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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by duxup on Saturday February 25, 2023 @12:54PM (#34938713)
Yeah my wife’s old iPhone 8 Plus still gets updates, still runs. Many of my android devices from that time are dead, no more updates, and/or borderline unusable due to random android slowdown performance issues.

In fact running across that old phone is what convinced me to switch.

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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by theshrike79 on Saturday February 25, 2023 @12:58PM (#34938765)
Yep, that's the lifecycle of iPhones.

I usually get the latest and greatest from work every 2 years. Then I pay a nominal fee to get it for myself (because of taxes or accounting or something).

I get a new phone from the company, my old one goes to my SO. Their old one goes either to my kid or to mine or my SO's parents, depending on which part of the lifecycle they are at.

Can't do that with Android, the 5-6 year old ones would be so bad and out of date that I wouldn't want to be the one doing tech support for them.

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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by Moldoteck on Saturday February 25, 2023 @01:15PM (#34938976)
Not to dismiss, but I have a pixel 3, still snappy, android 12. It was released 1 year after iphone 8 if I'm not mistaken, but still, it's about ~5 years from today
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