>Define 'most phones' (Not being able to replace the battery is a problem in my world).
In my world too but most smartphones sold these days in fact do not have removable batteries by design. You don't know this?
>Buying a new (crappy, what do you expect for 50 Dollars?) phone because your perfectly working one isn't supported anymore is NOT satisfying and not a solution
That $50 phone is just as good or better than a phone sold 3 or 4 years ago.
>I feel that you're a bit lost. You want to save a bit of money
No dude... I buy a new phone every two years to have a faster one, better features (camera), and better security features (fingerprint reader). Lucky me, I can afford it. My secondary phone is a 2 1/2 year old Nexus 5 which still gets security updates and will for many more years via custom ROMs. Security updates were not the reason I bought a new phone.
Sorry, you don't really seem to be up on current smartphone technology to comment on this intelligently but philosophically I do agree with you.
Nexus 4, released in Oct 2012, is still better spec-wise in terms of screen and RAM than most $50 devices.
I picked up one on ebay for $AU80 and the battery is still okay but the non-replaceable feature the only thing keeping me from using it indefinitely. Although the supported OS is Google abandonware, so this vulnerability may finally encourage me to upgrade to a custom ROM.
(And yes I'm currently a thrifty student and happy to accept hand-me-downs rather than spend $500 on new bling)
That is not correct... You know I am taking about the $50 Amazon Blu and Moto Prime deals? Please look up their hardware specifications.
The Nexus 4 was a solid beautiful phone in it's time. It doesn't even officially support LTE and I can name 6 other specs were it comes up short compared to the Amazon Prime phones.
Google abandonware? Nexus devices get better official and unofficial support than any other Android OEM phones.
In my world too but most smartphones sold these days in fact do not have removable batteries by design. You don't know this?
>Buying a new (crappy, what do you expect for 50 Dollars?) phone because your perfectly working one isn't supported anymore is NOT satisfying and not a solution
That $50 phone is just as good or better than a phone sold 3 or 4 years ago.
>I feel that you're a bit lost. You want to save a bit of money
No dude... I buy a new phone every two years to have a faster one, better features (camera), and better security features (fingerprint reader). Lucky me, I can afford it. My secondary phone is a 2 1/2 year old Nexus 5 which still gets security updates and will for many more years via custom ROMs. Security updates were not the reason I bought a new phone.
Sorry, you don't really seem to be up on current smartphone technology to comment on this intelligently but philosophically I do agree with you.