• Avid Amoeba
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    1 month ago

    for a budget device

    Not less important. At this sort of lifespan the availability of parts becomes an important question.

    • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 month ago

      And the ease of repair, too. I have experience repairing laptops and phones, but even so, a lot of phones are just too much trouble for me.

      Historically, my phone batteries become nearly unusable after 3 years. Several of my old phones would still be usable (with extended support from LineageOS) if I could replace the batteries, but the labor cost is prohibitive. It doesn’t make sense to spend $200 on a battery replacement when the phone is barely worth half that.

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      1 month ago

      The A1x series has always been very low budget, slow, etc, anyway, in 6 years the phone will be unusable.