Acao posted:
G0d posted:
Im still clinging onto my nearly 4 year old (3 year contract) jailbroke iphone 3gs. does what I need it to do, and does pretty much everything else that any other phone can do. It's consumers that drive the market, and 'apparently' there is a helluva market for a new phone every 6-12 months. Who does this? I've had the same cordless phone in my house for almost a decade. It ain't broke, why am I 'fixing' it?
And I bet you it lasts 5 times longer than any new junk that has been spewed out in the last decade haha. Funny how that works.
I don't get the gotta have the latest and greatest deal with technology these days either. My home phones are two over ten year old 900 MHZ cordless phones that work just fine and a well over 50 year old Bell phone that I could use to beat an intruder into senselessness and then use to call the police. My computers are a 2.8 GHZ P4 and a 2.66 GHZ Core 2 Duo. My truck is a 1997 Explorer. I seem to like old things.
We are talking about smartphones, not feature phones. If you bought a smartphone and it's required expensive data contract, chances are you are doing a lot more than just talking on the phone.
Lots can get by with their 4 year old iPhone 3. For others their phone is their mobile computer. They do a lot on these devices, probably even use them more than their home computers. They could get by with last years single core, 512MB, 800x480, model. But could do a lot more with this years dual core, 1GB, 1280x720 model.
