Anyone else finding it harder and harder to upgrade their mobile phone?

Yep, still on a S7 and the battery is on its way, Good enough for Navigation and as I am older than 35 I do not feel the need to take a picture of everything I do or eat :)

Going to jump ship and get the small iPhone that is rumoured to be with us soon. All the new phones are just too big. Even the S7 has been a pain due its size when out and about cycling and outdoor stuff.
 
I no longer upgrade as i used to. My previous phone was a Samsung Galaxy S8. Used that for over 3 years. Battery on that was useless.

Now im using a Nord. Got it on release. I'm happy with it.
Don't need top end specs, and does my needs. I can see my self using it for around 3 yeasrs before i decide to upgrade it.
 
Had my Pixel 2 for 2 and a half years and am now upgrading to the Pixel 5. The screen filling the front and bigger battery were enough for me to go for it as my battery is a bit sketchy at the moment. The wireless charging will be nice too.
 
FishLicker said:
Agree with you OP. As someone who was once a well known serial phone swapper, I find it amazing that I am still using a phone from 2017 (Pixel 2 XL), and having waited YET again for a decent replacement from the Pixel line, Google goes ahead and offers a midrange device that ultimately barely moves the game on at all. Although everyone is getting all moist for it, because it’s not £1,000. But it is STILL £600! Thats a lot of money for most people especially in todays uncertain times.

Advantages of the Pixel 5 over the 2 XL:-

8Gb of RAM - Yes, it looks like a great spec bump on paper, but honestly, I’ve not had an issue with the amount of RAM on the 2 XL
128Gb Storage - Again, a nice bump up, but I don’t use the 64Gb I have now, after all Google encourages streaming, which is what I do. 128 isn’t enough to go fully offline either.
90Hz Screen - More of a nice to have than anything essential. The bump in image quality is more worthwhile (if it delivers)
Wireless charging - Now I do miss this from my Samsung, but it can essentially be added to the 2 XL for £10
Bigger battery - Seemingly now a secondary concern since I don’t often leave the house now

On top of that, some things you could argue are a downgrade:-

1080P screen is less dense than that of the QHD on the 2XL
No front firing speakers
Less premium build and design

And a few things that really should have amounted to more:-

Camera - probably the biggest disappointment, again. The Ultrawide lens isn’t as wide as it should be. No telephoto. Selfie cam narrower FOV for the second year in a row. Same sensor again.
Biometrics - I’d argue they’ve gone forwards then back again, understandable in current times, but still, no innovation. It works, but the lack of ANY FaceID unlock is disappointing
Headphone jack - they could have gone and bucked the trend, but nope, opportunity missed

And its not just the Pixel:-

iPhone - sticks to the same design year after year, no 90Hz+ screen, very expensive, still uses lightning port, iOS is still more restrictive than Android
Galaxy S20/Note 20 - Beast of a phone, but here they are yet again handicapped by a sub-par SOC which is unacceptable when its the same price as the Snapdragon (£££££)
OnePlus - Competitive hardware but again seem to come with compromises, and the OS is going away from stock more towards Samsung/LG

I could go on, but yes, it’s safe to say I agree with you. There seems to be little incentive whatsoever to replace a phone that is coming up to 3 years old and will probably keep for a fourth. The funny thing is, we can probably all say what we want out of a phone but nobody seems able to deliver it.
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Same boat :(
My Pixel 2XL is still performing well, but it's just so old and looks outdated now
I've even been looking at the S20 FE 5g and the Xperia 5II. I know they're even more expensive, but at least they're not mid range phones like the P5.
At this rate I might even wait for the Pixel 6 (XL?) lol
 
billysielu said:
Still using S6. Refuse to buy a phone with a hole in the screen and no headphone jack.
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No way I'd buy a phone with a punch hole or notch though, last good devices without them is the Pixel 4 XL or OnePlus 7T Pro.

Headphone jack I can live without as I use wireless headphones (and you can use dongle if you really need one)
 
-AndyH95- said:
Dam, ya really need to try & be more careful with your phones. I've never broken a screen nor have I broke the port. Do you use cases & screen protectors?
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I use a case now after the first of the 3 fell out of my pocket while I was running.

the 2nd one was the port, one of the pins got bent on the inside. I don't know what I did to cause that.

And the 3rd, I also have no idea how it happened. the screen was just cracked one day while I was on holiday, at most it fell of my bed in a case but no screen protector.

My next phone will have a screen protector.
 
spudbynight said:
I've never felt so unimpressed with mobile phone development as I do now.
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That's okay. It just means that the market is maturing. I have a Nokia 2.2 and my only real issue is that it's slow. I can live with that. A secondary issue is that I can't seem to shift much to the SD card which means that the internal 16 GB is alarmingly full. THat's a tougher issue. Maybe the next version of Android will help there.
 
I am certainly more tempted to get the Poco F2 now, as as good as my Mix 2S is still performing, my new obsession (Genshin Impact) is only just about playable on a SD845, and the SD865 in the Poco would make things much more enjoyable. Black Friday is a'calling :D
 
Eurofighter said:
I use a case now after the first of the 3 fell out of my pocket while I was running.

the 2nd one was the port, one of the pins got bent on the inside. I don't know what I did to cause that.

And the 3rd, I also have no idea how it happened. the screen was just cracked one day while I was on holiday, at most it fell of my bed in a case but no screen protector.

My next phone will have a screen protector.
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Going by your luck you probably want a heavy duty metal cage :P
 
I find myself using the phone more than my PC now-a-days, anything with clean android, decent SOC and good point-n-shoot camera will suffice. I think we hit a point, where we no longer see massive improvements in next upcoming gens, the gaps between phones few years back where much bigger. But than again, we had to wait a bit longer for a new model to get released and there wasn't so many variations and choice as we have today...
 
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