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we've had multi core, multi gig ram devices always connected to mother internet for over a decade. there hasn't been anything other than iterative progress, but other than phasing out 3g and some OS versions, what was the reason to upgrade the last 2 or 3 devices ?
In a lot of cases they're getting actively worse and more annoying with each cycle. Multiple brands locked their bootloaders this last one, and not one which was previously locked now allows unlocking.
I'm on a pixel 6 with graphene. For everything I do it's great. I get 2-3 days on a charge listening to podcasts/music all day every day. No noticeable slowness. Aside from the camera being bad (and not having an aux or SD card slot, but newer phones don't have them either) I have no complaints . Why would I "upgrade"?
Hell, most new phones are a downgrade in some regards. Headphone jacks are included grudgingly at best, and every new phome is so large and heavy I develop an RSI using it.
I've tried multiple times to get a new phone and they all fucking suck for what I wanna do
Looking at OnePlus over here making their cameras in the 13 and 15 worse than the 12 I bought two years ago lol.
Zenfone 11 is worse than 9 as well
same platform boat. ahoy matey but getting me to this one was a chore too.
Im technologically lost atm
The new chips are optimized for AI! Hey! Where are you going?!
OSes that force downloads and slowly degrade the performance