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I heard Samsung started offering 7 years of support awhile back. Only took them 15 years.

iPhones a fashion piece? Do people actually believe this lmao? No adult gives a shit what phone you have. Unless you’re a kid in grade school or just immature maybe. In my experience, hardline opinions on the subject tend to come mostly from keyboard warriors and insecure teenagers.

I can promise you it isn’t. Security updates on a device that’s connected to the internet at all times is very important.

Phones have software support for 7 years

my previous phone was an extremely frustrating cheap piece of shit that barely had two years of updates. and i got it in 2024

moto g 5g 2024 in case anyone was wondering

I have mostly upgraded every 2 years. This year I didn’t need to, but I’m a huge power user and my phone would barely last a full day of me playing games and watching videos and being online. My battery capacity was at 89%, so 5% a year is expected for a power user. I just regularly charge it at my office desk, and I’m fine.

I upgraded this year because they claim it’s 40% better battery life. I can definitely feel is already. But I was also able to give my old phone to my GF, which she last upgraded in 2022, so it was more of a dual upgrade for both of us.

This is nearly every phone when compared to the most recent next model.

And how many of those updates are security updates?

And how many of those security updates are remote code execution exploits?

Planned obsolescence was a big problem, but it isnt anymore.

That's so far from true I'm not even sure how to begin explaining it to you 🤦🏻

Phones have software support for 7 years

That might be, but the hardware is designed to wear out. They start to degrade after a few months, a year if you're lucky.

have had my current phone for nearly 4 years and it runs as fast as the day I bought it

We kind of peaked with smartphones already

Yeah, probably. If you weren't wrong about planned obsolescence, I would probably still have the one I got before this one or the one before that.

The Fairphone is great

Yeah, I'm definitely sold on the phone itself. What makes me still hesitate is compatibility issues with certain apps that are absolutely essential to function in modern society and demand "genuine" (read: inside the corporate control of Google or Apple) hardware 😮‍💨

Idk phones are a lot better these days. My 14 Pro is going very strong. I’m not to 5 years yet, but think it’s got 1-2 years left easily, maybe more.

The battery is definitely not as good as new, but it easily lasts a day, which is all you really need.

And no complaints about performance either. Honestly there’s nothing about the new phones that appeals to me.

Not gonna happen for a long while. Even in the best of situations it is impossible to make connection across the pond, and you’ll run into many issues even in the mainland US where there is just too much land to cover properly. You’ve got limited hops, and the land masses of the US tend to be a major issue.

On top of that, it’s impossible to actually use it as anything more than texting that may never be received by your target.

Give it a few years and maybe but for now it’s mostly a novelty in my book.

“Phones” is debatable. Some do, many don’t. iPhone does typically, admittedly, but Samsung? If you don’t have a flagship phone, you’re liable to get only security updates in 4 or so years.

most iphones I’ve ever had lasted more than 5 years. I hand them down to my children and MIL without issue.

the only that didn’t was my first one , a 4s

And Apple update even old iOS devices. I have a 14 year old iPad that still gets security updates on iOS 12.

To be fair many on Lemmy are very much pro-fascism too.

Many non-flagship devices from leading brands offer 5 years of security updates. Software support has only got better over the last few years with more and more offering longer support. Obviously if you want the longest support, you want something like a Fairphone, Pixel, Samsung Galaxy S or iPhone.

I live in the US.

I’ve replaced the batteries on two of my iPhones when they lost efficiency or the battery went bad.

I replaced the camera module on my iPhone13 when the flash Led broke because of a shitty lens cover.

In both instances I watched a YouTube video and did it, it’s not that hard.

The text statement is kind of true several years ago, it sucked having Android users in group chats because iPhone text features make it easy to share images and video with other iPhones. Text protocols changed years ago between IOS and Android and it is a non issue.

I used android for years, I had the OG Droid. There is nothing wrong with other smart phone brands but there is very little differentiating top phones anymore.