A Smartphone That Lasts a Decade? Yes, It’s Possible

Re:A Smartphone That Lasts a Decade? Yes, It’s Possible by YesWeWill on Thursday September 08, 2022 @09:35AM (#32765285)

My Galaxy S2 still works, it even has decent battery life (at least a day). But would I want to use it? No. I like technological improvements. I buy a new phone because I want new capabilities - and that's bound to its computing performance. If I wanted to just call and send SMS, I would've kept using my Sony Ericsson from 2007, that one also still works flawlessly.

Most people I know - techies or not, even the grandmas - have drawers full of working phones. Clearly longevity is not the problem.

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Re:A Smartphone That Lasts a Decade? Yes, It’s Possible by hulitu on Thursday September 08, 2022 @04:45PM (#32771840)

When they are shut down they are not working. I would like to see some statistics about how many phones make it to 10 years. (dendrites growing). I shall also chech my phones in the basement before they catch fire :)

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