When do you know it's time to buy a new phone?
Mobile phone manufacturers are keen to introduce new types and versions of smartphones periodically so that each new version includes a new feature, technology or improved feature. And because companies are aware of the bored nature of their customers, they use this point so well that it pushes some consumers to buy a new phone even if their old phones are still working in good condition.
Apart
from those marketing tricks that companies practice to lure their
customers, and away from consumers who quickly get bored with their
phones, there are customers, on the contrary, who do not like to
dispense with their phones that
they used to carry except when they are damaged or stop providing the
performance required of them. In this article, we explain the most
prominent signs that tell us that our phones are no longer usable and it
is time to do without them and buy new ones.
Low capacity of the phone battery and its inability to charge
The good performance of the phone battery is one of the most indicative indicators of the safety of the device, as it is the only component among the parts of the phone that has a default life, as the battery loses about one-fifth of its charge capacity after a specified number of hundreds of times of charging cycles due to the decomposition of the electrolyte that surrounds the electrodes of the battery Charges are transferred between them to carry out the charging and discharging operations of the battery.
The
greater the decomposition of the electrolyte, the lower the charging
capacity of the battery, the shorter its charging life, and the user
notices that his battery is depleting faster than ever before. In some
cases where the electrolyte in the battery has completely decomposed,
the capacity of the battery decreases to such an extent that all
attempts to charge the battery with energy fail. Thus, noticing the low
capacity of the battery or its inability to be charged is the alarm bell
that rings to inform us of the need to buy a new phone.
Damaged parts of the phone
Smartphones
are exposed during use to different conditions of pressure, varying
temperatures, collision with hard surfaces, or exposure to splashes,
water droplets, and dust rolls, all of which naturally affects each of
its solid components and makes them not perform their work as required,
so it is logical that reasons such as exposure to The phone screen is
broken, corroded, or the phone battery has been punctured, which is why
old phones are damaged and unfit for further use in most cases.
Repairing
the phone by replacing the damaged part may be a successful solution in
many cases, but in some cases the cost of replacing the damaged part
with a new one is so great that buying another new phone is a better and
more economical solution than repairing the old phone.
Failed to launch/update applications
Smartphones derive their importance from their ability to run various applications, which are indispensable for accomplishing the simplest tasks using the phone. Even making a phone call using your smartphone will require running the phone application. Smartphone manufacturers usually commit to sending operating system updates for each type of phone on a continuous basis for a specific period of time, and then stop sending operating system updates for that device.
After
a period of not receiving operating system software updates, the
version of the operating system installed on the phone becomes old so
that it does not support running important applications on the device or
even updating them to higher versions, and this inevitably leads to the
failure of these applications and their permanent stoppage. Once you
reach this stage where it is not possible to restore the operation of
applications, it becomes inevitable to dispense with the phone and
replace it with a new phone that provides a newer version of the
operating system.
Not receiving security updates
Not receiving security updates
The security updates that take place periodically for applications and programs of the phone operating system are crucial to fixing malfunctions and filling security gaps in various applications as soon as they are discovered, ensuring that they are not exploited by hackers to infiltrate user data or spy on them and violate their privacy.
In
the case of phones using old versions of the operating system that have
already stopped receiving system updates, this may also be followed by
the cessation of receiving security updates on the device, and this
means that any security vulnerability that is discovered in any of the
applications and programs installed on the device will no longer be
rectified and fixed.
Using
a phone that does not receive security updates for applications and
software in general is considered a risk, and there is no alternative
then to purchasing a new phone that uses a newer version of the
operating system and provides the required updates to protect the
security and privacy of data while using applications.
Very slow and poor performance when running applications
Most phone users notice that the performance of the device becomes slower after using it for a while. This appears in the slow response of the phone to finger taps, as the phone may take two seconds, for example, before opening a specific application. This is due to several factors, including the large number of applications that are running in the background, and the installation of some applications that consume phone resources intensively leads to the phone running slower.
Updating
the operating system version, especially in Android phones, may cause
pressure on the device’s resources, such as increasing the use of RAM
and the phone’s CPU, which in turn may cause slow performance of the
device. If these applications are of great importance and cannot be
dispensed with, then it may be the best solution. It is buying a new
phone with a newer version of the operating system and better
capabilities.
