Saturday 17 June 2017

I gave my S6 to someone to replace their S3.

I gave my S6 to someone to replace their S3.

I know a couple people still on S4s and looking to upgrade just for more on board memory. As Android matures, apps get larger. Android is pretty mature and phones should last several years.
https://www.androidcentral.com/keeping-same-phone-two-years
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13 comments:

  1. Lisa “LJ” Cohen17 June 2017 at 17:59

    I just upgraded my s4 to an s8. Planning on keeping it 4+ yrs like the old phone.

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  2. Cass Morrison17 June 2017 at 18:16

    I love my S8. How are you finding it?

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  3. Lisa “LJ” Cohen17 June 2017 at 18:18

    Cass Morrison​ love it. Fast, great screen, great camera, great battery life.

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  4. Dave Trowbridge17 June 2017 at 19:57

    I still have an S4. I wish it would break.

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  5. Douglas McMillan17 June 2017 at 20:29

    I still have my Nexus 5 ... about 4 years now.

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  6. Gene Chiu18 June 2017 at 01:44

    I used my GS3 for about 3.5 years. I lent it to my friend last year when his GS2 started dying on him. That phone is 5 years old and is still working fine. I'm using a Nexus 6P now.

    I don't understand not keeping phones for longer than 2 years. Maybe 5 years ago when mobile technology isn't as advanced, new phones are just way more usable than phones that came out 2 years before. Now, phones should remain usable for most people for 4 years. That's about how often I get a new PC for the past 25 years.

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  7. Cass Morrison18 June 2017 at 11:59

    Yup Gene, I intend to keep my phone for many years.

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  8. Gene Chiu18 June 2017 at 13:16

    Cass Morrison Ironically, I will likely switch phones later this year. The reason is that I found a landscape physical keyboard mod for the Moto Z phones. I'm planning to get the latest Moto Z that is coming out this year.

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  9. Cass Morrison18 June 2017 at 13:24

    I was on the fence about getting an S7 instead of an S8 and I'm glad I waited. Some times that happens.

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  10. Chris Pollard19 June 2017 at 12:15

    I used my Nexus 4 for three years, until the battery started to give out. 45 minutes on a full charge on standby just wasn't usable. LOL The LG G4 that replaced it is still in use 1.5 years in, with a motherboard replacement after 9 months. But I still have a pair of fully functional Galaxy SII on emergency standby!

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  11. Douglas McMillan19 June 2017 at 12:32

    Chris Pollard The person I sold my Nexus 4 to used it until March of this year when she dropped it. Battery life was still pretty good. We both used wireless charging most of the time. The slower charge would probably help extend life, but the higher temp usually generated I would have thought would shorten it.

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  12. Chris Pollard19 June 2017 at 12:48

    A coworker bought mine for his wife. Not sure if she's still using it or not. He was going to replace the battery with a new one. It was an awesome little phone. Even with the glass back, which I didn't like, but it did look cool.

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  13. Gene Chiu19 June 2017 at 13:37

    The nice thing about the GS3 is that it has a removable battery. I actually bought an extended battery for it. It came with a different back plate to house the thicker battery. The down side of the extended battery is that cases for the phone no longer fit.

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