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[โ€“] pumpkin 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My last phone I kept for about 5 years. I had two issues:

  • software support had ended
  • the battery was severely degraded

fortunately there was a local shop who'd replace the battery (it wasn't a fairphone so I couldn't do it myself). If it wasn't for the software support I'd have gone that route and would be still using it now. It worked perfectly well for my use case. Unfortunately, I ended up retiring the phone and getting a new one.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@pumpkin @eyy, the planned obsolescence of smartphones, while the old Nokia 3300 continue to work like the first day without problems.