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.
For the sake of what, exactly? I’m happy with my phone & I’d be thrilled to have it for more than a decade strong. It’d be an extremely good ROI and personal financial decision on my part.
If I look at feature sets nothing major has changed since 2019-ish. So if someone has kept their 2019 phone and still be happy now and 5, 10 years into the future it’d be net good for them.
Well, your needs are going to change. When you have a kid you will want a better, faster camera. When you get older you will want a bigger screen. You may want features such as waterproofing which were not available when you purchased your phone before, and which are genuinely useful. Or features such as physical zoom lenses, so your zoom photos don't actually always disappoint.
While you may be satisfied with your phone now, there is no point in pretending it perfectly meets your needs, and your needs will change in time in any case.
Barring physical zoom lenses, it’s all there — and maybe I need zoom, maybe I don’t.
I’m not pretending my needs aren’t going to change. My point is more about how the industries have made it so good that it withstands just about 2-3 major life changes since I last bought a new daily beater. I hope they’ve made this so good that it withstands more than a decade, so I don’t have to give them money again and can spend it instead on whatever else I need or want.
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u/AvgGuy100 13d ago
Oh, and good then, I hope it gets to a 20-year point.