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A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades (www.straitstimes.com)
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[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A big part of it is built in batteries that are difficult to replace. My phone has a removable battery and is on its third one now... still works fine and does everything I want it to, after 10 years of use.

Edit: It's running Lineage Os 18 (android 11) not the original android 5(?) it came with, so security updates are not an issue.