Ka-pi96 said:
To me that sounds like some kind of investigation is needed. If it isn't already illegal then making phones crap out after a year definitely should be! I've personally had no issues using old, or even 2nd hand, phones either in Japan or the UK. Sure, you can't play some games (never tried Pokemon Go for example since I've never had a phone that could run it), but all of the essential stuff works fine. |
Sure, you can keep or mobile for 2 even 3 years if you only use it to make calls and use Facebook, WhatsApp and so on
The question is those phones are releases here months, perhaps over a year, after the release elsewhere. Android phones has a very high planned obsolescence, the hardware is not make to survive more than 3 years with the software and system updates, besides the hardware itself degrades quickly
3 years of planned insolence - 1 year of delay to launch the model = Less then two years of effective service life before your phone becomes crappy
I'm of course of course talking about the cheap models, the ones we can buy for 150-200 USD. Better phones (~400k USD+) can do just fine more years because the hardware is powerful enough to survive the system updates. Mine was roughly 450k USD and after 28 months still pretty useful even if the battery is not as good as before
