• GreenSofaBed@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    I mean how many people don’t have a smartphone by now? Do they expect to sell more and more every year?

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      6 months ago

      They’ve put all their eggs into the “let’s hope people upgrade their perfectly working phone every year” basket and that basket is getting smaller.

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          6 months ago

          You and one other person probably because the mini was consistently the worst selling iPhone model

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            6 months ago

            I know and it’s a bummer. It’s basically the same size as the 4, aside from the antenna stuff was my favorite form factor. Guess I’m in the minority who doesn’t need a change for something that works

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        6 months ago

        Haven’t iPhones had service lives far past most other phones? The used market for iPhones is huge compared to Android.

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          6 months ago

          Agree. Lemmy loves to trash on Apple, but this is actually something it’s hard to criticize them over. Especially compared with any other consumer electronics manufacturers.

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            6 months ago

            Yep. I used to upgrade my iPhone every year just because smartphones were moving fast in the 2010-2020 era. Now, I’m on a three year cycle and barely even notice.

            I’ve resold every iPhone I’ve ever owned for 50% of the value or more, and I manage a fleet of iPhones for my job and we still have 5Ses in the wild for people. Apple still provides critical security updates for those devices and we’re at 11 years for those devices. Most people have 7 year old iPhone X era devices and I get almost no complaints or dead devices.

            iPhones have ridiculous longevity and hold resale value better than any other device.

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          6 months ago

          I think the answer to this is both yes and no:

          Yes, iphones have good build quality and especially in regards to software updates have been great, keeping even older models up to date. Whereas only recently some android manufacturers changed their update policies to support models for longer.

          And No, because apple consistently has made it difficult and costly to repair phones, e.g. by pairing all kinds of parts to each other through software.