@aa yes, trying to keep devices as long as I can so that I don’t go through as many materials. Even got a new battery in the old one along the way.
@aa @toddgrotenhuis I love techcie stuff, and budget isn't much of a concern, but my last iPhone update was 30 months ago for the primary purpose of getting a camera good enough to provide images for Snapfish books from travels. (I no longer travel internationally with a “real camera” though I was once a pretty enthusiastic photographer.) I have no urge for an update, though I haven't had MacWorld saliva hit me on the new cameras.
@ReaderJohn I now have a phone with no camera (!) and have thought about getting a pocket camera. To my surprise, these still exist. I wonder who buys them, other than (maybe) me?
@ReaderJohn @toddgrotenhuis the hardware can certainly last several years, maybe even more. Same with the cameras too.
@kwgermer I like it very well. Some people wouldn't. I love the size: about as big as a credit card, thinner than the average smartphone. It makes and receives calls just fine. If you text a lot, beware: there's a small QWERTY virtual keyboard without any autocorrect or suggested words, OK with me but not for some. In general, it's a phone designed to give you the connectivity that's more or less mandatory in contemporary society without encouraging you to use it more than necessary. One small technical complaint: there's a backlight for the e-ink display that you can set on/off/automatic. The "automatic" (respond to ambient light) setting didn't work for me, so I had to set mine to "on." Probably I'll talk about this the LightPhone people, who incidentally are very good about responding to customer emails. Advantages of a small startup.
@kwgermer Another plus: the battery charges quite quickly, at least compared to my old Android smartphone.