Comment by ljf | Hacker News Reader

Comment by ljf | Hacker News Reader

This cannot come soon enough - I have a 4 year old Huawei P20 Pro - the phone still more than meets my needs in terms of gaming, photos/videos and day to day use - I've not had a single issue with the phone - other than that finally the battery has started to go, and if I use it heavily (watch video or game for the 2 hours of my return commute) there is no way the battery will last the day.

The cost to replace it is not worth it to me, and DIY seems needlessly complex. For now I'll just carry a charger/powerbank - but I'd far rather swap out the battery.

Years ago I had a Dell Streak which I loved - that battery was swappable for that, I'd carry a couple of spare batteries in my bag for it - so I could do 2 or 3 days heavy use, without the need to recharge (the batteries were smaller and lighter than carrying a charger and the weird proprietary cable).

> the phone still more than meets my needs

Does it still get upgrades to newer Android versions? Personally the reason I need to get a new phone is usually that the OS no longer receives upgrades (which means that apps drop support for it) or even security patches.

Yeah, stuck on android 12 but still receiving security patches for now.

The phone had already been out for a year when I got it, so pretty impressed.

Agreed. My Pixel 4a works great except that the battery is below 80% health (and except that GrapheneOS ends support in ~ a year).

Replacing the battery risks breaking the display, since it requires removing the latter which is really thin on this phone.

Your phone works great except for losing operating system support?

Isn’t that the ultimate “other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?”

LineageOS might support my phone longer, even if drivers don't get updated.

And I'd have my battery replaced for a while now, if it wasn't a bit difficult.

> Dell Streak

Now that's a device I haven't thought of in a long time! Always wanted one.

I was brilliant! The only pain was the first account I got it with only had half a gig of data a month, but I soon sorted that out. I used it with a little Bluetooth keyboard and did loads of coffee shop/pub writing in it.

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