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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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[–] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I use my phones until the battery life is too degraded to be practical and the phone is too damaged to have the batt6replaced. My Samsung A71 is about 3 years old. Some months ago I noticed the battery was pillowing. Since it was still holding charge for more than a day, the guy at a repair shop (where I took it to get a new battery) just punched a pinprick to deflate it, and it's still going strong.

[–] gandalftheBlack@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Isn't it a safety hazard to deflate a battery like that?

[–] JWBananas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yes. Never deflate the spicy pillows.

[–] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suppose so, and I'm also thinking about additional gasses damaging the phone.

So far so good, it's been 3 months already.

[–] gandalftheBlack@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please replace your battery asap if you can.... The aftermath of battery explosion incident is not good.

[–] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I appreciate your concern, but it's been 3 months, and it's still holding a good charge.

I suspect it was a single event where it overheated and gassed. I kept using the phone for weeks thinking my phone case had deformed (I didn't notice the small bulge, but the case's power button wasn't aligning well with the phone), before I realized it was the battery.

When it dies, I'll get a new phone. If I still have both hands.

[–] damnYouSun@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which will work fine right up into your phone explodes. You don't punch a pinhole to deflate bulging batteries you replace the battery. The bulging isn't dangerous in and of itself, the bulging is a symptom of a problem you are ignoring.

[–] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Well you only live twice :-)

[–] datendefekt@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

This is why I personally would prefer phones with replaceable batteries like the Fairphone.