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This is my last iPhone/smartphone (13 mini).

• recursivedoubts 2mo ago
  legit could be your last phone ever, why upgrade?
  • alonzomorning77 2mo ago
    apple upgrade forced obsolescence maybe?
    • recursivedoubts 2mo ago
      if you are willing to run an old OS (and the OS's are getting worse too) then I think you should be OK
      • cloudfudge 2mo ago
        It's not a great option. My "old" phone that I use to install junk apps (e.g. I buy some hardware that requires an app to set up) and which mostly sits in a drawer is a 2nd gen iphone SE, and it's getting to the point where I'm going to be forced to replace it, because the OS hasn't been upgraded in a while (it errors) and some apps won't install on it now.
        • recursivedoubts 2mo ago
          I am running an iphone 12 mini without problems. I expect I will eventually run into them but at that point I'll just stop upgrading apps.
          • cloudfudge 2mo ago
            12 mini is pretty old. I have considered going to a 13 mini, but I sort of hate the idea of spending money on a phone that is already well on the path to unsupported. Then again, the compact options for grapheneos are limited to old stuff too. Sigh.
    • jjice 2mo ago
      FWIW Apple has had some of the best device support lifetimes of any smartphone. Google started guaranteeing their 7 years of updates sometime around the Pixel 6 or so I want to say. This is all a relative scale though. But if we're looking at smartphones specifically, I'd argue Apple has been the least force obsolescence of anyone. I wouldn't be surprised if there are some smaller manufacturer niche cases that surpass it.
      • Danox 2mo ago
        Apple devices generally have Longevity and resale value in comparison to PCs the only thing of value in a used PC usually is usually just the graphics card although memory may be coming into play these days.
  • brcmthrowaway 2mo ago
    Switching to grapheneOS