On my old phone I had an issue with the proximity sensor and front facing camera. This led me to holding my phone backwards to take photos and being unable to hang up phone calls.

I think I put up with this for a year and a half.

I did end up figuring out the issue with the proximity sensor but opening up my phone to reconnect the camera module was too much effort for me.

  • mozz
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    265 months ago

    I knew a woman who used an iPhone 6 up until I think 2022.

    Her secret was she never did updates. And lo and behold, the phone kept working fine and she never felt any need to get a new one. By the end, the battery lasted about 15-20 minutes.

    • @[email protected]
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      225 months ago

      This is pretty horrible to hear as someone working in security. Just because it works does not mean you should do it.

      I imagine her data gets lost multiple times per year.

      • mozz
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        65 months ago

        I don’t disagree - I should make clear; I’m not saying this as an example of a good thing you should do (hence why I posted it in this thread), more as a data point about how happy Apple is to break their stuff for old hardware holders and to give some perspective on how they use software updates to encourage hardware purchases.

    • edric
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      85 months ago

      My 6s still works. I did have the battery replaced 3 years ago because I expected to continue to use it a couple more years. I got a new phone last year but my old one is still happily running.

    • Bezier
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      25 months ago

      So did I, it was just fine. Though I kept it updated and replaced the battery once.