It will only get worse, smartphones already do more than most people care about.
A large majority only switches their phones when they die, no longer charge, get stolen and such.
A large majority only switches their phones when they die, no longer charge, get stolen and such.
If the gas station sold batteries for the most common phones the drop would have been way higher.
I had my battery replaced along with the screen after my then 5yo device hit the pavement.
The health was at 83%, so not terrible after 5 years, but I figured I'd still do it because it was cheap.
Interestingly the new battery's health is at 91% - possibly because they stopped producing it a few years ago and some capacity was lost in storage.
I used to upgrade my phone because the battery replacement would basically be a discount on buying a new one instead, now I buy a new one when my screen ends up shattered.
It's the same level of skill required to open a laptop to replace components.
Of course replacing an old style battery was 1000 times easier and everybody could do it.
The old Nokia and similar phones were marketed as 'waterproof', but actually IP64/IP65 - e.g no immersion. They would be more correctly identified as 'water resistant'.
IP67/IP68 (the common 'waterproof' today) is much better, allowing immersion at set pressures for set times, however still limitations. This spec would be extremely difficult on the phone designs you've mentioned, if possible at all.
The Cat S42 H+ is one of the few phones I've come across that js actually 'waterproof'.
The real question is, can I use any of the phones in the shower, or swim with them in my pocket? As far as I can tell, the new "waterproof" phones of today won't survive it either, and damage induced this way is not covered by warranty.
Point being, I don't think there's much difference in practice in terms of water resistance between old and new "waterproof" phones.
Additionally, AFAIK all those ratings are defined in terms of fresh water. The phone may survive being dropped in a sink, but won't necessarily survive being dropped into equivalent depth in sea water. Not knowing it almost cost me my Pebble Time a couple years back.
Whenever it's time to put my old phone out to pasture because (and only because) it's at a point that it's too broken to use or be reliable: I let my wife get whatever the latest iPhone is and I take her old one which lasts me a few years easily.
Latest iPhone SE is 144g vs 15 Pro 187g. And it’s surprisingly similar in size.
SE 138x67x7mm 15 146x70x8mm
I have a momentary double take, when I thought you meant that users only change phones when the users have died. Of course, in Chinese culture, that is done by burning offerings of paper smartphones while honouring the dead. :-)