SO. MUCH. THIS.

  • somenonewho@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Smartphones have been “good enough” for a while now. Enough power and battery to do all the things needed for enough time before running out of battery.

    IMHO there are 2 reasons we still regularly upgrade.

    1. “Obsolescence” wether it would be perceived new hardware features or just new software not being available
    2. Use/breakage (I include batteries dying in that) with no reasonable way to replace parts

    I’ve had a few phones over the years some of them I “legitimately” just broke (one had a cracked mb after a bike accident) I broke my second to last phone trying to replace the battery (thought I would be able to, broke the screen). The fact that everything is glued down and made to not be replaceable irked me so much that my current phone is a Fairphone. Replacing the battery takes 1 minute and requires no tools. Replacing the screen takes like 5 min and 8 screws. I plan on using this phone for at least 5 years more if possible. But I understand not everybody can shell out 600 dollars for an “OK” phone.