How often should by a smartphone, /g/?

>>61749100
how often should ONE buy a smartphone?

how often? when it breaks or stops working completely.

>>61749100
iPhone: 4 years
Android: 6 months

good thread. this is why i come here. make more threads like this.

>>61749405
I had my android for 4 years, still works fine

>>61749405
I've had my Motorola G 2013 (3rd gen) for 4+ years now and it still is amazing. My next phone will likely be a Samsung Galaxy s8 or s9 depending on the price at swappa.

>>61749440
It just werks™

>>61749490
I have to manually update the phone and live with a bit of wear and tear, but since every phone manufacturer is clueless, so I haven't seen a reason to upgrade.

>>61749215
(((they))) have stopped removable batteries

so you now have to replace the phone when the battery dies in a year or 2

I update every 2 complete years.
I bought my current phone on Nov 25 2016, until Nov 25 2018 I'll get a new one.

still using my iPhone 4S
just ordered a new battery

2 years

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Im still on last years iPhone haha xDD

Sent from my iPhone

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>>61749100
iPhone: 2 months
Android: Infinity

>>61749906
how long does your battery last on average?
also do people still fix the home button on the thing?

>>61749100
the 5 lags like fuck on iOS 10 even with all the effects turned off
as long as you use it as just a phone you'll probably get extra mileage off it for another 5 or so years

>>61749100
I usually keep my phones 4 years, which is about the time it starts to die from the inside (battery, overheating, and other internal problems)
I'll probably change my HTC One M7 later this year.
>>61750303
Nobody fucking googles "Android slow"
They just google "*name_of_device* slow"

>>61750304
Yeah I've had it on 9.3.5 for a while now, but the constraints of the OS are really getting to me

>>61749100
until there's no more iOS updates, unless it's a 4S. Downgrade that shit to iOS 6 and it'll forever be amazing

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>>61749100
3-4 years for either android or iPhone. Unless you buy planned obsolescence phones (80%+ android devices) in which case 1-2 years.
Not to say iPhones are better than those chinkphones.

>>61750414
downgrade it to iOS 6 with the fistmedaddy.ipsw utility

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>>61750410
rly maeks u think...

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>>61750479
And now with labels.

>>61750419
Literally impossible for me atm lol. haven't come up with a jailbroken version of 9.3.5 yet

>>61750467
does that work for the 4s too?

>>61750467
isn't this only for the 4s? I have the 5

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>>61750467
>downgrade it to the point where no apps work at all

lmao@urlyfe

>>61750509
we are a few hours away from one, though
https://twitter.com/tihmstar/status/893848714997006336

>>61750515
it's made for the 4S. You need a jailbreak though.

>>61750532
on the iPhone 5, you just dualboot iOS 6 or whatever once jailbroken. My iPad 2 has iOS 6 as host and iOS 7 as the side OS

>>61750498
Don't you also have to take into account ownership of both phones? In general, most people googling -phone name- slow are going to be consumers who possess the phones

>>61750556
oh cool. Fingers crossed that they'll release the jailbreak

>>61749100
Still posting from an iPhone 5 with latest OS. Still very smooth animations.

>>61750556
thank the fucking heavens

>>61749906
Same phone but i didnt ordered a battery since it got off

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>>61750479
I think the problem is not Apple vs Android programmed obsolescence.
It's that most of people don't even know what's their phone, it's either an iPhone or a "Samsung", "LG" or "Wiko"
80% of Android owners wish they were richer, just to gen an iPhone and have access to blue bubbles and those new Snapchat filters.

>>61749598
Batteries on all of my familiy's phones are still good. My iPhone 4s is 6 years old are the battery rating is still good.

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>>61750549
too bad the 4S on iOS 6 is literally the perfect phone

>>61750304
How? What the fuck do you have installed on your phone. Works pretty good with me.

>>61750622
>thinking you need iMessage outside of group chats
>thinking you can't use android in an entirely apple group message

>>61750640
>lagPhone

>>61750657
it's my brother's phone
I don't know what he has on it but it's slower than my 5 on 9.3.5

>>61750659
Tell that to the kids of the working class parents who can't afford a 700€ phone.

>>61750694
>thinking I was shilling for apple
raely makes u think

>>61750726
Nah mate I wasn't thinking or implying anything, it's just that 80% are tech iletrates and just want an iPhone to have an iPhone.

There has not been any reason to upgrade since the snapdragon 808/810 in the nexus 5 generation of phones.

Wait for something compelling to your use case

>>61750757
yeah that's how i was before /g/