US Smartphone Shipments Decline 19% in Q3 2023 as More Americans Delay Upgrade

Re:US Smartphone Shipments Decline 19% in Q3 2023 as More Am... by maxrecursion on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @10:26AM (#38191743)

Eventually you'll just have to upgrade because the phone is too slow. I had to upgrade from my galaxy S8 earlier this year because it slowed to a crawl, my wife commented on how slow it was every time she used it. I had it for 5 years. I still hate not having a headphone jack, but having 5G and an insanely fast phone made it worth it.

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Re:US Smartphone Shipments Decline 19% in Q3 2023 as More Am... by sumtechguy on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @10:45AM (#38192012)

I bought a usbc to barrel adapter. It has a extra cable for power if I want to charge too. Still annoyed they took it away. s5->s22 was my step.

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Re:US Smartphone Shipments Decline 19% in Q3 2023 as More Am... by aqfamnzc on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @10:55AM (#38192181)

That's quite the leap! Good job holding onto the old one so long.

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Re:US Smartphone Shipments Decline 19% in Q3 2023 as More Am... by sumtechguy on Thursday November 09, 2023 @09:55AM (#38205756)

replaced the battery 3 times! this new one not so much.

I bought it thinking 'ill get the best there is. At the time it was. Then all I used it for was very light web stuff and phone calls. So as long as it did those 2 things I was fine. Still trying to figure out what to use it for. I think one of the flash chips is EoL at this point.

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Re:US Smartphone Shipments Decline 19% in Q3 2023 as More Am... by leptons on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:19PM (#38193639)

It's well known that the flash memory degrades and gets very much slower over time, and this is why smart phones get slower as they age. Can't replace the flash, so the phone is essentially unusable after a few years.

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