• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Every single phone upgrade since 2012 was because the battery would get so bad, it lasts less than an hour.

      And before someone goes, “Ah try ifixit”, the cost of the replacement parts was as much or more than just getting another used phone from like swappa. I’ve done the financial math countless times.

      I miss buying batteries for like $20 and watching the phone become new again.

      • Ilandar@aussie.zone
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        8 months ago

        Which phones are you buying that have batteries that cost hundreds of dollars? Every battery replacement I’ve ever done cost waaaaaay less than the cost of a replacement phone.

        • evident5051@lemm.ee
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          8 months ago

          Getting genuine or similar peforming replacement batteries for cheap is sort of a gamble.

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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      8 months ago

      I as well. At the very least, we need some fucking differences in the market. Every phone doesn’t have to be the same. Imagine the car market if all we could buy were Chrysler 300s. It looks sleek and nice but will crap out on you in a couple years and doesn’t really fit in well with your career as a general contractor. When it dies, you have to go buy another one and start the cycle over.