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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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[โ€“] Synthead@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ain't it a shame that you're talking about tossing a phone for an $8 battery?

[โ€“] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's such a racket. My 3 year old phone is perfect except for the battery. I remember back in the day I could pop open my case with my thumbnail and the battery was just sitting there ready to swap. Nowadays that process involves specialized tools and heating pads to melt glue. I'm hopeful that the industry is trending toward removable batteries again, but that's still years away.

[โ€“] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, you absolutely do not need a heat gun and special tools for like 95% of phones. You can use a multi screwdriver kit, spirit/alcohol and T-7000 glue, all of which cost together under $20. Alcohol to dissolve the glue beneath the sticky pull tabs/glue that phonemaker put for battery, and T-7000 glue to repaste the unibody back cover. This covers basically every phone ever made.

I did love my removable battery phones, but this is purely misinformation spread out of lost convenience for something you need to do once in 2-3 years.

[โ€“] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Heat guns aren't even all that expensive. I got a really nice one for like $100.

[โ€“] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am giving advice to people emotional about their removable batteries, and that will find more money spending as an excuse to justify their whining. Not spending $10-15 makes them look bad, $100 gets a bit expensive. Most of these people whining are either students with no income, or "enthusiasts" who want a Mate S23 Ultra Plus Pro Max secondhand for $200.