• 133arc585@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Why not? If the phone is physically still functional, and receives software updates, why does it matter if its 7 years old?

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      1 year ago

      To each their own. There’s more to a phone than just if it’s physically working and supported with updates. I definitely wouldn’t be using an S7 Edge today because phones these days have better cameras, larger displays, better battery life, etc.

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        1 year ago

        better cameras, larger displays, better battery life

        Gotcha, that’s exactly what I was asking. I can see how that could matter to some.

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      1 year ago

      I need good pictures for my job. I have an s22 because the wide angle camera is incredibly useful, and I need a stylus from time to time (also for my job).

      However, barring a huge leap in wide angle camera, a sharp drop in performance/battery life, I’ll run my s22 for as long as it lasts.

      If a fairphone with the functionality I need becomes available (in Canada) sometime between now and when I need a new device, I’ll switch in a heartbeat.

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        1 year ago

        Oh it’s absolutely understandable why a good camera (and subsequently a good screen to view pictures on) would matter to some.

        It just doesn’t to me, at all, and so it’s not even the first thing that comes to mind when I think about a phone. I don’t like tablet-sized phones because I don’t use it all that much and when I do, there’s no added benefit of a larger screen over a middle-sized screen (or some higher-resolution display). I don’t use the camera at all, and so its quality doesn’t matter to me. I don’t use a stylus because I’d rather use a pen and notepad.

        I’m not criticizing someone wanting those features, I just sometimes need to be told what features are important to other people.

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      1 year ago

      It will be slow (new soft targets relatedly new he) Many technology improve noticeably on this time frame, für ne camera is important. 5 yars for a top spec phone is the limit for me.