How long will a mobile work ? the lifespan of a smartphone is subjective vary in terms of usage but we can approximately predicts it based certain factors, it needs to be consider when searching for an answer, let's dive into a analysis to find out the answer.
WHAT MAKES THE SMARTPHONES TO STOP WORKING
1. Outdated software
- Lack of software updates - one of the thing that makes the most of the user to think the mobile is getting old is software, most of the phones except flagships & some brands did not get software updates after the two years from phone releases, that makes the device to look outdated.
- New software application - the frequent updates to the applications affects the performance of the old devices, because the new versions of applications are mainly concerned about the new devices and you may miss some new functionalities of new updates
2. Failure of hardware
- Battery failure - usually after 300-500 charge cycles the battery capacity of smartphone will be reduced by 20% in a year , after two or three years you cant make through a day with that smartphone, not only that, old battery tends supply low voltage and produce more heat because of internal resistance it will affects the processor, so it will affect the performance of the device .
- Screen burning - even if you always treat your smartphone like a new girlfriend being careful of breaks and scratches, screen burning might ruin your display this phenomenon is more prominent in amoled displays but lcd displays also could be affected, basically the icons or the content that stayed for a long time on the screen etched into display is called screen burning
- Performances issues - do know what the most itching thing about the old mobile phones, they are damn slow, the processors evolve quickly so the new generations apps are build based on the new powerful processors, so the mobiles having the old processors struggles a lot to run these apps, like said before old mobile phones generate more temperature it make the processor to throttle down the power
physical damage that occurs to a smartphone
- Display damage - we know that for a decade glass display tends to get scratches and cracks even if it is hardened glass like gorilla glass 5 ,6 glass is a glass eventually it will break we don't have better alternatives than that, so there isn't much to speak about it .
- glass build (glass back) - we have seen indestructible nokia1100 poly-carbonate build the old gods of durability, armoured tank like unibody metal build smartphones like oneplus 3t , htc 10 evo the new gods of durability, but smartphones nowadays are more concentrated on the looks glass build offer better heat dissipation, better reception of signals and wireless charging but durability is a question mark some peoples says brand willingly doing this because glass build tends to break more so the user will spend the money on replacements or they will new mobiles it is a conspiracy theory in the tech community might be true talking about conspiracy theory let see about another conspiracy theory came to life.
does brands manipulate you and make you buy their new phones
- A couple of years ago there is a talk going between iphone user especially iphone 6, 6s, SE user that they felt their devices become slower after some software updates they thought apple push them to upgrade to new devices, in 2017 apple accepted the users accusation they said that they did slowed the some old devices but not to push the user to new devices , that devices batteries become old to ensure the battery life apple reduced the clockspeed of the cpu
- Apple got fined for this eventhough they told we did for ensure battery life they should have been warned about the performance degrade, so apple got to pay 500 million dollars fine
- Samsung also faced this issue when they released android 6 marshmellow for the samsung galaxy note 4 users faced series issues in software so they got fined for that , they had to pay 5.7 million dolars
- We cant deliberately say brand doing these to compel users to upgrade, but they really don't care that much about the old devices, but consumers we want to receive the best for our investment in smartphones .
high cost to repair old devices
- We don't throw our old phones even if it had some defect when there is posiblity of repairing but brands like apple and samsung flagships repairing costs from 100$ - 499$ its too costly people would rather would go for new devices but apple and some brands offers protection plans like applecare plans to avail that we have to pay 20 to 30 dollar per year then we can have some replacements but it only covers for 2,3 times
- we can't abruptly tell they are scamming us or they are manipulating us the technology nowadays evolved into a complex thing which requires more skill, time and specific tool to fix things in smartphones it could be low but the cost sound quite right
conclusion
- Its quite simple the answer is its depending on the user but considering all these factors, you might use an android phone for 3 - 4 years , if it is an iphone you might use it for 4 - 5 years.
- Battery failure - usually after 300-500 charge cycles the battery capacity of smartphone will be reduced by 20% in a year , after two or three years you cant make through a day with that smartphone, not only that, old battery tends supply low voltage and produce more heat because of internal resistance it will affects the processor, so it will affect the performance of the device .
- Screen burning - even if you always treat your smartphone like a new girlfriend being careful of breaks and scratches, screen burning might ruin your display this phenomenon is more prominent in amoled displays but lcd displays also could be affected, basically the icons or the content that stayed for a long time on the screen etched into display is called screen burning
- Performances issues - do know what the most itching thing about the old mobile phones, they are damn slow, the processors evolve quickly so the new generations apps are build based on the new powerful processors, so the mobiles having the old processors struggles a lot to run these apps, like said before old mobile phones generate more temperature it make the processor to throttle down the power
physical damage that occurs to a smartphone
- Display damage - we know that for a decade glass display tends to get scratches and cracks even if it is hardened glass like gorilla glass 5 ,6 glass is a glass eventually it will break we don't have better alternatives than that, so there isn't much to speak about it .
- glass build (glass back) - we have seen indestructible nokia1100 poly-carbonate build the old gods of durability, armoured tank like unibody metal build smartphones like oneplus 3t , htc 10 evo the new gods of durability, but smartphones nowadays are more concentrated on the looks glass build offer better heat dissipation, better reception of signals and wireless charging but durability is a question mark some peoples says brand willingly doing this because glass build tends to break more so the user will spend the money on replacements or they will new mobiles it is a conspiracy theory in the tech community might be true talking about conspiracy theory let see about another conspiracy theory came to life.
does brands manipulate you and make you buy their new phones
- A couple of years ago there is a talk going between iphone user especially iphone 6, 6s, SE user that they felt their devices become slower after some software updates they thought apple push them to upgrade to new devices, in 2017 apple accepted the users accusation they said that they did slowed the some old devices but not to push the user to new devices , that devices batteries become old to ensure the battery life apple reduced the clockspeed of the cpu
- Apple got fined for this eventhough they told we did for ensure battery life they should have been warned about the performance degrade, so apple got to pay 500 million dollars fine
- Samsung also faced this issue when they released android 6 marshmellow for the samsung galaxy note 4 users faced series issues in software so they got fined for that , they had to pay 5.7 million dolars
- We cant deliberately say brand doing these to compel users to upgrade, but they really don't care that much about the old devices, but consumers we want to receive the best for our investment in smartphones .
high cost to repair old devices
- We don't throw our old phones even if it had some defect when there is posiblity of repairing but brands like apple and samsung flagships repairing costs from 100$ - 499$ its too costly people would rather would go for new devices but apple and some brands offers protection plans like applecare plans to avail that we have to pay 20 to 30 dollar per year then we can have some replacements but it only covers for 2,3 times
- we can't abruptly tell they are scamming us or they are manipulating us the technology nowadays evolved into a complex thing which requires more skill, time and specific tool to fix things in smartphones it could be low but the cost sound quite right
conclusion
- Its quite simple the answer is its depending on the user but considering all these factors, you might use an android phone for 3 - 4 years , if it is an iphone you might use it for 4 - 5 years.
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