The free market has been deliberately shit at meeting the demands of the market for quite some time. Big players like Apple have been very good at manufacturing hype and loyalty to deliver mediocre products for a consistent revenue stream instead. Smaller companies are either too irrelevant to make an impact or just try to mimic the more successful companies instead.
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henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 month ago
The things consumers most want are features they really don’t want to give us, like expandable storage, replaceable batteries, and other actual solvable problems where they stand to benefit.
Best I can do is AI.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 month ago
Maybe Framework will make an Android phone.
bruhduh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 month ago
Oh yes, fan of theirs. My reasoning behind Framework is they actually develop for upgrades. If you have the first 13" model, you could have updated ram, CPU, ports, battery, even the screen at this point. Fairphone is very repairable, but the upgrade path hasn’t been there that I’m aware of.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I went from a 6.5 year old iPhone to a 16 man pro max big and it’s amazing. I dig that I can keep a phone for over six years
Eheran@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Who stops people from using them 6 years other than the people themselves?
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
In my experience, phone gets slow or battery goes to shit.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Security updates in newer OSes and app incompatibility with older OS versions.
Resonosity@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Fairphone 5 can do that, and even give you choice over your RAM.
Although the phone isn’t sold in the US, it will work the best on T-Mobile since the Fairphone 5’s chipset best aligns with those frequencies (sorry for the reddit post).
Would’ve been my first phone after my previous 7 year old Galaxy Note9, but it incurred water damage. Definitely considering it still though even with my new phone lease because of the Fairphone 5 being unlocked
henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Real shame it’s not sold in the States! And I would prefer a higher-end processor option but I understand the choice for support.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Most people wouldn’t know what to do with expandable storage, replaceable batteries, and the rest of that.
can@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’m not sure how many people need more storage but the current way is predatory and the general public would pick up battery swaps pretty easily.
Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 1 month ago
When your phone is no longer locked down and working against you, it’s amazing how much more you can - and will - do with it, and the extra storage space quickly becomes most appreciated.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And yet the phones with those features have been discontinued or unpopular.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
The phones with those features have been discontinued but they were never unpopular, they were just what phones were.
Nobody 10 years ago was saying “I wish I couldn’t replace my phone battery” or “I hate that I have the option to plug my wired IEMs into my phone”
People just do what people are good at. Adapting.
Manufacturers have taken these options away because it is profitable to do so. People have largely adapted to that (although I still refuse to buy a phone without a headphone jack)
can@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
…and? Manufacturers will drop expandable storage because they can charge $100+ more for a model with another 128gb. Yes they still sell phones with them but they’re not the flagships.
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Wdym? Fairphone is pretty popular.
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Dude we used to have expandable storage in the form of micro SD cards and same with batteries. People know or could figure it out.