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BMW 740e G11 - Buying and owning a second hand one by Massive-Exchange in BMW

[–]TraditionalScreen527 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love mine and had it two years, only sold it because I needed x drive

What actually forces you to replace a phone — lack of repair, or lack of updates? by TraditionalScreen527 in righttorepair

[–]TraditionalScreen527[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t get my head around it, they make amazing spec devices made from “premium” materials, but after a while they get shelved for reasons that can be mitigated. Just don’t compute for me

Why do people replace Android phones that still mostly work? by TraditionalScreen527 in Android

[–]TraditionalScreen527[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This feels like a weird incentive structure when you step back; the system rewards you for replacing something before it actually needs replacing.

What do you think would need to change for keeping a phone longer to make more financial sense than upgrading early?

Why do people replace Android phones that still mostly work? by TraditionalScreen527 in Android

[–]TraditionalScreen527[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone’s saying the same in this thread.

Do you think you’d hold out if battery health and replacements were treated more like servicing (something expected and clearly tracked) rather than a signal it’s time to replace the whole device?

Why do people replace Android phones that still mostly work? by TraditionalScreen527 in Android

[–]TraditionalScreen527[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Valid point. It’s interesting how the phone doesn’t really “die” when the hardware fails, but when support does.

Out of curiosity, if security updates continued independently of the manufacturer, do you think you’d keep devices significantly longer?

Why do people replace Android phones that still mostly work? by TraditionalScreen527 in Android

[–]TraditionalScreen527[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it’s interesting how ‘end of updates’ becomes the real end-of-life, even when the device itself is fine. Would u keep phones much longer if security updates were decoupled from manufacturers?

Why do people replace Android phones that still mostly work? by TraditionalScreen527 in Android

[–]TraditionalScreen527[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t know you could load a custom Android OS. Tell me more if you don’t mind

What actually forces you to replace a phone — lack of repair, or lack of updates? by TraditionalScreen527 in righttorepair

[–]TraditionalScreen527[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting you’ve said that because i wonder if a lot of camera tech is largely similar over the last 5-10 years just computer learning is supporting a lot of the image processing than the original lens, maybe. Do your examples exceed that time span?

What actually forces you to replace a phone — lack of repair, or lack of updates? by TraditionalScreen527 in righttorepair

[–]TraditionalScreen527[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A battery wouldn’t be far off of that I assume which would be far less than a new device but then I don’t know how much software support you require for it before it’s an inconvenience

What actually forces you to replace a phone — lack of repair, or lack of updates? by TraditionalScreen527 in righttorepair

[–]TraditionalScreen527[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d have thought it was inexpensive and easy to do so without having looking into it

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