Asking because… On one hand I do see smartphones being released left-and-right, and they are rather integral to modern life
On the other hand I’m still chugging alone with my Pixel 6a that I bought 3 years ago with a replaced battery and a somewhat clogged charging port… and all my previous phones I only replaced when they have serious deficits that make them difficult to use
Wondering when you all replace phones. Please definitely mention it too if you ended up repurposing the old phone for something else
I think almost all of my phones failed due to the charging port giving out over time (microUSB was the worst). Last phone had USB-C and wireless charging, so the port was no longer the weak link. It lasted about 4 years before it fell out of my pocket at an unrecoverable height.
I suspect my current phone (Pixel 7) will last me several more years. At this point I think a drop or GrapheneOS EOL are the only things that’ll get me to buy a new phone again.
If your phone is feeling sluggish, factory reset, then as you install new apps, remove their background usage permission unless real-time updates are critical. Delete anything with a functioning mobile website.
Ouch!
I’ve had way more USB C ports fail than micro, surprisingly, and that’s in perhaps a 5 year period vs 15 (and continuing) usage of micro.
I know C is supposed to be more robust, that just hasn’t been my experience.
I figure everyone on Lemmy knows, but C is prone to dust collection. Any time I think the port is wearing out, a cleaning of the port with a Sim tool brings it right back to life. It’s not tired retainers, it’s a plug stuck a millimeter out
With wireless charging & things like wireless Android Auto my USB port gets <5% of the usage it used to. Maybe it’s less robust, but it lasts so much longer, and it’s less critical to the phone function even if it becomes flaky.
Even if it’s less than ideal, there’s almost nothing I can’t do wirelessly in a pinch.