@futurebird

I saw that article and realized that I have apparently been keeping my phones for twice as long as average.

@michael_w_busch

I used to kind of like getting a new phone. It was something to look forward too.

Mostly when the macro cameras kept getting better.

I would love to be excited about a new phone but there is no reason to trade it in.

@futurebird

I am on my third iPhone SE second generation (warranty replacements). It's small and easily fits in my pocket and still has a home button. It also still gets all the latest security updates. But, even though I'm on my third new phone, the performance has steadily degraded. I'm usually not very conspiratorial, but I'm quite convinced they are doing this intentionally to get us to spend $1000 or more on a new device. Things like voice to text and virtual keyboarding have completely gone to shit when they used to be quite good. It started with a particular software update several years ago and has gradually gone downhill.

When they finally quit supporting it with security updates, I'll probably upgrade to a used version of whatever last month's model is.

@Mikal

The SE was the best phone in terms of size and I loved it.

But the macro camera features tempted me away. I still hate how big the new ones are.

Why can't a nice camera go on a small phone?

Also I agree they they are trying to annoy people into updating. Which won't work. It just destroys trust.