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Device hoarding is costing the economy.
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I miss the 90s early 2000s, where every 2 years the new products were much better, not only specs wise but categorically so. and a new phone did not cost a month of rent.
I have a 2020's phone, and besides battery life being weaker now. I see absolutely no reason to upgrade for a marginal spec bump.
When was the last time a new feature was added? like something that would make want to have it? they are afraid of any risk and so there is absolutely no innovation. the closest thing to any risk they took is when they removed the headphone jack to sell 300$ headphones.
The whole industry is being enshitified.
Spec bumps are pretty irrelevant now anyways. Phones are currently in the land of diminishing returns for performance. They've been 'fast enough' for some time now, and the only thing that breaks them is software, not hardware. Newer hardware is marginally more efficient, so that's the only real world benefit.
I miss the old days of android where they were trying all manner of wild ideas. I want variety where one company has an eink screen protector. Put a laser pointer on a phone because... Because. Where are the projector phones? Maybe some crazy transformer phone with modules that all clip together to turn into a robot. Sure, they never sold well, but they were cool to see.
You might even change the phone because of the battery and find out that your new device has an absolute power hog of a screen with no battery upgrade to match and your battery life is even worse now
Hey now, they saved half a millimeter of thickness with that smaller battery. You should be thanking them.
I love my flip open smartphone. That was a new feature worth paying for. It's so small in my pocket.
Or if you go for the "full-size", a tablet that folds into a standard phone size.
Foldable are nice either direction you want to go.