Looking to replace and iPhone 11 Needs to be repairable Able to text people with WhatsApp or other third party apps Able to play music with a local mp3 player Headphone jack

  • Luffy@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    A normal phone lasts about 7 years (pixel and iPhone update life)

    Generally after that its not supported, even tho you could use the phone in an insecure state, but at that point I don’t see why. Phones are simply not that fragile, and if you let it fall in salt water you have to change the whole phone probably.

    Same problem with fairphone: They have replaceable parts, but even day 1 you can’t say it would be secure in any way, and about 3 years in they just stop supporting it software side.

    Even framework is only this good because they only have to manage the firmware and not the Linux install, former of which is only relevant to high security and not the average user