Discussion - Galaxy S23 owners just set a new bar for what a $1,000 phone owes you, and I agree

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Thjr13
Thjr13
Arena Apprentice
• 2w agoedited

I'm 63 and have had a cellphone since they quit being 2 pieces you carried around with a shoulder strap. I have never owned one more than 3 years nor do I know anyone with a phone older than 3 years. With equipment and software improving so quickly, who even keeps a phone as long as 4 years? I haven't had a landline in my home in over 15 years. I imagine I'm on the older side of the readers here, do young people keep their equipment longer than 3 years, or do they just want to be able to?

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J.r.J.
J.r.J.
Arena Apprentice
• 2w ago
↵Thjr13 said:

I'm 63 and have had a cellphone since they quit being 2 pieces you carried around with a shoulder strap. I have never owned one more than 3 years nor do I know anyone with a phone older than 3 years. With equipment and software improving so quickly, who even keeps a phone as long as 4 years? I haven't had a landline in my home in over 15 years. I imagine I'm on the older side of the readers here, do young people keep their equipment longer than 3 years, or do they just want to be able to?

Well, i'm 42 and i had mobilephones since the turn of millenia. Firstly i had them as operator have plane for 24 months, but after that time they weren't obsolete, so after 2010 or so i extande plane and capt mobilephone instead to exchange for new phone.... that's just materialistic greed to change it every 2 or 3 years.

Oh, and one more thing... i remember when i couldn't open or use older files in new phone. From that point of view i'm holding on a mobilephone as long as i can. Still using Samsung galaxy S20 fe.

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acsuadi
acsuadi
Arena Apprentice
• 2w agoedited
↵Thjr13 said:

I'm 63 and have had a cellphone since they quit being 2 pieces you carried around with a shoulder strap. I have never owned one more than 3 years nor do I know anyone with a phone older than 3 years. With equipment and software improving so quickly, who even keeps a phone as long as 4 years? I haven't had a landline in my home in over 15 years. I imagine I'm on the older side of the readers here, do young people keep their equipment longer than 3 years, or do they just want to be able to?

I´m nearly 71 and have been using cellphones since the early 1990´s. I´ve kept my phones anywhere from 3 to 5 years, mostly because I wanted upgrades (at first switching to smaller, more practical units and afterwards to take advantage of new applications, noticeably faster processing, bigger and better memory, etc.) My current S23's battery is still at around 99% capacity and its hardware is still fast enough for all my needs. If it were not for Samsung´s planned obsolescence, I would probably use it for another 3-5 years without even changing its battery.

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Thjr13
Thjr13
Arena Apprentice
• 2w ago
↵J.r.J. said:

Well, i'm 42 and i had mobilephones since the turn of millenia. Firstly i had them as operator have plane for 24 months, but after that time they weren't obsolete, so after 2010 or so i extande plane and capt mobilephone instead to exchange for new phone.... that's just materialistic greed to change it every 2 or 3 years.

Oh, and one more thing... i remember when i couldn't open or use older files in new phone. From that point of view i'm holding on a mobilephone as long as i can. Still using Samsung galaxy S20 fe.

Materialistic greed? Are you jealous? T-Mobile exchanges my phone for free every 2 years, I don't pay anything extra for my equipment. I do happen to like equipment that keeps up with technology, cellphones aren't hammers or screwdrivers, upgrades matter. 42 years old? You act like you're 82. Like I said, I've had cellphones for over 30 years and NEVER had any difficulties opening any folders with a new phone. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you because of your poor grammer, if so I apologize, I don't understand half of what you typed.

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HeDied4U
HeDied4U
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• 54m ago
↵Thjr13 said:

Materialistic greed? Are you jealous? T-Mobile exchanges my phone for free every 2 years, I don't pay anything extra for my equipment. I do happen to like equipment that keeps up with technology, cellphones aren't hammers or screwdrivers, upgrades matter. 42 years old? You act like you're 82. Like I said, I've had cellphones for over 30 years and NEVER had any difficulties opening any folders with a new phone. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you because of your poor grammer, if so I apologize, I don't understand half of what you typed.

always arrogant ass'

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