Smartphone sales down 22 percent in Q2, the worst performance in a decade::North American sales are bad for everyone, except, miraculously, Google.
Smartphone sales down 22 percent in Q2, the worst performance in a decade::North American sales are bad for everyone, except, miraculously, Google.
I mean, you could have just paid the $90 to have the battery replaced by Apple with an OEM battery and kept it for another 5 years…
Batteries are consumable items. They go bad. 5 years for a lithium battery that you cycle through at least once a day is good. That’s 1825 charge cycles.
I could have, or I could pay a couple of bucks a month for a new phone and not have to scrounge up $90.
So it wasn’t planned obsolescence then. You just wanted to upgrade rather than replace the battery and keep the phone you say had no reason to upgrade.
I wanted to do what I could afford. Maybe you can afford whatever you like, but I can’t.
That’s fine, but a different argument than just saying planned obsolescence.
5 years would be fantastic. Mine last 2-3 at the most. People don’t realize how much they use their devices.
Some people Are very heavy users, and as such should expect a little higher maintenance costs.
I had my base iPhone 12 for 3 years and had 88% battery health before I gave it to my dad. I think that’s pretty good, and I used more than one full charge a day. He’ll have it at least another 2 years before needing a battery replacement.
I’ll have my 15 pro for probably 5 years before giving it off to him, though I expect to replace the battery once.