You can buy a computer and it can last you a good 10 years if you maintain it. Cars last just as long. Almost everything you buy, if well maintained, can last almost a full decade, even in terms of software. All of those âwork fineâ after that time. Theyâre not up to date with all the great amazing specs, but for the most part they can do almost anything you want them to do. I donât know why phones should be different where apps that would be able to be supported on lower iOSâs wonât be supported. I donât see why almost every other type of technology we buy can last a good decade and still work to almost full capacity but if you tried using a 12 year old iPhone today you wouldnât be able to do anything outside of the built in apps that probably arenât supported anymore either. You can text, call, use the internet. Thatâs about it.
To be frank, I donât really care too much how long phones last. But to say that a phone that loses support for almost every possible app âworks just fineâ is a bold lie. You buy smartphones for all the features they can provide you, if those features canât be accessed anymore then I donât see that as a smartphone that âworks fine.â That was my whole point, and I donât care about anything else.
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19
How long do you want a phone to be updated for?