forum threadphoinix | Staff posted Jan 28, 2026 11:04 PM
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forum threadphoinix | Staff posted Jan 28, 2026 11:04 PM
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These phones are 2.5 years old at this point. They have another 3.5 years in them before Apple slows them down (by making the OS heavier and heavier each year) to the point where they are frustrating to use. And you'll have to pay for a $100 battery swap to use them for another 3.5 years.
These are used phones. Why are they still so expensive?
These phones are 2.5 years old at this point. They have another 3.5 years in them before Apple slows them down (by making the OS heavier and heavier each year) to the point where they are frustrating to use. And you'll have to pay for a $100 battery swap to use them for another 3.5 years.
These are used phones. Why are they still so expensive?
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These phones are 2.5 years old at this point. They have another 3.5 years in them before Apple slows them down (by making the OS heavier and heavier each year) to the point where they are frustrating to use. And you'll have to pay for a $100 battery swap to use them for another 3.5 years.
These are used phones. Why are they still so expensive?
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Are phones really usable for a decade? That is not my experience. I have two old iPhone 6S Plus phones that I turn on occasionally when I need a third phone. They are almost completely unusable. They have been for years now.
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The last version of iOS an iPhone supports shouldn't be installed. No matter how powerful an iPhone is when it was released, 4 to 5 yrs is usually the limit for iOS updates on iPhones these days even if Apple says your phone is compatible for the new OS. I've heard the same complaints all the way back to when the iPhone 4 got the iOS 7 update when it probably shouldn't have, as the hardware was too old for what Apple wanted to do with iOS 7. Most people see that upgrade banner on their iPhone and don't think anything of it and upgrade. It's not hard to know what to avoid, YouTube reviewers test these new versions of iOS on older iPhones and tell you whether you should or shouldn't upgrade.
The last version of iOS an iPhone supports shouldn't be installed. No matter how powerful an iPhone is when it was released, 4 to 5 yrs is usually the limit for iOS updates on iPhones these days even if Apple says your phone is compatible for the new OS. I've heard the same complaints all the way back to when the iPhone 4 got the iOS 7 update when it probably shouldn't have, as the hardware was too old for what Apple wanted to do with iOS 7. Most people see that upgrade banner on their iPhone and don't think anything of it and upgrade. It's not hard to know what to avoid, YouTube reviewers test these new versions of iOS on older iPhones and tell you whether you should or shouldn't upgrade.
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