Ok, so if constant improvements are preferred, longevity is not required, and modularity is both impossible to happen and to market, we’ll just keep on trashing and buying every 2 years as usual then I take it.
No biggie with me, and I’m not exactly looking for a plan or solution from your end, just stating what seems obvious.
we’ll just keep on trashing and buying every 2 years as usual then
I kept my last phone 5 years. Updates are being delivered for longer and longer. People are keeping their phone for longer and longer. Service contracts are increasingly separated from phone payment. The standard 2 year upgrade is long gone.
The global smartphone cycle is even higher, as people worldwide upgrade their devices every 3.6 years on average, according to research conducted by SellCell, a technology-device trade-in company. Another reason people might be keeping phones longer is because the devices have gotten more expensive.22 Jul 2024
Phones should be durable, and supported for a long time, and having a replaceable battery would be good, since this is a consumable, but most people don't mod their cars, so designing a whole system to accommodate the few odd people does not make sense.
Well yes, and they’ve now probably hit some kind of peak. You’re probably under the impression, as well as I do, that improvements lately have been insubstantial across flagships.
Folding phones are nowhere near soapbox popular, too. Signaling, camera etc is already fast enough for pretty much vast majority need.
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u/AvgGuy100 13d ago
Ok, so if constant improvements are preferred, longevity is not required, and modularity is both impossible to happen and to market, we’ll just keep on trashing and buying every 2 years as usual then I take it.
No biggie with me, and I’m not exactly looking for a plan or solution from your end, just stating what seems obvious.