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The new iPhone is impressive (lemmy.world)
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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Nah man, iPhones will last even longer than that. Swap the battery when it hits the 78% health mark and keep on trucking.

Mine is over 5 years old now and after considering upgrading, I just decided to buy a new battery and replace it. Much easier than most people realize but I have been fixing them for like 18 years now so maybe I’m biased.

I keep friends and family iPhones going until they just simply want to upgrade, not because of planned obsolescence or incompatibility. The former typically happens first…

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (10 children)

    My wife has used iPhones for years and would disagree. She also now has a fair phone.

    I also hate the garbage UI/UX design and lack of things called "options".

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (9 children)

    So you’re saying swapping batteries out on a relatively undamaged phone when the time it’s needed doesn’t work? Or you just don’t think it works lol.

    iPhones have the highest reliability of any other option. Which is why they retain their value so much better.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    They don't have high reliability, no more so than any other mainstream brand. They retain their value because it's Apple, who rarely put sales on, oh and they are fashion pieces.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I don’t really care how “easy” it is if it takes me 20 minutes and I don’t have to think about it for another 4 years. Usually I only swap them a single time because the next time around I’m probably going to be wanting upgraded hardware. Fairphone is cool and all but I prefer a higher ip rating inherent to iPhones in comparison.

    Accidentally drop your fairphone into a pool and the modular construction aspect seems less relevant.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (2 children)

    What county do you live in? The ones made for the US can't replace batteries.

    And no iPhone don't hold value because they are the most reliable. They hold value because dick riders are too busy deep throating apple to look around.

    At one point it was so bad Apple users were discriminating because of text bubble colors. Nevermind the fact that Apple refused to update beyond basic SMS and that all other phones had the freedom to just change the damn color and not care

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago*

    The US.

    The ones made for the US can't replace batteries.

    You can’t be serious lol. This is very naive and simply false. I’ve replaced over 100 batteries on iPhones and iPads without issue.

    Edit:

    And no iPhone don't hold value because they are the most reliable. They hold value because dick riders are too busy deep throating apple to look around.

    Guess there’s no sense in continuing the conversation since facts aren’t going to matter much to you.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago

    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.

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