Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won't anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

  • AlternateRoute@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Security/OS updates: 4 years on typical android at this point (fair phone claiming 7) 5 on an iPhone.

    I did a battery replacement on my iPhone 7 at about the 3 year mark and got another 2 years out of it. Full updates from apple and 100% App Store app compatibility that whole time.

    • jemorgan@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      iPhones get OS updates for ~6 years, security patches for longer. In 2021, apple updated a 9 year old phone with a security patch.

      Apple is objectively the only way to go if you want a device that you’ll be able to use for >5 years.