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‘You’re Telling Me in 2023, You Still Have a ’Droid?’ Why Teens Hate Android Phones / A recent survey of teens found that 87% have iPhones, and don’t plan to switch::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Preferring simplicity in your smartphone doesn’t make you simple.

And what phone doesn’t need a battery replacement after a few years?

[–] JTskulk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure it does.

Every phone needs a battery replacement after a few years, but not every phone will perform worse because of it. When your iphone battery wears out, your phone slows down. You have to replace the battery to both improve performance and battery life. When your android battery wears out, your phone does not slow down. It just runs out of battery sooner. Replacing the battery will not improve performance as it never slowed down in the first place unlike an iphone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s because with any phone, an old battery stops being able to provide enough current to the phone when it gets old. So Apple throttles the phone. Phones that don’t do that become unstable, while the iPhone remains stable, but slows down.

[–] JTskulk 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe if you keep using it once it doesn't hold a charge for more than an hour, but I've never done that. When my batteries have gotten low, the phone didn't start crashing more or acting weird, just running out of battery sooner.