@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

To keep our corporate overlords in their elegant fineries. DUH-HOY

[-] OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago

A free phone from your carrier is never actually free. You will be paying for it over the next 6 months to 2 years.

[-] zikk_transport2@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Unpopular opinion: everyone focuses on productivity, then on features. Literally zero consideration for performance. Also lack of customization. I can flash Linux, hackintosh or any other random OS on any laptop I buy, but not on smartphone...

Kind of sucks that my Cat S62 Pro smartphone suck ass with it's slowness and lags and I can blame Cat as a manufacturer for that, but lack of standards (so I can flash generic OS onto it simply sucks).

So I am forced to buy new phone every 1-2 years because it gets slow... 🤷

Oh wait! Batteries are not replaceable! USB-C port is also incresibly hard to change!

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[-] axh@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

Since there's virtually no difference between 12mp camera and 100mp camera on phone.

There is. Those huge photos waist a lot of storage space (with virtually no difference in quality) so you want to buy a new phone with bigger storage.

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