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i am fairly good at keeping my electronics and machines working for long time, but i don't think any of my cellphones made it to the 4th year
What? How? Are you starting from an old phone already? I’m typing this from a pristine iPhone XR.
is this a competition?
Round 2: i drive a 2003 Saturn with 285K miles.
your turn
Been using the same public transit networks for years.
I’ve lived in a house built in the 1400s
my left leg has been with me my whole life and so far there was no need for repair or replacement
I drink water that is billions of years old.
before moving to South Carolina my main form of transportation was the bicycle, but here roads are super unfriendly to anything that isn't a car/truck
97 Toyota with 300k
Dang, you beat me! Just gave up my 2007 Nissan, which had 245k on it. Still, it was worth every penny.
Hmm, I’m game. My 2007 Toyota is at 210,000 or so. Passed down from a family member.
Though I didn’t quite mean it as a competition. In fact, I’m pretty rough on my phone. That’s why I was so surprised at a phone never lasting beyond 4 years.
Some people just don't treat their phone as the literal luxury item it is.
iPhone longevity was one of the things that convinced me to switch. With all my Android phones I usually couldn’t wait to upgrade after 2 years, because they tended to get sucky when the manufacturer gave them their last update. Then I had a Pixel 2 that, other than having to ship it in for a warranty replacement about 18 months in, was still going strong after 3 years when Google stopped supporting it. I looked at my stepdaughter with a 6-year-old iPhone (her mom’s old phone) still getting updates, still easy to get repaired locally with parts readily available (needed when a kid is using it!), and wondered why I was spending so much money on something that would be abandoned so fast by the manufacturer.
I’m glad Google is promising longer support now on newer Pixels. It might someday switch me back, but my iPhone is working fine and has years of life left.
I upgraded from my pixel 3a last December after 5 years. To be honest, most of the performance gains are unnoticeable to me as I don't game and use pretty light apps.
Meanwhile, I'm still on a pixel 3.