Curious to see what the trends are

  • tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
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    8 months ago

    When it no longer works. Current one is 4 years old and everything except the fingerprint scanner is still working fine.

    • Pringles@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Mine is 4 years old and still works perfectly fine. I did start looking at some phones with a better camera recently, because my wife got a new one not so long ago and the difference in picture quality is almost absurd. But then I have also started looking at getting an actual camera to remedy that, for the price of a flagship phone you can get some amazing digital camera’s.

    • Dandroid@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Same. I guess I’m hard on my phones, because usually I start having microphones, speakers, and buttons start failing at about the 2 year mark. My last phone was still perfect at the 2 year mark, but I dropped it on carpet from 2 feet off the ground and the touchscreen didn’t work anymore. I was leaving on a trip like 3 days later, so I didn’t have time to get it repaired.

      So I’m pretty consistent about getting a new phone every 2 years.

      I usually get mid-range phones, though. Like the cheap ones from high end brands. My current phone is the entry level pixel 7, which I got for $500. I don’t really mind spending $500 every other year.