LogFAQs > #886535332

This really bugs me because ultimately smartphones are pretty disposable.

If you're on an Android phone your phone will eventually start to slow down, if you're on an iPhone (or Android with no SD card slot) your phone will eventually run out of storage, and for all phones the batteries are becoming nearly impossible to replace and only last for so long. You get like two years out of a phone, 3 tops.

This would be fine if phone makers were making phones for all price points, so if you have tons of disposable income you can buy a new $1k phone every 2 years, or with a lower budget a nice $300 phone.

However I don't see that many options. I'm on Verizon and besides Motorola, nobody is making any quality low-end CDMA phones. You're either stuck with buying a Motorola phone, some obscure Chinese phone that's probably loaded with spyware, or getting an old flagship phone that is very out-dated (like a Galaxy S5).

It sucks. I think the only reason people aren't complaining and fucking up this model is that carriers finance phones for people in the US and bundle the cost with an already high wireless bill, so people don't realize how much they're paying since they're used to being fucked over by carriers already
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