• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Are there still people that really care about phone releases? It feels like we’re at a point where the tech doesn’t improve enough to even bother…

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        1 year ago

        Do you need it though? 3 years isn’t that long for a phone. 3 months ago I replaced my Samsung Galaxy S5 from 2014 for Fairphone 4, which I will keep to 2032+

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            1 year ago

            I had android 13 on S5, I wont say it was smooth, but it was more than usable. I replaced it mostly because 2GB off RAM was starting to get on my nerves. I couldn’t have more than 2 apps open without it putting to sleep the previous one. Multitasking was not very good on such a old phone.

            I cant imagine what could be wrong on 3 year old phone. If it is not broken just install LineageOS on it and you should be good to go.

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      ink it’s more that you don’t feel you actually need the improvements, because current phones are pretty damned good.
      But there are still significant improvements IMO, cameras are still getting better, phones get better water and dust resistance, and the SOC still get better at conserving power while having high performance. Screens are getting better both in handling direct sunshine and conserve power with for instance variable refresh rates.

      So development is significant if you like cameras, like carrying your phone no worries in bad weather, resisting even a completely soaked pocket, if you like playing games or multi task a lot. Or if you like the convenience of having an all day+ battery life.

      If you like mid rangers, the advantages from last year top models are carrying down, and even budget phones are now getting OLED.

      I’m very impressed about how much newer phones actually improve over last years models. I’m always thinking for sure it doesn’t get much better than this new premium model, because it’s freaking awesome cutting edge. And then when next year arrives they somehow manage to make it even better.

      I understand perfectly if people consider their phone good enough, because they’ve been very good for a while now, but still the newer phones are clearly getting better in many ways.

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      1 year ago

      It’s still exciting if you’re looking for a specific upgrade.

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      1 year ago

      People using an S21 (for example) obviously get a bigger jump compared to coming from an S23. It’s similar to upgrading PCs. Upgrading to every CPU generation doesn’t get you huge jumps in performance every time, but upgrading from Ryzen 2000 to 7000 (3 generations) is like night and day.

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        1 year ago

        Sure, but we’re pretty far from the jumps of 10 years ago for the same amount of time between upgrade, that’s what I’m saying. Even Android itself was a good excuse to want an upgrade to have a device that supported the new version, these days I couldn’t tell you what has changed from 13 to 14 because it’s all shit I don’t use (and I don’t know anyone that does).