Ah yes, Apple. A company that is famously concerned about the longevity and durability of their products.
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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To be fair, their software/security support is longer than any others that I'm aware of. They beat out even Samsung in that regard.
Only one that's close/better is Fairphone and they still have a looong way to go before they can compete in terms of quality and audience.
But I agree that their physical durability and repairability could seriously improve.
Well, supporting also means, not making older phones slower with new updates on purpose.
Do lightning cables still break if you look at them funny? I remember all the "hack" videos that involved taping a spring to the end of them...
Like how my iPhone 4S became unusable after the iOS 7 "upgrade?"
Wasn't Apple accused of intentionally slowing down older phones as a tactic to get consumers to upgrade? IIRC they paid a huge settlement in court over it. Which I guess isn't necessarily an admission of guilt, but it doesnt look very good.
The issue really is less “evil” than that. They keep adding features running in the background which add to the load on a CPU. Combine that with some of those new features running better with newer versions of microcode and it quickly makes it appear as though they are intentionally slowing it down, while in reality they are just adding more shit to the system to run on top of your day to day workload.
Never really had an issue with iPhone outside of the glass screen, but more recent Gorilla Glass offerings have mostly fixed that issue for me. I do love what Fairphone is doing.
God I want a fairphone so bad. Too bad they aren't available in Canada yet.
I have never understood the bad rap Apple gets for longevity. My phone is almost 6 years old and as snappy as when I bought it, and my computer's going on 8 years and only started to slow down recently.
Compare that to the top-of-the-line windows machines I get for work, which get replaced every year because they can't handle compiling Java eight months into their term.
Is that an observation or a threat?
iPhones aren't exactly known for durability...
Most Motorola and Samsung batteries are completely removable but there's something in the way to prevent it - glue, a sticker, a couple of screws. I doubt removing those measures will reduce the durability of the phones.
Is that an observation or a threat?
Haha, exactly, sounds like the mafia.
I guess saying that your product will be shittier is normal these days.
Maybe if iPhones "decrease" in durability, maybe fewer people will purchase them?
Oh no, think about the yacht money!