And? It’s not like the phone made yesterday is actually any better… Phones have basically plateaued. They will not replace an actual computer no matter how much stupid marketing terms they invent.
I have a seven-year-old phone (LG V20, still the best phone with a replaceable battery) and a lot of stuff that worked well then doesn’t work nearly as well now. Google Maps is the worst offender - it’s quite slow and unresponsive. Reception is terrible too, with no signal even in the middle of a big city sometimes. I don’t care about new features; I just want 2016 functionality on my 2016 phone but for some reason the software has gotten worse over time.
I actually have one of those enormous replacement batteries that require replacing the back of the case and make the phone three times thicker than it used to be. I have experienced exactly zero inconvenience from having a thick phone, so I’m not sure why making them thinner is such a big deal to people. (I can’t do tap-to-pay with my phone since the antenna for that was on the original case back, but I don’t do tap-to-pay anyway.) The giant battery is nice, but despite what the Amazon listing said, I think it wasn’t manufactured recently so it doesn’t hold as much charge as it would if it had been.
I work in tech and I’m disappointed because over the last two years, exactly zero people have asked me why I have such a thick phone. Maybe if I solder an external antenna to it, I’ll get both the reception and the hipster pride that I crave.
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