• graynk@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    So, we consider 5 years an “insane” amount of time now? My iPhone 13 mini is that old and it’s not even end of life yet.

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      18 hours ago

      Hey would you be so kind and direct me to the place where Apple sells genuine spares for the 13 mini?

      I’m not saying 5 years is a long time to support a phone - Apple does really well in terms of software support - I am saying having genuine spares available for that time is.

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        16 hours ago

        I’m not saying Apple sells spares, I’m saying 5 years is not enough time to even need them (if you’re careful with your phone). The whole idea of a repairable phone for me is that I can repair it 10 years after the fact, at least. Otherwise - I just don’t see the value, if I’ll have to buy a new phone anyway.

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          12 hours ago

          Kinda, but also I checked the original announcement - they promised 5 years of software and hardware support. And they had spares for 7 years as they just stopped selling them like 3 weeks ago. For a phone they stopped selling in 2022 (after it launched in 2019). IMHO that’s a fair support time. Mind you - again that was 7 years ago when a 5 year software support was still groundbreaking as far as I recall.

          I’d love it if devices lasted even longer. But with the current smartphone world I’m more than willing to hand it to FP - it’s been ‘fair’.