ragas comments on Should you still buy your next smartphone — or subscribe to it instead? Apple, Samsung … are betting that leasing, subscriptions, and guaranteed buyback programs can make upgrading more attractive.

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[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

I waited 8 year to get a newer phoner that was better than my previous phone in all respects at the same price. And even then it was mostly a convenience upgrade because my old phone was still working well.

Why the hell would it be worth it to lease a phone?

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[–] AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev -3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It depends a lot on how heavily you use your phones. I'm a heavy user and my batteries degrade heavily in 2-3 years. That leads to overheating, poor performance, and of course poor battery life.

The cost of replacing a battery is high for most phones. Sometimes higher than buying a new phone at a similar level of performance.

I'm doing 1-2 battery cycles per day. A light user might go through battery cycles at a quarter of my rate, and would not have those problems.

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[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago*

Right to repair solves that, by mandating against designs which make simple replacements exorbitantly expensive for no good reason.

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