Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt...
by Dalewyn on Saturday June 17, 2023 @03:17AM
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My experience is that it's neither the battery nor the software that fails: It's the phone modem.
Every single one of my Android phones stopped working as phones 3 to 5 years down the line. Couldn't take calls, the phone never became aware of them. Couldn't call anyone, not even emergency services, the phone never connected despite full bars. It's always the fucking phone modem.
I'm still using an Android, but when this one eventually fails (this one's starting to flake out at not even a year old, bought new...) I might seriously move over to an iPhone simply because every single iPhone I've seen others use has apparently never stopped working as phones. That's even if they fried a couple Lightning cables and whatnot.
I bought a phone, I expect it to phone. God damn.
I hang onto my phones until the software becomes unusable, either because apps drop support for my OS (and I can't update any more) or I get scared into upgrading for security. I've never had a battery fail or even get to the point where it doesn't last a whole day—the software fails first.
My understanding is that it's different with iOS, because Apple is much better at supporting their old phones than most Android manufacturers.