The headphones: Probably zero.
The phone: Definitely possible, if you take care of it and are fine with not having the latest and greatest.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8.
if you take care of it and are fine with not having the latest and greatest.
Also as long as they can get a battery replacement, it should go the distance. I would source them now, rather than in a few years when they may be hard to find.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S5. (with 3 more replacement batteries in the desk draw)
Eh, charging twice a day isn’t such a hassle. As long as the phone isn’t losing significant charge when its in sleep mode, it’s still a good daily driver.
Sent from my Samsung S3 mini (w LineageOS)
Ack I loved my s3 mini. Are you really still using one??
Which Android version do you have?
Lineage 18, which I think is Android 11
I still have my S8 sitting a drawer. That phone was the first phone to jump to modern smartphones imo. The form factor is still the standard today and likely won’t go away.
I still using pixel 3 from 2018 running the lastest update of android with custom ROM
I’m in the same boat. Pixel 2 XL with a custom ROM. Battery life isn’t great but it works. The biggest pain is multitasking as apps have to reload when switching sometimes.
That was why I got rid of the pixel 2. The newer ones are soooo much better without the reloading issue. I got a pixel 5 for $150 on back market. Totally worth it and an amazing deal really.
Hmm, that’s not a bad idea. I was looking at the recent Pixel 8 Pro, but waiting for more long-term reviews. Google Fi is giving $400 off so it’s not a terrible deal.
Actually using that right now as my main Pixel 6 is broken after it slipped from my hand and i accidentally threw it at a wall
My only fears is that made by Google. They can decide not to support it 3 years later. But you’ll have roms for maybe even more then 10 years.
For me is all about security updates, I’ll be using GrapheneOS once it’s available.
I don’t think you’ll have a problem. Google’s phones are usually among the most supported by custom ROM developers. Even if GrapheneOS ceases to exist, you’ll likely find a replacement that supports the Pixel 8.
pixel phones do already have long support times tho
If I recall correctly, it used to be around 2-3 years, far less than the promised 10 years.
Slim, after some years they will quietly drop the support, or only provide security updates.
At best they will exclude a Buch of Features and roll out a dumb version of the os upgrade.
And the battery will be a husk of its former self.
Wild that a battery charged daily would lose its charge quicker after years of use and apps will evolve to be more powerful and require more resources thereby draining more battery. Just an insane thought, really.
if only we knew that this would happen and could plan for it by designing phones to have replaceable batteries
Impossible. Such a thing has never been done before - it’s not like that was standard for practically every android phone for years
Get a thick 2 piece rubber/plastic case. Make sure the edge of the case sticks out significantly from the screen, so when you drop it, it will hit the case before the phone. (Provided you don’t drop it on gravel or something pointy)
My pixel 3a has survived years of this. And I haven’t needed to replace it yet. Sure the plastic is scuffed to hell and back, and it ads significant thickness. but it’s yet to fail in protecting my phone. And I’ve never bought a screen protector for it.
For me the screen protector is one of the most important things. I use an insulin pump, which is always in my pocket, and that means my keys are in the other pocket because they otherwise get impossibly tangled in the pump cord. The phone is also going in one front pocket or the other, because I don’t like sitting on phones or keys. I’ve only had my Pixel 8 Pro for 4 or 5 days at this point, and there’s already small scuffs on the screen protector. I usually have to change them every 5-6 months because they get so bad. Your mileage may vary, but it’s absolutely essential for me, ain’t no Gorilla Glass strong enough for the war my phones go through.
My Nexus 4 from 2012 still works. It’s also running Android 13.
8 years would be the Nexus 6P. I booted mine up last year and aside from the faulty SoC it’s still a perfectly usable phone. Those dual front facing speakers are still great. Battery life is poor, but then it was poor to begin with.
I think we’ve also plateaued in terms of features. A phone in 2030 will probably have a brighter screen and slightly better camera, but outside of synthetic benchmarks I doubt it’s going to look or feel any different than the Pixel 8 will in day to day use.
Not even sure we will have phones by then, they probably will more or less be fully handheld computers. I mean they are pretty much already that, but you get some good storage and flexibility in operating systems, some sort of keyboard config, and I don’t even think laptops will be very common. My point is, I don’t think a phone from today will even be relevant in 2030.
I had a Moto G4 plus until two years ago. It lasted me 6 years, stuck at Android 8. It worked slow but it was functional. Replaced battery only once. If you take care of your device it can last even longer. I would probably still have the phone if it wasn’t that it was becoming too slow and a hassle to do even simple tasks
I’m just waiting for the 8A for Graphene support
I would have likely got the 8A if it came out with the 8 and the pro. I didn’t want to wait.
I see. It’s a great phone though, have fun!
essentially zero. google churn and burn hardware by making it very badly.
Piss poor. 7 years of OS support, but I can almost guarantee you the hardware will die within 2 years.
RemindMe! 7 years
Lol it doesn’t work here my man
One can dream
There seems to be a Lemmy RemindMe bot already. The mods and admins need to whitelist it though.
Can we tag all to the Admins to whitelist this bot then?
@remindme@mstdn.social 7 years
Ha! Nice
@ioney Ok, I will remind you on Thursday Oct 17, 2030 at 3:56 AM PDT.
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