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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 17:49:07 JST goatsarah

   Now smartphones are mature products we’re into the annual “this is an incremental upgrade over last year. I’m so mad replacing my 2 thousand quid perfectly functional phone with one that’s almost the same for another 2 thousand quid” cycle.

   My brother in Christ; have you considered just … not?

   I’m upgrading this year. My phone is 3 years old and the camera stuff is worth it for me. My step daughter is getting my old one, which she is thrilled with.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 20:38:54 JST goatsarah

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     • MarjorieR
     @marjolica I’m not going to spend £2000 on a new phone, no.
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     MarjorieR (marjolica@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 20:38:55 JST MarjorieR

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     @goatsarah are you actually going to spend £2000 on a new phone?
     I'm a bit chary of upgrading my 2 year old £400 Android phone as camera wise the newer versions have gone from 3 to 2 lenses and probably added even more AI trickery to the imaging.
     They have also added a more powerful processor which simply means the battery would be dead more quickly: this one is fast enough for my needs and currently runs for up to 5 days. And it has both phone socket and SD drawer.
     And phones have now become phablets - they no longer fit it anyone's pockets or handbags so people end up hanging them round their necks.
     As it is my previous, now 7 year old, phone, which I keep in a drawer, does still work but the OS no longer gets updates and it wont 'see' 5G towers.

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     Steve Gisselbrecht (stevegis_ssg@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 06:46:18 JST Steve Gisselbrecht

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     @goatsarah
     Hi I have an iPhone 7 it's great.

     (I had to check yesterday when this conversation [re]started.)

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 00:30:05 JST goatsarah

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     • Mx Autumn :blobcatpumpkin:
     @carbontwelve Much cheaper to get a new battery though.
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     Mx Autumn :blobcatpumpkin: (carbontwelve@notacult.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 00:30:06 JST Mx Autumn :blobcatpumpkin:

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     @goatsarah i've previously upgraded because the battery became too weak to hold a charge; although getting five years daily usage out of a somewhat fragile device is pretty decent in my books.

     I did concider upgrading before hardware failure forced my hand in order to obtain a better camera until I remembered I have a compac camera that's still better than phone cameras which I have since bought a new battery for and use instead.